Author: Matea Gold
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RNC taps legal account to help pay for President Trump’s lawyers in Russia probes
The Republican National Committee is using a pool of money stockpiled for election recounts and other legal matters to pay for President Trump’s ballooning lawyer fees related to the multiple Russia investigations, directing more than $230,000 to his attorneys in August alone, party officials confirmed Tuesday. The RNC will report a payment of $100,000 to Trump’s personal attorney John Dowd and a…
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How Ivanka Trump’s fashion line collides with her father’s ‘America First’ agenda
On Inauguration Day, President Trump stood in front of the U.S. Capitol and vowed that his “America First” agenda would bring jobs back to the United States. “We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs,” he declared, adding: “We will follow two…
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Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff
COLORADO SPRINGS — Thirteen years after billionaire industrialist Charles Koch gathered a small group of his fellow libertarian donors in a Chicago hotel to discuss how to promote their economic theories, the network he launched is one of the country’s most potent political forces, with 1,600 staffers across 38 states. But Koch’s refusal to harness…
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Fox’s O’Reilly apologizes to Sherrod for not doing his homework
NEW YORK — Fox News host Bill O’Reilly offered a rare mea culpa Wednesday, apologizing for airing a controversial tape of a speech given by a black U.S. Dept. of Agriculture official that was edited to make it appear she was racist. Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign Monday after conservative activist Andrew Breitbart posted…
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LL Cool J: Fox, Palin ‘lifted’ old interview to sell new show
NEW YORK — The announcement by Fox News on Tuesday that LL Cool J would be featured in the debut episode of a new show hosted by Sarah Palin provoked surprise among many — including, apparently, the rapper himself, who wrote on his Twitter account late Tuesday that he had not participated in the show.…