Ron Paul White House bid raises $4.5 million
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Republican presidential candidate  Ron Paul, an anti-war libertarian who has clashed with his  rivals over Iraq, raised a record $4.5 million in a one-day  Internet fund-raising event on Sunday, his campaign said in a  statement.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is giving charity more than $40,000 in past political contributions linked to a Chicago real estate developer under federal indictment
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Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul has a couple of things going for him at this weekend's Republican caucuses: a band of highly motivated supporters and a natural appeal to Maine's like-minded independents.
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Making use of the rule that allows party committees to make independent expenditures*, the National Republican Congressional Committee reported several payments over $100,000 on Friday, including a payment of $118,882 for "media placement" in opposition to Brad Ellsworth's campaign in Indiana's 8th District, a payment of $102,996 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Ron Klein in Florida's 22nd District, a payment of $132,136 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Phil Kellam in Virginia's 2nd, a payment of $131,976 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Friends of Baron Hill in Indiana's 9th, and a payment of $111,751 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Leonard L. Boswell in Iowa's 3rd.
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Republican Senator John McCain raised only 11.2 million dollars in campaign funds for his 2008 White House bid in the last three months, forcing top staff to take pay cuts and shake up his campaign.
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Clinton lends her campaign $5 million as rival Barack Obama outraised her ... McCain leads GOP delegate count for Super Tuesday results while Clinton is ahead for Democrats ... Obama says he's Clinton-tested and toughened for fall campaign ... McCain looks to appease conservatives while Huckabee, Romney press on ... Michigan congressmen Dingell, Kildee endorse Clinton
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Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani beat his rivals by raising $17 million for his campaign during the last three months. Mitt Romney raised $14 million and loaned his campaign another $6.5 million.
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Russia&#39;s finance minister announced a $5.4 billion increase in funding for four key security agencies on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin announced his plan for combatting terrorism.
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Making history, a record-breaking $6 million in internet support is given in a single day of online fund-raising for the libertarian-leaning Republican presidential candidate. Ron Paul is now on track to surpass the fourth-quarter fund-raising of every single competing candidate in both parties. The internet has spoken.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush, under pressure  over the pace and scale of American aid to Asian tsunami  victims, abruptly raised the U.S. contribution to $350 million  on Friday, 10 times the amount pledged just two days ago.
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GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul is raking in millions of dollars even as he remains one of candidates with the least face time in mainstream media. His campaign said it raised $6 million-plus in 24 hours earlier this week, but he remains low in the polls.
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Texas Rep. Ron Paul Ã¢ÂÂ the conservative and iconoclastic congressional veteran who in 1988 was the Libertarian Party nominee for president Ã¢ÂÂ said Monday that he is formally seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
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Texas Rep. Ron Paul said his second-place finish in Nevada's GOP presidential caucuses on Saturday showed his message is being heard and that he has more supporters than he thought.
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Despite record-low approval ratings, House lawmakers Wednesday voted to accept an approximately $4,400 pay raise that will increase their salaries to almost $170,000.
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Republican Mike Huckabee raised $764,000 for his presidential campaign from April through June and had $437,000 cash on hand at the end of last month, according to financial reports filed Sunday.
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A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to make sure President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end.
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A local committee helping the Republican National Committee hold its New York convention raised roughly &#36;60 million to &#36;70 million in private money for the event. Corporate donors include: