{"id":2522576,"date":"2025-12-18T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-in-possibly-illegal-contributions-flooded-politics-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T07:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:32:44","slug":"millions-in-possibly-illegal-contributions-flooded-politics-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-in-possibly-illegal-contributions-flooded-politics-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions in possibly illegal contributions flooded politics this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmillions-in-possibly-illegal-contributions-flooded-politics-this-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2522576&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington Examiner reported that despite federal laws prohibiting contractors with active government contracts from making political contributions, millions of dollars in possibly illegal donations have been made by several major corporations in 2025. Federal law aims to prevent potential corruption or conflicts of interest by banning such contributions, but many companies, including United Healthcare Services, Chevron, Coinbase, General Motors, and Google, among others, have donated to various political committees, including super PACs.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates argue that enforcement by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has historically been weak, with the agency often accepting corporate defenses that distinguish between different corporate entities to justify contributions. Notable examples include Chevron and United Healthcare Services, which made significant donations while holding sizable federal contracts.Campaign finance experts and watchdog groups criticize this loophole, saying it undermines the law&#8217;s intent to prevent pay-to-play corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Even though enforcement has increased recently under the Biden administration, progress is hindered by the current lack of an FEC quorum. The law does not restrict employees of federal contractors from donating personally, only the contracting entities themselves. Some political action committees have also received contributions from federal contractors, raising further concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Legal challenges claiming the ban violates First Amendment rights have been rejected by courts, affirming that the restrictions serve to prevent corruption or its appearance. Clarity advocates continue calling for stronger government action to close enforcement gaps and uphold the integrity of federal contracting and campaign finance laws.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Millions in possibly illegal contributions have flooded politics this year<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1884834\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal law states that it is &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/cfr\/text\/11\/115.2\">unlawful for a Federal contractor<\/a>&rdquo; to &ldquo;make, either directly or indirectly, any contribution or expenditure of money or other thing of value &hellip; to any political party, committee, or candidate for Federal office or to any person for any political purpose or use.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite this prohibition, a <em>Washington Examiner <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1e71fk5xYvGmTg_XcV2CkHKHUdOMkf5P13wN-mTpBOD8\/edit?usp=sharing\">analysis <\/a>of campaign finance and procurement records identified several federal contractors, many of them major corporations, that may have run afoul of this law in 2025. The prohibition on federal contributions from firms contracting with the federal government exists to combat impropriety in the procurement process or any appearance thereof.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3924581\/lawyers-no-kings-protest-shooting-victim-accuse-left-wing-organizers-obstruction\/\">Lawyers for &lsquo;No Kings&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-accuse-no-kings-organizers-of-obstruction\/\" title=\"Lawyers accuse \u2018No Kings\u2019 organizers of obstruction\">protest shooting victim accuse left-wing organizers<\/a> of obstruction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3918139\/what-we-know-turtle-island-liberation-front-charged-terrorist-plot\/\">What we know about the Turtle Island Liberation Front charged in terrorist plot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3917847\/brown-university-shooting-victims-identities-revealed\/\">Brown University shooting victims&#8217; identities revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Among the firms identified by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that made contributions to national political committees while holding active federal contracts, either directly or through one of their corporate arms, were United Healthcare Services, Chevron, Coinbase, Atmos Energy Corporation, General Motors, Google, L3Harris Technologies, and Tenet Healthcare Corporation. These contractors cut checks to the Congressional Leadership Fund, Make America Great Again Inc., the Center Forward Committee, House Majority PAC, the Rolling Sea Action Fund, the federal account of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Atmos Energy Corporation PAC, and the Lincoln Project.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At the federal level, it is not all that uncommon for government contractors to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-superlawyer-marc-elias-represents-pac-secretly-funded-by-sbf\/\" title=\"Marc Elias, a prominent lawyer, represents a PAC that is covertly funded by SBF.