For the better part of a decade, some of Hawaii’s most powerful people huddled together at late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts lined up to drop cash and checks into a metal lockbox. That was the entry fee for these extraordinary political fund-raisers. Inside the office, just […]
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The National Academy of Sciences is asking a court to allow it to repurpose about $30 million in donations from the wealthy Sackler family, who controlled the company at the center of the opioid epidemic, and to remove the family name from the endowment funds. The petition filed by the Academy in Superior Court in […]
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Lawyers for Donald J. Trump have spent the early part of this week seeking to stave off the former president’s trial on charges that he covered up a sex scandal. They tried again Wednesday, filing a civil action in an appeals court against the judge in the case, records show. Although the filing is sealed, […]
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Jared Kushner’s investment fund is not especially large by global finance standards. But as he gets it fully up and running, each step is bringing with it ethical issues that would only grow if his father-in-law, Donald J. Trump, should win another term as president. His $3 billion fund is financed almost entirely from overseas […]
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Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., filed a motion on Monday seeking to block an appeal of a ruling last month allowing her to continue leading the state election interference case against former President Donald J. Trump. For much of this year, the high-profile case took a detour as Mr. Trump […]
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Marty Davis, the wealthy Minnesota head of a kitchen countertop manufacturing company, is a steadfast supporter of former President Donald J. Trump. He contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to help elect Mr. Trump in 2020, and encouraged him to fight to overturn the 2020 election results. Shortly after Mr. Trump’s social media company said […]
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Amateur golfers will line up on Thursday at the Trump National Doral near Miami, having agreed to pay more than $9,000 apiece to play a friendly round alongside some of the world’s top professionals. Rooms at the resort hotel will fill up with fans as a pro tournament featuring some of the biggest names in […]
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