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Dem fundraising giant in the hot seat as GOP lawmakers demand answers over dodged subpoena
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House Republicans are demanding ActBlue, a top Democratic campaign fundraising apparatus, turn over international communications, probing whether the organization knowingly misled lawmakers and dodged subpoenas to hide weaknesses in its screening process to weed out illegal, overseas donations.
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., collectively laid out their demands in a letter published on Tuesday.
«For more than a year, the Committees have conducted oversight regarding ActBlue’s ‘fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention,’» the letter reads.
«Recent reporting … strongly suggests that ActBlue deliberately obstructed the Committees’ investigation, including through misleading statements and noncompliance with our subpoenas.»
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Rep. Jim Jordan leaves a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 10, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
The letter is addressed to Regina Wallace-Jones, the CEO and president of ActBlue, and is the most recent entry in investigations that began in 2023 when Republicans originally raised concerns about foreign donations possibly influencing American elections.
It also follows New York Times reporting on a memo from Covington & Burling, a law firm, warning that gaps in its screening armor could present «a substantial risk for ActBlue.»
The memo, on its own, does not implicate wrongdoing or indicate that ActBlue accepted international donations. Even so, the reporting caught the eye of Republicans in Congress.
Steil, Jordan and Comer are collectively asking ActBlue to produce two internal documents to examine the internal understanding ActBlue may have had about its own weaknesses.
The first is a resignation letter from General Counsel Aaron Ting — a document Republicans contend centers on liabilities created by ActBlue’s donation security.
Republicans believe the second, a message from ActBlue’s former legal counsel Zain Ahmad, relates to an ignored whistleblower complaint about those practices.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) speaks to the media on his Committee’s investigation into former President Joe Biden’s cognitive state, in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Republicans have already requested those documents before, but haven’t received them.
«There is considerable reason to believe that ActBlue may have deliberately withheld this responsive material to impede our investigation,» the letter states.
For its own part, ActBlue has claimed it makes every effort to ensure its fundraising complies with legal requirements.
In ActBlue’s own letter published in Nov. 2023, Wallace-Jones, the CEO, affirmed that the organization maintained the highest standards for scrutiny of its fundraising.
«Our approach is multilayered, with checks and confirmations occurring throughout the donation process to verify donors and donor information,» Wallace-Jones wrote.
«These measures, which include compliance measures, technological tools, and manual reviews, help to ensure the identity of donors, root out potential foreign contributions, and protect donors from financial fraud.»
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Regina Wallace-Jones of Palo Alto soaks up the first evening of the DNC Convention at the United Center in Chicago, IL on Monday, August 19, 2024. (Photo by Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
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Republican lawmakers have given ActBlue two weeks to produce the requested documentation, setting a deadline for April 28, 2026.
«Absent these steps, the Committees are prepared to use available mechanisms to enforce our subpoenas,» the letter reads.
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Rusia lanzó una tercera oleada de misiles balísticos contra Kiev en menos de una semana: al menos 11 heridos
Al menos 11 personas, incluido un niño, resultaron heridos en Kiev tras un nuevo ataque ruso contra la capital. Es la tercera vez en la semana que Moscú ataca deliberadamente la capital del país. El alcalde, Vitali Klitschko, señaló que cuatro de las víctimas están hospitalizadas en centros sanitarios de la ciudad. Las demás fueron atendidas en el lugar por los médicos.
Las autoridades registraron impactos e incendios en los distritos de Solomianskyi, Darnytskyi y Dniprovskyi. En Solomianskyi, un incendio se desató tras el impacto en un edificio de oficinas y almacenes de tres plantas. El Servicio Estatal de Emergencias de Ucrania informó horas más tarde que el fuego fue extinguido. Además, una locomotora ferroviaria resultó dañada por la onda expansiva. En Darnytskyi, un proyectil impactó en la calzada, provocó el incendio de un cuadro de control de semáforos y la explosión de ventanas en edificios residenciales cercanos. Dniprovskyi sufrió un incendio en la zona de edificios no residenciales
“El enemigo está atacando la capital con misiles. ¡Por favor, permanezcan en lugares seguros!”, informó durante la madrugada de este domingo (horario local) el jefe de la administración militar, Tymur Tkachenko, vía redes sociales antes del primer estruendo que generó pánico entre los habitantes de Kiev.
Los periodistas en la ciudad reportaron al menos cinco explosiones, luego de que las autoridades advirtieran sobre el ataque. Las sirenas de alarma aérea comenzaron a sonar minutos después de la primera detonación, de acuerdo con los testigos.
“En el distrito de Dnipro, estamos registrando las consecuencias del ataque. Un edificio civil no residencial resultó dañado en el distrito de Svyatoshyn como consecuencia del ataque. Estamos esclareciendo los detalles”, agregó Tkachenko en otro mensaje.
El pasado 8 de julio, tropas rusas atacaron los distritos de Svyatoshynskyi y Desnyanskyi en Kiev utilizando drones y misiles. Como resultado, tres personas murieron y 16 resultaron heridas.
En medio de los ataques casi diarios del Kremlin, Ucrania creará un comando de “impacto de largo alcance” dentro de sus fuerzas armadas, según anunció el presidente Volodimir Zelensky, en momentos en que la campaña de Kiev contra la infraestructura energética y logística rusa obligó a Moscú a prohibir exportaciones de diésel y restringir el transporte marítimo cerca del mar de Azov, que conecta con el mar Negro.
