A significant political scandal is unfolding in Texas, where a state businessman allegedly funneled $250,000 to a super PAC supporting Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate campaign—using a fictitious name. The super PAC, which champions Paxton amidst a backdrop of corruption allegations, recorded the hefty donation last year from an individual identified as "Paul McLaren." This name, however, appears to be entirely fabricated, with no records indicating such a person resides in Plano, Texas, where the contribution was supposedly sourced.

A federal judge ordered a white nationalist group and some of its members to pay hundreds of thousands in punitive damages after defacing a mural of Arthur Ashe in Richmond in 2021.

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