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Trump takes heat over political donations
Donald Trump is defending himself against claims that he donated $25,000 to a group supporting the Florida attorney general to sway her office’s review of fraud allegations at Trump University.
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Trump used over $250,000 from charity for business disputes, report says
Legal experts said the Trump Foundation’s donations in connection with litigation involving Donald Trump’s personal businesses may have violated tax regulations that prohibit using nonprofit charities...
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Does Trump pay taxes? Debate comment ignites new clamor for his returns
Donald Trump was awash in questions Tuesday — and, in some quarters, outrage — about how a self-described billionaire could possibly avoid having to pay a single dollar to the tax man.
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Trump appears to admit he paid no federal income tax
Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns — and the possibility that he had not paid federal income taxes for years — has emerged as a central issue in the campaign.
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Clinton, Democratic committee distance themselves from videos where dirty...
Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the party committee moved to distance themselves from the behavior described in the videos, and the committee said the two men were no longer assisting it.
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Ethics official under fire for criticizing Trump plans
“I’m concerned that the person in charge of our office of ethics is not the most ethical person,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said Friday.
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Ethics questions dogged agriculture nominee as Georgia governor
Sonny Perdue, President Donald Trump’s agriculture-secretary nominee, became a target of frequent criticism that he was failing to honor his own ethics pledge during his eight years as governor of...
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How the Miss Universe pageant led to Trump’s son meeting with a Russian lawyer
The Miss Universe pageant has been the subject of particular intrigue for months, given the federal investigation into the Kremlin’s meddling in the presidential election and the question of whether...
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Consumer watchdog agency embraces its mission; popularity may protect it
While many federal agencies have begun to loosen the reins on the companies they regulate, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken the opposite course.
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Scott Pruitt before the EPA: Fancy homes, a shell company and friends with money
At the EPA, Scott Pruitt is under investigation for allegations of unchecked spending, ethics lapses and other issues, including his interactions with lobbyists.
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Education Dept. scales back unit investigating fraud at for-profit colleges
The unwinding of the team has effectively killed investigations into possibly fraudulent activities at several large for-profit colleges where top hires of Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, had...
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EPA aide questioned deleting Pruitt meeting details, then was fired
An aide to Scott Pruitt lost her job this past year, according to a former senior staffer, after objecting that the changes to official calendars could be illegal.
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Inside the elite prep-school world of Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh, accuser
The text message from Christine Blasey Ford this summer worried her college best friend, Catherine Piwowarski. Over their years of friendship — as roommates, bridesmaids and parents on opposite coasts...
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The White House saw riches in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, but reality may...
In pushing to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil exploration, the Trump administration pressed scientists for quick findings, dismissed bad news and revised a report in its push...
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Those Foreign Business Ties? The Trump Sons Have Plenty Too
Last month, the Trump family business received approval from a local government in Scotland for a major expansion of its golf resort near Aberdeen, marking the largest real estate development financed...
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Jeffrey Epstein’s mystery bank came alive after his death
Southern Country International received millions of dollars from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in December.
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At party for Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, donors helped pick up the tab
WASHINGTON — It was a lavish birthday party for Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle. The setting was Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Florida. The guest...
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Need a coronavirus test? Being rich and famous may help
Such cases have provoked accusations of elitism and preferential treatment about a testing system that has been plagued with delays and confusion, and stirred a new national debate that has reached the...
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The swamp that Trump built
Campaigning four years ago as a Washington outsider, Donald Trump electrified rallies with his vows to “drain the swamp.” But once he was in the White House, Trump didn’t merely fail to end...
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How U.S. cities lost control of police discipline
In the chaos of 1960s Detroit, a fledgling police union laid the groundwork for a system that, to this day, constrains discipline for officers accused of misconduct. In many places, the union contract...
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