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GOP donors are asking representatives from Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley's campaigns to Texas to pitch why their the best alternative to Trump A group of prominent Republican donor s is asking representatives for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's 2024 presidential campaigns to Travel to Dallas later this month to pitch why they feel their candidates are each the best Republican alternative to Donald Trump. NBC and The New York Times were first to report details of the meeting. The event is being coordinated by GOP mega donor s Ken Griffin, Harlan Crow and Paul Singer through the American Opportunity Alliance. Although donors are not expected to lock in support for one of the candidates that day, they can hear from each person's team on why DeSantis or Haley is the best option to go against the former president to try and win the Republican presidential nomination even as he continues to dominate the primary field, reflecting his enduring p...

As the 2024 primary season rapidly approaches, powerful Republican donors have been gathering across the country. As the 2024 primary season rapidly approaches, influential Republican donors have been gathering across the country, putting their heads together to determine how to move forward as front-runner Donald Trump continues to hold a huge polling lead over the rest of the candidates. But several anti-Trump donors and those familiar with the GOP fundraising world told ABC News they are feeling as fractured as ever between their personal favorites to take on the former president. And some of these same donors are also becoming increasingly alarmed that the 2024 field is showing no signs of consolidation behind an alternative to Trump. "Nothing seems to work," said Francis Rooney, a former representative from Florida, U.S. ambassador in the Bush administration and fundraiser for past presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush. Rooney is an outspoken Trump critic ...

A few 2024 Republican presidential candidates or their campaigns say they see an increase in donations when they criticize front-runner Donald Trump A few Republican presidential candidates polling near the middle and back of the primary field say they have found a fundraising sweet spot: Cash flows in when they jab at front-runner Donald Trump, even if their voter support doesn't jump the same way. Former Vice President Mike Pence, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd are among the 2024 GOP hopefuls still trying to meet the donor thresholds in order to make it on the first Republican primary debate stage, on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. But all three are inching nearer to the Republican National Committee-set benchmark of meeting 40,000 unique donors from 20 different states, according to the candidates or their campaigns -- progress that coincides with what aides and sources describe as donation surges after the candidates rebuke the former president. At ...

Clarence Thomas accepted luxury travel and hospitality perks from billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow, ProPublica reported, igniting controversy A Thursday report that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury travel and hospitality perks from a billionaire Republican donor was met with both renewed criticism of how the justices self-police and renewed calls for oversight and the impeachment of the embattled conservative. The controversy was touched off by a ProPublica story describing how Thomas and his wife, Ginni, a conservative activist, were treated to high-end vacations and private jet travel subsidized by Dallas-based businessman Harlan Crow, who has a record of contributing millions to Republican candidates and causes. Thomas did not report the gifts on his annual financial disclosure filings, according to ProPublica -- an omission that ethics experts say violates a code of conduct for federal officials. Neither Thomas nor the Supreme Court and its counsel...