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'Let Them Eat Cake': How Trump Family Pocketed Nearly $3 Billion While Millions of Americans Lost Food Aid

A report released Thursday details how the family of President Donald Trump "pocketed more than $2.9 billion"—including "in cash and gifts from crypto ventures, legal settlements, a luxury jet from a foreign government, and corporate deals"—while Republican cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program left millions of Americans without critical…

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Common Dreams· Oct 15, 11:25 PM'Let Them Eat Cake': How Trump Family Pocketed Nearly $3 Billion While Millions of Americans Lost Food Aid

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Vance talks economy, inflation and corruption in CBS News town hallVice President JD Vance sat down with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil in Michigan for a "Things that Matter" town hall during his midterm campaign blitz.

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'Blatant Corruption': Donors Pouring $330 Million Into Trump Ballroom—and Reaping Benefits—ExposedA newly revealed list of companies and billionaire CEOs who donated millions of dollars to President Donald Trump's ballroom construction project shows that Big Tech, according to one government watchdog, "bankrolled it fully expecting a return on their investment." The list, first reported by The Washington Post, doesn't just show the $25 million…

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Ire Over Trump Profiteering as 60% of Voters ‘Extremely Concerned’ About Government CorruptionA poll released by Fox News on Wednesday reveals that voters' biggest concern heading into the 2026 midterm elections isn't gas prices, but government corruption. In total, the Fox poll shows that 60% of voters say they are "extremely concerned" about government corruption, which is higher than the 58% who are extremely concerned about inflation and the…

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Trump watchdog under investigation for corruption after agency praised the presidentThe U.S. Office of Special Counsel will look into allegations that Anthony D’Esposito , a former Long Island congressman now serving as the Labor Department’s inspector general, has let politics seep into his nonpartisan job, Newsday reported . In a letter Wednesday to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, OSC said it…

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