The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.
President Trump’s crypto venture, which channels profits directly to the Trump family, has generated conflicts of interest that have alarmed ethics experts.
Republicans on Capitol Hill seem unlikely to challenge President Trump as he pushes ethics guardrails around profiting from the presidency to the breaking point.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton came under scrutiny for inviting donors to stay overnight in the White House’s famed Lincoln Bedroom, setting off a firestorm around claims that he was shamelessly exploiting the presidency.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that if President Trump attended the talks, it would put pressure on Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, to meet face-to-face.
A photo released by Russian state media of President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow on Monday. Russia has yet to say whether Mr. Putin will go to peace talks in Turkey.
President Trump, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, said he made the decision after speaking to the Saudi crown prince. The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S.
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria during an interview in Damascus, Syria, last month. Mr. al-Shara led a rebel alliance that ousted the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
Harvard has rejected a list of intrusive demands from the federal government and filed a lawsuit to challenge the suspension of more than $2 billion in multiyear grants.
The director and screenwriter Robert Benton in 1979, the year “Kramer vs. Kramer” was released. It was that year’s top-grossing film and won five Academy Awards.
President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are coalescing around a new strategy: forcing cash-strapped states to pick up more of the bill for government services.
A 90-day pause on punishing tariffs could restart trade between the world’s largest economies. But it is not enough to resolve uncertainty about the economy.
Israel’s government has publicly dismissed warnings of extreme food shortages after it blocked aid deliveries, but an internal analysis concluded that a crisis looms if food supplies are not restored.
Palestinians waiting to receive a cooked meal in Jabaliya camp, northern Gaza Strip, in April. Food supplies have dried up since Israel blocked aid deliveries in March.
Robyn Denholm sold Tesla stock in recent months while Elon Musk, the chief executive she oversees, worked for President Trump and alienated many car buyers.
Since becoming Tesla’s board leader in 2018, Robyn Denholm has made more than $530 million in profit from selling Tesla shares, far more than her peers at the most valuable U.S. companies.
The Trump Administration’s decision to stop funding for a Danish lecture series showed its determination to extend its control to the smallest of ventures.
Pandora, the Danish jewelry company, said it was “battle ready,” with plans to raise prices and reroute shipments from the United States, but tariffs could potentially cost it millions of dollars.
Shoppers in a Pandora jewelry store at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, N.J. The company, best known for its silver charm bracelets, has been making jewelry in Thailand since 1989.
Zach Miller, a midfielder and attackman for the Haudenosaunee Nationals, during a lacrosse game between the Nationals and Team USA in June 2023 in San Diego.
Members of a group calling itself the Kingdom of Germany, which was targeted in nationwide raids, reject the existence of the German state and want to set up a parallel one.
The markets have come around to the Federal Reserve chairman’s cautious approach to lowering interest rates. President Trump could be a tougher convert.
Senator Chuck Schumer is expected to call for a Justice Department unit to report on any activities by Qatari agents in the United States that could benefit the president or any of his family’s businesses.
Many of the executives — including representatives of four of the 10 biggest U.S. companies by market value — are seeking business from Saudi investors and a chance to lobby top Trump officials.
Elon Musk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during President Trump’s visit on Tuesday. Dozens of business executives are joining Mr. Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for lunch.
President Trump arrived on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, as the president began a tour through the Gulf.
Border detentions and confusion over visas are deterring international visitors, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council, and the price tag for their hesitancy could be steep.
The United States is on track to lose $12.5 billion in international travel spending this year, according to the latest Economic Impact Research published by the W.T.T.C. Above, travelers at Newark Liberty International Airport, in New Jersey, a major hub for international flights.
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