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Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will reportedly headline an upcoming fundraiser to benefit House Democrats. According to New York Times reporter Teddy Schleifer, Kimmel will be the special guest for a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee benefit dinner next month. Schleifer shared an invitation for the event on Tuesday, revealing that it will take place in Los Angeles on Mar. 10 and also feature House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Ticket prices range from $25,000 to over $300,000. According to Politico, two people “familiar with the fundraiser who were granted anonymity to discuss the details”...

Taxpayers will pick up multimillion dollar bill despite Obama's fundraising stop Taxpayers will be stuck with an enormous bill after President Obama’s southern California fundraising tour, KUSI’s Steve Bosh reports. With his party’s Senate majority under siege, President Obama will attend a $10,000 per plate fundraiser at the home of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs. Bosh noted because of technicalities in the president’s schedule, taxpayers will actually pick up the tab for the entire trip despite the fundraising stop: STEVE BOSH: Then there’s the cost to taxpayers when the president travels to official or political events, like the visit to San...

Paul Tudor Jones, the wealthy hedge fund manager, has become the latest in a growing band from his profession to throw their weight behind Barack Obama, the US senator vying for the Democratic presidential nomination. Mr Jones is said to be planning to host a 500-guest fundraiser for Mr Obama on May 19. The event will be held at Mr Jones’s seaside mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut, a big US centre for hedge funds. “The whole of Greenwich is backing Obama,” said one leading US businessman. Hedge fund managers, whose newly found wealth has made them attractive targets for presidential hopefuls,...