Robert Schmad

5 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Robert Schmad

Scores of American higher education institutions, ranging from community colleges to the Ivy League, maintain partnerships with Chinese universities that public documents and the United States government have linked to the People’s Liberation Army.

6 days ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Robert Schmad

“If I can’t spend it on me,” President Donald Trump told a gathering of Republican governors in February, “I guess it means I’m going to be spending it on some of my friends.”The president was referencing the more than $600 million spread across his network of political groups that he has raised and reportedly plans to spend to help Republicans win downballot races across the country in 2026.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Robert Schmad

Mississippi and Connecticut retain investment advisers friendly to Chinese military-linked holdings to manage international assets in their public pension funds, public records show. The exact holdings of public pension funds are not always disclosed. In the case of Mississippi, for instance, its public pension fund only lists its top 10 foreign and domestic holdings in its regular asset allocation reports.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Robert Schmad

Between 2020 and 2025, a Qatari foreign agent donated nearly $30,000 to campaign committees linked to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Over the same period, Graham’s office granted his lobbying firm ample access so he could advocate Qatar’s interests, including over 131 total communications between the office and the agent, personal meetings, and phone calls with the senator himself. This dynamic has played out extensively in recent years.

2 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Robert Schmad

Saudi Arabia is spending millions of dollars each month paying its foreign agents to interface with members of the media and lawmakers to secure influence in Washington, enjoying considerable success in doing so, a Washington Examiner review of public records has found.