Desde hace meses, drones de ataque ucranianos golpean infraestructuras energéticas clave a miles de kilómetros dentro de Rusia, en una estrategia que Kiev presenta como sanciones de largo alcance contra el principal financiador del presupuesto estatal ruso. En las últimas semanas, Ucrania reportó ataques casi diarios, y las autoridades insisten en que consideran legítimo llevar la guerra al territorio ruso, más de cuatro años después del inicio de la invasión a gran escala.
“Hoy firmé un decreto que establece un comando especial dentro de las Fuerzas Armadas, un comando destinado a tener un impacto a largo plazo y, en efecto, global sobre Rusia en respuesta a esta guerra”, anunció Zelensky en su mensaje vespertino a la nación.
Cabe subrayar que al menos 265 civiles murieron y 1.816 personas resultaron heridas en Ucrania durante junio a causa de los ataques lanzados por el Kremlin, según informó el jueves Naciones Unidas. Esta cifra constituye el mayor número combinado de víctimas civiles en un solo mes desde las primeras etapas de la invasión a gran escala iniciada por Moscú en febrero de 2022.
La advertencia fue presentada ante el Consejo de Seguridad por la secretaria general adjunta de la ONU para Asuntos Políticos, Rosemary DiCarlo, quien señaló que los datos de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH) muestran un aumento sostenido del impacto de la guerra sobre la población civil.
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Mexico vows US will pay after ICE fatally shoots illegal migrant who allegedly attempted to ram agent with car
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum strongly criticizes the U.S. government for its alleged involvement in the 2024 abduction of former Sinaloa Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ Zambada. Sheinbaum explicitly states the U.S. lied about its participation, claiming a violation of Mexican sovereignty. This incident raises serious questions about diplomatic relations between the two nations and American intervention in Mexico.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed to pursue «significant legal measures» against the United States after a Mexican national was fatally shot during an ICE operation in Texas.
Mexican officials counted 17 cases of Mexican nationals who have died in U.S. immigration custody, while Sheinbaum focused on Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an illegal migrant who has lived in the United States for decades.
DHS officials claimed Araujo was the subject of an ICE arrest operation when an agent shot him in self-defense because he allegedly ignored orders and allegedly attempted to ram the agent.
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During Sheinbaum’s daily «Mañanera del Pueblo» press availability in Mexico City, she laid out her planned escalation of objections against U.S. immigration enforcement’s behavior.
«Our goal is to go beyond diplomatic notes and the representations we made to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. We cannot tolerate the mistreatment of our fellow citizens, our brothers and sisters, in the United States. So, we are proposing further measures,» Sheinbaum said in Spanish.
Sheinbaum said the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs will present the measures to Washington, and commented on Araujo’s death.
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Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum, left, listens to President Donald Trump, right. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
«This occurred in the context of detention, even though their only offense was lacking documentation — and this despite having been hired by a U.S. company.»
She said the U.S. has no reason to hold people like Araujo in detention or allegedly «subject [them] to violence.»
«We are therefore preparing, obviously, more significant legal measures.»
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On Thursday, Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco said he is requesting criminal charges be brought in connection with the 17 Mexican nationals who died in U.S. custody, according to the AP, which reported the requests will be sent to the Justice Department and various state attorneys general.
Multiple reports suggested Sheinbaum’s demands would have no legal effect in U.S. courts.
Mexico City has claimed 14 of the 17 died in custody while three have been killed during active DHS operations, according to the outlet.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department and DHS for comment. The White House directed Fox News Digital to DHS.
Araujo, 52, was reportedly transporting workers to a jobsite for a homebuilding company in the Magnolia Park section of Houston.
As critics disputed the government’s recounting of events, objections arose over the lack of bodycams on the agents on-scene.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is seen. (Daniel Cardenas/Getty Images)
A DHS spokesperson defended the agents, telling Fox News they had not been issued body-worn cameras because of the repercussions of the Democrat-backed agency shutdown earlier this year.
«The process of purchasing and issuing body-worn cameras to all of our ICE field offices was interrupted by the Democrats multiple government shutdowns. Body cameras have been deployed to more than half the field offices, with the remaining half to receive them in the next 60 days,» a spokesperson said, while noting a 1,300% increase in assaults against agents during the same period.
Meanwhile, advocacy group Voto Latino condemned the Araujo incident, saying that the Mexican national should still be alive.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, speaks with President Donald J. Trump, right. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
«His story is the embodiment of what it means to seek the American Dream — the same dream that drives so many of us to call this nation home. Lorenzo called the United States home for nearly 35 years, and his family deserves immediate answers that come from a completely independent process, not from the very agency that upended their lives,» Voto Latino executive director Beatriz Lopez said in a statement, which also called for Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s resignation.
Asked about Sheinbaum’s warning, an ICE spokesperson defended the agency and the accounting of events depicting Araujo as trying to hit an agent.
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«[He] refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,» the spokesperson said.
«DHS-OIG is leading an investigation into the agent-involved shooting. FBI Houston is leading an investigation into the potential assault on a federal law enforcement officer. This is a developing situation, and we will update the public when more information is available.»
Fox News’ Brooke Taylor and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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