Billionaires, dark money fuel questions ahead of 2026 midterms

Hedge fund manager Stephen Mandel and his wife Susan are a billionaire power couple that has a history of springing into action come election season. Before the 2024 presidential contest, they hosted Joe Biden for a private fundraising dinner in Greenwich, Connecticut. Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry are other beneficiaries of the $84 … Read more

Unity tested: Democrats face off over Israel and AIPAC dark money during DNC meeting

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats are united in their opposition to President Donald Trump and his unprecedented second-term agenda. But as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) huddles in New Orleans for their spring meeting, the party is once again coping with deep internal divisions over Israel’s military actions and a powerful … Read more

AAP faces pressure over trans youth care, guiding docs to keep parents in the dark about child’s sexual health

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A parental rights advocacy organization is sounding the alarm over the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) support for transgender medical procedures for minors and encouragement of healthcare providers to withhold the sexual health and history of underage patients from parents. The American Parents’ Coalition compiled a “lookout” … Read more

Red wealth, dark money: How an American tycoon deploys Mao’s playbook against the West

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Part 2 of a five-part Fox News Digital series investigating the House of Singham examines the “United Front,” a key element of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong’s “People’s War” strategy. As CodePink co-founders Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin ended their activist group’s pilgrimage to communist Cuba yesterday, … Read more

Trump explains why he kept Japan in the dark on Iran strikes: “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?”

President Trump brought up Pearl Harbor while seated next to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office on Thursday, as he explained why the U.S. didn’t give allies like Japan a heads-up before striking Iran.  A Japanese reporter asked Mr. Trump why the U.S. didn’t alert allies like Japan ahead of the Iran … Read more

Biden accuses Trump of erasing history and squandering US leadership role on global stage: ‘Dark days’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former President Joe Biden on Friday accused President Donald Trump of attempting to “erase the truth” and squandering the United States’ role as the leader of the world. “It’s not just my record Trump’s trying to erase,” Biden told South Carolina Democrats, while talking about the president’s … Read more

After the shock, ‘Succession’ finds dark humor in the aftershocks | CNN

Editor’s Note: The following contains major spoilers about the fourth episode of “Succession’s” fourth season, “Honeymoon States.” CNN  —  After the shock came the aftershocks, the power vacuum, and perhaps most significantly and impressively, the laughs, as “Succession” pivoted to face life after Logan Roy, in an episode that finally put the HBO show’s title … Read more