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Desperate Republicans eye Trump's $400 million war chest

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Newest development Sep 4, 2026 · 3 reportsDesperate Republicans eye Trump's $400 million war chest

President Trump is sitting on a $400 million war chest. With November around the corner, some Republicans wonder when he's going to open it up. Ed O'Keefe has more.

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  1. Struggling Republicans urge Trump to open Maga Inc’s $400mn war chest

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    Desperate Republicans eye Trump's $400 million war chest

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  1. Washington Examiner

    GOP anxiety grows that Trump midterm money will be spent too late — or not at all (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Republicans are getting antsy that President Donald Trump‘s super PAC, MAGA Inc., has not coughed up the $400 million stored in its coffers with House and Senate majorities expected to be decided at the margins this November.

  2. Latin Times

    Trump's $400 Million War Chest Looms Over the Midterms: See Which Vulnerable Republicans Were Invited to the White House (opens Latin Times)

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    President Donald Trump has invited a group of Republican lawmakers, including several candidates facing difficult November races, to dine with him at the White House on Wednesday as pressure builds inside the GOP for the president to deploy his enormous political war chest.

  3. Financial Times

    Struggling Republicans urge Trump to open Maga Inc’s $400mn war chest (opens Financial Times)

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    US president’s Super Pac has yet to deploy significant money in midterms race despite polls pointing to his party’s defeat in November

  4. Washington Examiner

    Comer says he hopes MAGA Inc. spends ‘every single penny’ of war chest in midterm elections (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Rep. James Comer (R-KY) asked President Donald Trump to spend the hundreds of millions of dollars his super PAC MAGA Inc. has stored in its war chest, saying he hopes the president taps into the reserves “for good use” during the midterm elections.

  5. The Daily Signal

    Trump Set to Use $400 Million War Chest to Secure Republican Majority (opens The Daily Signal)

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    President Donald Trump officially announced his plans to spend in the midterm elections to ensure Republicans hold, and grow, their majority in Congress this November. While the president isn’t on the ballot this year, he will open his more than $400 million war chest for 35 Republicans running in k…

  6. CBS News

    Desperate Republicans eye Trump's $400 million war chest (opens CBS News)

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    President Trump is sitting on a $400 million war chest. With November around the corner, some Republicans wonder when he's going to open it up. Ed O'Keefe has more.

  7. CBS News

    Trump is sitting on a $400 million war chest. But how will he spend it? (opens CBS News)

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    Securing American Greatness, a nonprofit with ties to Mr. Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc., unveiled its first ads to air nationwide.

  8. Financial Times

    Trump says he will open Maga Inc’s $400mn war chest for midterms race (opens Financial Times)

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    Financial Times's feed description

    Republican lawmakers have urged the US president to open the purse strings ahead of the crucial November election

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