\">make illegal campaign contributions<\/a> to political committees, especially to super PACs,&rdquo; Craig Holman, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >veteran campaign finance lobbyist working<\/a> for Public Citizen, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Many contractors view the lack of enforcement and very narrow interpretations of the law by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-election-commission\/\">Federal Election Commission<\/a> as an open invitation to violate the spirit if not the letter of the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Holman is right that much of the money donated by contractors this year went to super PACs and that the FEC has historically been reluctant to enforce the law.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase, which procurement records show is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/CONT_AWD_15M50024FA4400016_1544_15M50024DA4400010_1544\">under contract<\/a> to provide cryptocurrency services to the U.S. Marshals Service, contributed just over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=Coinbase&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026&amp;min_amount=10000&amp;line_number=F3X-17\">$1 million<\/a> spread across the GOP&rsquo;s Congressional Leadership Fund, the Democratic House Majority PAC, and the Rolling Sea Action Fund while that contract was active. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chevron\/\">Chevron<\/a>, meanwhile, donated <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=Chevron&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026&amp;min_amount=10000&amp;line_number=F3X-17\">$100,000 <\/a>to the Center Forward Committee, a centrist super PAC, while having <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search?hash=0243dae3b8f4ba529dacdecad1c291bb\">millions of dollars in contracts<\/a> to provide the Department of War with aviation fuel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chevron and Happy&rsquo;s Market signs are shown in Dallas on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I have filed formal complaints with the FEC against some contractors for violating the law, the most recent being against Chevron,&rdquo; Holman told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Chevron produced a very weak defense that was widely repudiated by state enforcement authorities that enforce state pay-to-play laws, but warmly accepted by the FEC: that one division of Chevron owned the government contracts, while another division of Chevron made the campaign contributions. The FEC bought this line of reasoning hook, line, and sinker despite being repudiated by such enforcement agencies as the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission and the mayor of Philadelphia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Past high-profile apparent defections from the law, as Holman suggests, could be explained by the fact that the FEC has historically been reluctant to enforce the prohibition on donations from federal contractors and that, when the law is carried out, the penalty is typically a relatively small fine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This distinction without a real difference essentially guts the law,&rdquo; Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/news\/fec-lets-chevron-off-the-hook-for-2-5-million-super-pac-contribution\/\">said <\/a>of the FEC&rsquo;s 2014 Chevron decision. &ldquo;Any business can establish legally distinct entities, and then have the parent corporation dole out campaign cash with the hope of winning government contracts, while its subsidiary takes in those contracts. Public officials with influence over government contracts are unlikely to miss the relationship between the source of the contributions and the company seeking the contract.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>United Healthcare Services, in an instance similar to the Chevron case, donated <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202507319789366254\">$5 million<\/a> to MAGA Inc., President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> main super PAC, on Jan. 9, while procurement documents show it had an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search?hash=5e6774ee15f2188531eac195af12a369\">active federal contract<\/a> worth nearly $10 million to provide &ldquo;vision insurance administrative services.&rdquo; A source close to United Healthcare explained that both the campaign finance and procurement records name &ldquo;United Healthcare Services&rdquo; because it is the payment processor for the corporation, and that the donation was made by a different arm of the company than the one holding the contract.<\/p>\n<p>Press reports <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.law\/newsletter-Nov_2017_ELN-Federal_Contractor_Slapped_with_Civil_Penalty_for_Prohibited_Contributions_to_Super_PAC\">indicate <\/a>that the FEC first enforced the ban against super PAC contributions in 2017 when the Suffolk Construction Company gave $200,000 to the liberal super PAC Priorities USA Action while bidding on and carrying out federal contracts for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The FEC ultimately fined the firm $34,000 for the infraction. Enforcement <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hklaw.com\/en\/insights\/publications\/2022\/12\/fec-enforcement-trends-federal-contractors-in-the-crosshairs\">increased considerably<\/a> during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, transparency advocates such as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/campaignlegal.org\/cases-actions\/guarding-against-pay-play-federal-contracts\">Campaign Legal Center<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/contractor-political-expenditures\/\">Public Citizen<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensforethics.org\/reports-investigations\/crew-reports\/limiting-secret-money-in-politics\/\">Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington<\/a> have pointed to reams of federal contractor donations and called for government action. Enforcement is currently stalled because the FEC <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3397527\/fec-quorum-work-pause\/\">lacks a quorum<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Federal law does not prohibit employees of