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New campaign finance figures show Donald Trump has surged ahead of Joe Biden with massive donations following his hush money trial conviction.
He raked in $141 million last month and Biden's haul was $85 million. It included a $50 million donation from elusive billionaire Timothy Mellon.
Trump campaign reports having more cash than Biden's campaign for first time
For the first time, Donald Trump's presidential campaign reported having more cash in its main account than President Joe Biden's re-election campaign had in its account.
Trump's campaign had about $116 million in the bank at the end of May, more than double what it had a month earlier.
Biden's campaign told the Federal Election Commission it had about $91 million in the bank, just above what it had at the end of April.
The financial disclosures showed on Thursday, as both sides built their war chests ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
It comes after a surge in donations around the time of Trump's conviction in his hush money trial last month.
Supreme Court decisions to be released at 10 a.m. ET
The Supreme Court is set to release more decisions this morning.
The biggest cases that remain include whether Trump has immunity from prosecution due to actions taken while in office.
Another deals with January 6 rioters - and whether they can be prosecuted on obstruction charges.
It's a case that has implications for former President Trump's 2020 election interference case.
Trump says Ten Commandments being displayed in schools is 'first major step in the revival of religion'
Trump took to Truth Social to comment on Louisiana's new law which forces all public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
'I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES, FOR THAT MATTER.'
'READ IT — HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE, IN FACT, THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, IN OUR COUNTRY. BRING BACK TTC!!! MAGA2024'
Steve Bannon's latest appeal to delay July 1 prison deadline is rejected
A last-minute appeal lodged by Steve Bannon to delay his prison deadline was rejected Thursday evening by a federal court panel as he fights his conviction for criminal contempt of Congress.
The former adviser to Donald Trump will now have to report to prison by July 1 to begin serving his four-month sentence.
Bannon's lawyers asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to allow him to remain free while he continues to overturn the conviction all the way up to the Supreme Court, if necessary.
Biden holes up at Camp David for debate practice
President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations on Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades.
The 81-year-old Democrat's team is aware he cannot afford an underwhelming performance in the CNN debate on June 27.
He will face Republican rival Donald Trump for 90 minutes on live television.
Biden's team expects aggressive attacks on his physical and mental strength, his record on the economy and immigration.
Trump, 78, will stay on the campaign trail before going to his Florida estate next week for two days of private meetings as part of an informal preparation process for the debate.
Michael Bloomberg gives $20 million to Joe Biden
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $20 million to pro-Biden groups
The billionaire philanthropist, who briefly ran for president as a Democrat in 2020, sent $19 million to the pro-Biden group Future Forward.
He also gave $929,600 to the Biden Victory Fund.
Bloomberg formally endorsed Biden on Thursday. He said:
Wyoming billionaire Timothy Mellon backs Trump with staggering $50 million donation
Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon, an heir of the Pittsburgh-based Mellon banking family, gave $50 million last month to a pro-Trump super PAC known as MAGA Inc.
Mellon, who lives in Wyoming and is rarely photographed, is an amateur pilot who has invested in and led transport-related companies.
Forbes estimates that the Mellon family is worth some $14.1 billion.
MAGA Inc has been ramping up outlays on television ads supporting Trump's bid, with the torrent of spending helping pro-Trump allies outspend Biden's allies in recent weeks.
It got another $10 million from billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein, who founded the Uline shipping and packaging company from their basement in 1980.