Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, for a second time have given $10 million to a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney. The donation to Restore Our Future came in during the first half of October, Federal Elections Commission filings show, according to reports. On Oct. 25, the Adelsons said they made their second donation to the super PAC to "help level the playing field." Late last month, billionaire George Soros pledged $1 million to a Super PAC supporting President Obama. The Adelsons have given …More

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife for a second time have given $500,000 to a Super PAC supporting Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's bid for Congress. The Adelsons gave the money to the Patriot Prosperity PAC, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowledge of the gift, after having given the same amount earlier this year. They also gave $10,000 directly to the Boteach campaign. Boteach is running as the Republican candidate in New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District against eight-term …More

A Democratic committee has retracted statements it made against Sheldon Adelson, who was accused of promoting prostitution and using the profits to fund a Republican Super PAC. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made statements in June and July referring to an Associated Press story, which alleged the Las Vegas billionaire was condoning a prostitution ring out of his Macau, China hotel. On its Web site, the DCCC posted: “What will Speaker [John] Boehner, Leader [Eric] Cantor and House …More

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson has announced he’s willing to spend $100 million to force Barack Obama out of the White House. Adelson, a Jewish businessman worth a reported $25 billion, made the admission in an interview with Forbes. The casino mogul recently donated $10 million to GOP candidate Mitt Romney’s Super PAC, proving Adelson can put his money where his mouth is. Adelson told writer Steven Bertoni that his contributions to Romney’s campaign could potentially be “limitless,” …More

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney met with billionaire Sheldon Adelson Tuesday, in what is rumored to be a first step toward a funding deal for Romney’s Super PAC. Adelson, whose fortune stems from lucrative Las Vegas casinos and resorts, was a previous backer of failed candidate Newt Gingrich. That support saw Adelson repeatedly criticize Romney in the media, though the mogul did ultimately admit he would support whoever secured the Republican nomination. Romney put an end to the lengthy GOP primary …More

The pro-Obama Jewish group that was behind "The Great Schlep" four years ago received a $200,000 donation from the son of billionaire George Soros. Alexander Soros, the 26-year-old son of the hedge fund magnate and progressive philanthropist, gave the donation to the group known officially as the Jewish Council for Education and Research. With Soros' gift the group, which is now a super PAC, or political action committee, has raised nearly as much this cycle as it did in the entire 2008 campaign. The …More