federal contractors from making contributions to national political committees, only the firms themselves. Corporations that don&rsquo;t have federal contracts and aren&rsquo;t otherwise prohibited from spending on U.S. campaigns are free to pour unlimited funds into super PACs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association reported that a number of federal contractors had cut it five-figure checks this year. Among these were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=ARCHER+DANIELS+MIDLAND&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026&amp;min_amount=10000&amp;line_number=F3X-17\">Archer Daniels Midland<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=HNTB+CORPORATION&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026&amp;min_amount=10000&amp;line_number=F3X-17\">HNTB Corporation<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=PFIZER+INC&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026&amp;min_amount=10000&amp;line_number=F3X-17\">Pfizer<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=PFIZER+INC&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026&amp;min_amount=10000&amp;line_number=F3X-17\">r4 Technologies<\/a>. While the federal law in question states that it &ldquo;does not apply to contributions or expenditures in connection with State or local elections,&rdquo; the DLGA has a history of making transfers to national political committees in addition to its spending on state races, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00685719\">according <\/a>to campaign finance records.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for r4 Technologies told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the DLGA erroneously placed its contribution into an account that could be used for federal expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;r4 Technologies has received and acknowledged correspondence from the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association (DLGA) recognizing that their contribution was made specifically for local\/state outreach,&rdquo; the spokesperson said. &ldquo;r4 never anticipated or was aware that it could be used for federal outreach. The DLGA has moved the contribution to an administrative 527 account that does not spend on elections. This will be reflected in their year-end report on 1\/31\/26.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DLGA did not respond to a request for comment. It is unclear if the PAC made the same mistake with its other corporate contributions.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;contributor_name=MCKINSEY++CO&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2026&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2025&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2026&amp;min_amount=10000&amp;line_number=F3X-17\">McKinsey &amp; Company<\/a> also made a contribution to the DLGA, but, similar to the Chevron case mentioned by Holman, made the contribution with one corporate arm while fulfilling federal contracts with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search?hash=7838a002dfb0196bb1f72171ba8b041b\">another<\/a>. A source close to McKinsey told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the $25,000 it provided constituted an event sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>A third instance, AMD&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202507319789366215\">$1 million donation<\/a> to MAGA Inc., which was followed by a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/us-department-energy-forms-1-billion-supercomputer-ai-partnership-with-amd-2025-10-27\/\">$1 billion supercomputer and AI partnership<\/a> with the Department of Energy, illustrates how gaps in public knowledge can make enforcement difficult. It is unclear if AMD was negotiating this partnership with the federal government at the time of its donation to the pro-Trump super PAC.  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3910807\/new-dark-money-network-could-exploit-campaign-finance-loophole\/\"><strong>NEW DARK MONEY NETWORK COULD EXPLOIT CAMPAIGN FINANCE LOOPHOLE BANNING FEDERAL CONTRACTORS FROM SPENDING ON POLITICS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the ban on federal contractor donations have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taftlaw.com\/news-events\/law-bulletins\/can-government-contractors-make-campaign-contributions-pay-to-play-prohibition-persists\/\">argued <\/a>in the past that it violates the First Amendment by restricting the political activities of businesses. A court disagreed with this argument in 2015, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pillsburylaw.com\/en\/news-and-insights\/dc-circuit-upholds-44-year-old-ban.html\">upholding the restrictions<\/a> on the grounds that the FEC&rsquo;s desire to achieve &ldquo;protection against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-wins-campaign-finance-suit-likely-boost-to-self-funding-candidates\/\" title=\"Cruz Wins ... Suit, Likely Boost to Self-Funding Candidates\">quid pro quo corruption<\/a> and its appearance&rdquo; was sufficient justification to limit the rights of corporations.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the firms mentioned in this piece for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions in potentially illegal political contributions made by federal contractors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2522577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tax-uncertainty-jobs.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33926,36901,40628,5894],"class_list":["post-2522576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-campaign-finance","tag-election-funding","tag-illegal-contributions","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tax-uncertainty-jobs.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522580,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522576\/revisions\/2522580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2522577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}