A convicted participant in the college‑admissions scandal donated to Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ohio campaign, drawing criticism about the campaign’s meritocratic message.

Internal emails show Cuyahoga County plans to hire outside counsel to defend against an employee who says migraine accommodations were removed. The dispute raises legal and budget questions for county leaders.

Citadel founder Ken Griffin told a Sun Valley audience he’d prefer Marco Rubio over Vice President J.D. Vance — a rare public tilt from one of the GOP’s biggest donors.