3 h. ago Trump fortune balloons by billions after family firm’s crypto token starts trading

World Liberty Financial’s digital token $WLFI fell in price on first day, a year after launch by Trump family and partnersThe Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, put its namesake digital tokens up for sale on Monday, adding some $5bn in paper value to Donald Trump’s family fortune. The token, known as $WLFI, fell in value on Monday in their first day of trading.The World Liberty tokens were sold to investors after the Trump family and its business partners last year launched the venture, a decentralized finance platform that has also issued a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency meant to maintain a specific price by tying its value to a specific asset. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Trump family made upward of $6 billion in a day thanks to its crypto

The family’s firm, World Liberty Financial, has become a profitable venture for Trump and his sons

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38 h. ago Trump investigator Robert Mueller diagnosed with Parkinson’s, family says

The 81-year-old’s diagnosis led to the House Oversight Committee withdrawing its subpoena for the former FBI director in the Jeffrey Epstein probe

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7 d. ago Trump family crypto empire expands with Crypto.com partnership

President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures are expanding with plans for a digital asset treasury company

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer disrupts family holiday for second year in a row for Donald Trump summit

The PM was holidaying in Scotland in his family when he and other European leaders were invited to the White House by Donald Trump to discuss the Ukraine war

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2 w. ago Chris Pratt defends RFK Jr’s policies against ‘unreasonable’ hatred: ‘I want them all to be successful’

‘Jurassic World’ actor’s wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, is a cousin of RFK Jr.

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2 w. ago When Trump tariffs hit French barrels and corks, California’s winemakers feel the squeeze

Small California producers say Trump’s EU levies are driving up costs and threatening family businessesKory Burke, a small producer of high-quality wines in central California, never believed that tariffs on imports from France or Italy could help boost his business. But he knew for sure they would be a big hindrance as soon as Donald Trump announced late last month that he was slapping a 15% levy on all goods from the European Union.“The first email I received was from my cork provider,” Burke recalled. “He said he’d take on 2% of the additional cost of importing corks from Europe, but I would have to absorb the other 13%. Then my barrel supplier got in touch, pushing me to put in my orders as fast as possible because every new French barrel coming across the Atlantic after the tariffs was going to come with a $100 or $150 fee.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago JD Vance spotted playing golf at Trump Turnberry during family holiday in Scotland

Vance was pictured participating in a round of golf on the King Robert The Bruce course in Turnberry, near Girvan in South Ayrshire, on Thursday.

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2 w. ago The Trump family has raked in an astonishing $3.4 billion over his two presidencies, new report claims

President Donald Trump and his family made an estimated $2.37 billion from cryptocurrency alone, the report claims

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3 w. ago Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course reportedly being offered rice and cash

White House denies suggestions resort in Vietnam presents conflict of interest amid row over compensation ratesVillagers whose farms in Vietnam will be bulldozed to make way for a $1.5bn golf resort backed by the Trump family have reportedly been offered rice provisions and cash compensation of as little as $12 for a square metre of land by state authorities.Thousands of villagers will be offered compensation based on land size and location, according to a report by Reuters. The agency spoke to elderly farmers who said they feared they would struggle to find a stable livelihood. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago A new immigrant detention partnership nicknamed after Indiana's iconic racetrack inspires backlash

Top Trump administration officials boast that a new partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana will be the next so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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4 w. ago Edinburgh Fringe star blames Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for 'serious problem'

Alison Jackson, a photographer known for her snaps of celebrity lookalikes, including Donald Trump and the Royal Family, has claimed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have caused an issue for her upcoming Edinburgh Fringe show

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4 w. ago Family Guy creator praises ‘incredible’ South Park despite rivalry with animated show

The writer has momentarily buried the hatchet years after being mocked in ‘South Park’

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