Washington Week with The Atlantic

The powerful role money plays in politics

At a Radio City Music Hall event that featured former Presidents Clinton and Obama, President Biden raised $25 million for his campaign. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is selling “God Bless the USA Bibles” for $60 a pop, part of an effort to fund his cash-strapped campaign and pay his legal bills, which are becoming biblical in scale.

The powerful role money plays in politics

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