More than three years after her failed congressional campaign, Trump administration Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's campaign committee has not resolved its hugeMore than three years after her failed congressional campaign, Trump administration Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's campaign committee has not resolved its huge
Trump press secretary's campaign making 'no progress' to repay illegal funds: report
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More than three years after her failed congressional campaign, Trump administration Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's campaign committee has not resolved its huge debt problem, NOTUS reported on Wednesday.
At the start of the year, reports indicated that Leavitt, who ran unsuccessfully in New Hampshire in 2022, still had over $300,000 in campaign debt that remained unpaid. The latest reports to the Federal Election Commission indicate that it is still the case.
$210,000 of that debt, or more than two-thirds, "is attributable to unpaid refunds to donors who made excessive contributions to Leavitt’s campaign, in violation of federal limits," the report noted. The Leavitt campaign is not allowed to spend that money and is required to refund it to donors for violating campaign finance laws, but has not, as of the latest filings.
Per the report, the Leavitt campaign reports being broke. The campaign is allowed to raise money to retire the debts, but "has made no financial progress toward doing so," according to a NOTUS review of the new reports.
The FEC would theoretically have the power to take enforcement action against the Leavitt campaign, but it has been shut down since May of last year, when the retirement of commissioners left the body without a legal quorum. President Donald Trump has nominated a pair of Republicans who could restore the quorum, but it is unclear whether they would vote to take any such action against the campaign of Trump's press secretary.
This news comes a day after the Supreme Court struck down federal rules that limit party committees' campaign finance, potentially leading to far greater centralization within political parties over how money from wealthy megadonors is raised and spent.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is leaving office after just one term, pursuing the governor's mansion instead. But questions swirl about whether he followed through on one of his core 2020 campaign promises — and he doesn't want to talk about it.
According to AL.com, Tuberville vowed to "donate every dime" he makes in Washington to veterans' causes.
However, his office "declined to answer questions ... this week about whether he has donated his $174,000 Senate salary to charity."
All of this comes as Tuberville, a hard-right ally of President Donald Trump who has repeatedly landed in controversy for his racist remarks, has come under scrutiny for allegations that he has secretly been living in Florida while seeking to represent Alabama.
In the process of trying to disprove those allegations, Tuberville's campaign accidentally leaked sensitive information about himself, then threatened to sue the paper reporting on it even though that paper redacted the identifying information.
Further complicating the issue for Tuberville, he admitted in a recorded meeting of the Shoals Republican Club in 2019 when he was first running for Senate that he is not an "everyday resident of Alabama" and is a "carpetbagger," which some legal experts speculate could hurt him badly in legal challenges to his gubernatorial candidacy.
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper called out Republicans Wednesday following reports of how much President Donald Trump has earned since returning to the White House.
Tapper raised questions about how much Trump and his family had reportedly earned according to his financial disclosure, which showed he earned more than $2.2 billion in 2025 — his first year back in office.
"This 927 page report is a staggering look at President Trump's growing fortune made while he's president through cryptocurrency holdings, royalty payments, property investments and much more," Tapper said. "Trump's total crypto earnings alone totaled about $1.4 billion during his first year back in office."
Tapper cited other concerns amid the disclosure's findings.
"And what about Congress? Where are they in any of this?" Tapper asked. "So many of the same people who criticize President Obama for barely profiting on book sales when he was president, or the people who investigated the Biden family for their alleged profiting off the vice presidency and presidency — they are silent today. They have nothing to say. Nothing, it is crickets. So one can only conclude this is now a precedent that is being set. Because why would any future president not just cash in as much as possible?"
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A former Republican operative flagged how badly President Donald Trump damaged a relationship with a close U.S. ally to help a donor.
Steve Schmidt focused on Canada for his Wednesday episode of The Warning to mark July 1, which is Canada Day. He talked in particular about the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit.
"Look at this bridge. It's brand new, paid for by Canada, though the American side gets to keep half the revenue," Schmidt explained. "It is a vital pipeline, an artery for commerce that flows back and forth, a trillion dollars a year."
The bridge also "sustains jobs" and "creates opportunity across both sides of the border," Schmidt continued. However, Schmidt was only talking about the bridge's potential because Trump "will now not allow the Gordie Howe Bridge to open," he said.
Schmidt noted that Matthew T. Moroun, a Detroit billionaire, owns the nearby Ambassador Bridge. He claimed that Moroun "donated $1 million to Donald Trump," and blamed that connection for the reason the Gordie Howe Bridge has yet to open.
"The Ambassador Bridge is jam-packed. It's a toll bridge," Schmidt explained. "When the new bridge opens, it will diminish the traffic and decrease the profit for the ownership group on the [Ambassador] bridge."
Schmidt blasted the refusal by Trump to open the bridge, and noted the soured relationship between the U.S. and Canada is even "killing the bourbon industry."
He said, "The next president has an absolute moral obligation to repair this relationship." He called on Americans to "look north and think this thought: we're sorry," for Canada Day.
"Donald Trump has erected a barrier of corruption as if he's generalissimo of some banana republic, and it's appalling," Schmidt said. "He has vandalized a relationship that is steeped in friendship that goes back beyond the moment of his birth, and it is appalling."
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