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Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

A new disclosure shows how corporations and individuals, including many in the crypto business, wrote big checks while seeking favor from the president.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Investors in President Trump’s memecoin took a White House tour the day after an exclusive dinner with Mr. Trump at his golf course in Virginia in May.
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Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis

Scrambling to pay legal fees, Media Matters has dialed back its criticism, trimmed its staff and contemplated closing entirely.

© Gabriella Demczuk

Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters, at his office in 2019. The liberal advocacy group has been hobbled by a legal onslaught from Elon Musk and investigations by President Trump’s Federal Trade Commission and Republican state attorneys general.
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Debate Ignites at U.S. School Over Netanyahu’s Hall of Fame Status

Recent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about Cheltenham High School, their alma mater in suburban Philadelphia, have inflamed a debate.

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

Benjamin Netanyahu, known then as Ben, graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1967, and was inducted into its hall of fame in 1999.
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