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Jared Kushner listens to President Donald Trump speak with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the covid-19 pandemic at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, D.C. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford

April 10, 2022 at 3:35 pm

Before giving billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi investment fund had big doubts

Six months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close...

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FILE — Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump, speaks during an interview outside the White House in Washington, Aug. 14, 2020. Kushner is seeking capital for his new private equity firm and is turning to Saudi Arabia, a country with which he had close ties while in the White House. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT198 XNYT198

November 26, 2021 at 6:08 pm

Seeking backers for new fund, Jared Kushner turns to Middle East

Former President Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law is trying to raise capital for his investment firm and is turning to a region that he dealt with...

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November 21, 2021 at 7:18 am

GOP Donors Back Manchin and Sinema as They Reshape Biden’s Agenda

WASHINGTON — Over the summer, as he was working to scale back President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia traveled to...

October 31, 2021 at 12:10 pm

At Saudi Investment Conference, Trump Allies Remain Front and Center

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The wealthy and the powerful of the financial world descended on the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh this past week for Saudi Arabia’s...

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October 11, 2021 at 5:07 pm

Biden’s proposal to empower IRS rattles banks and their customers

When the Biden administration looked for ways to pay for the president’s expansive social policy bill, it proposed raising revenue by cracking down on $7...

June 30, 2021 at 4:27 pm

Lower rents? Check. Speak-easy? Check. How office landlords are enticing tenants. VIEW

As New York City stirs to life, landlords with lots of empty office space are trying to hold on to their tenants by redesigning spaces...

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, May 3, 2021. Bill and Melinda Gates have made the decision to end their marriage, they said in a statement, tweeted by Bill Gates. They will continue to work together at the foundation, according to the statement. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg 775651172

May 13, 2021 at 5:39 pm

The Gateses’ public split spotlights a secretive fortune, with a hush-hush Kirkland entity at the center VIEW

Their marital estate is enormous and complex, containing assets as varied as stocks and farmland. Divvying it up could have implications for philanthropy.

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January 28, 2021 at 11:08 pm

Robinhood, in need of cash, raises $1 billion from its investors

The no-fee trading app Robinhood, which is popular with young investors, has been strained by the high volume of trading this week in stocks such...

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FILE — People queue for COVID-19 vaccinations at a sports complex in Fort Myers, Fla., Dec. 29, 2020. Florida decided people 65 and older should get the coronavirus vaccine first but demand has overwhelmed supply, and people are frustrated. (Octavio Jones/The New York Times) XNYT26 XNYT26

January 10, 2021 at 9:07 pm

‘It became sort of lawless’: Florida vaccine rollout turns into a free-for-all

Florida is in an alarming new upward spiral of coronavirus cases. But the state’s well-intended effort to throw open the doors of the vaccine program...

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November 25, 2020 at 12:20 pm

Stock Trades by Sen. Perdue Said to Have Prompted Justice Department Inquiry

WASHINGTON — Early this year, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., sold more than $1 million worth of stock in the financial company Cardlytics, where he once...