{
  "id": 5821506,
  "title": "Trump delivers $10 million to Ken Paxton in first major contribution of midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/trump-delivers-10-million-to-ken-paxton-in-first-major-contribution",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T19:29:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-10-million-ken-paxton-first-major-contribution-midterms/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump has donated $10 million from his MAGA Inc. super PAC to Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton in the first major contribution of the midterm elections. Paxton, the current Texas attorney general, is in a close race against Democrat James Talarico. The $10 million includes $5 million for negative ads against Talarico and $5 million for positive ads promoting Paxton, as disclosed in a Federal Election Commission filing on Saturday. The donation is set to be made through Del Ray Media Inc., a political media operation that handles both television and digital advertising. MAGA Inc. has a total of $400 million, but it had not made any significant donations during this midterm cycle until now.",
  "summary": "President Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC had previously only given one donation this midterm cycle: about $800,000 to Darline Graham.",
  "key_points": [
    "Trump donates $10M from MAGA Inc. super PAC to Ken Paxton",
    "$5M for negative ads against Talarico, $5M for positive ads for Paxton",
    "Donation disclosed in FEC filing, Del Ray Media handles ads"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}