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☆ Meet the art collectors with home galleries: 'The stock market doesn't give me any fulfillment'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Entrepreneur Grant Cardone said collecting and displaying art gives him more fulfilment than investing. Grant CardoneMultimillionaire Grant Cardone, who has been collecting art for around 15 years, says he's a spontaneous buyer. Bunker artChristian and Karen Boros' home is on top the bunker that houses their private art collection, the Boros Collection, in the center of Berlin, Germany. An artwork by Cyprien titled "Gaillard Lesser Koa Moorhen," 2013, part of the Boros Collection. Karen and Christian Boros live in a penthouse apartment above their art collection in Berlin.

Persons: Grant Cardone, Grant Cardone Multimillionaire Grant Cardone, Cardone, Grant Cardone's, Burton Morris, Tommy Hilfiger, Hilfiger, Basquiat, Grant, —, Kenny Scharf, Scharf, Phillips, Jean, Michel Basquiat, gesturing, Al, Holly, Christian Levett, He's, Levett, Elaine de Kooning, Pat Passlof, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, It's, … Mitchell, Elaine, Kooning, John F, Kennedy, Karen Boros, John Macdougall, Christian, Raoul Zoellner, Cyprien, Boros, Noshe Christian, Joseph Beuys —, Zoellner, Karen, Christian Boros, Max von Gumpenberg Organizations: CNBC, Apple, Grant Cardone's Miami, Harvard University and New York University, Mougin Museum, London, AFP, Getty, Berlin, Noshe, Financial Times Locations: Miami, Cardone's, American, Grant Cardone's, Florence, Italy, Mougins, France, Ponte, Berlin, Germany

☆ A Soldier’s Final Journey Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Kenny Holston | Photographs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“This is what they sent us,” Oneida Sanders said, kneeling beside a heavy wooden chest in her living room. “These are Kennedy’s things.”Sgt. Kennedy Sanders’s belongings were shipped home to her parents after she was killed: Dog tags, identification cards, Polaroids of her family. Gold jewelry and a quarter that appeared to be stained with blood. The items offered a glimpse into the person, soldier and daughter that Kennedy was and who she had hoped to become.

Persons: ” Oneida Sanders, Sgt, Kennedy

☆ Libertarians Skip Over Trump and R.F.K. Jr. for Chase Oliver
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Rebecca Davis O Brien | Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Libertarian Party chose one of its own as its presidential nominee on Sunday night, capping a grueling day of elimination voting and a boisterous four-day event, where both Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unsuccessfully sought to court the group’s backing. The nominee, Chase Oliver — an openly gay former Democrat who in 2022 forced a runoff in a race for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia — beat out nine other candidates at the party’s national convention in Washington, including Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Trump, who was not an official candidate, received six write-in votes in the first round. The Libertarian Party is among the better-established minor parties, with name recognition and placement on the majority of state ballots in November. The Libertarian nominee is guaranteed to be on the November ballot in at least 37 states, a number that party leaders say they expect to grow in the coming months.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Chase Oliver —, Georgia —, Kennedy, Mr Organizations: Libertarian, Democrat, U.S, Senate Locations: Georgia, Washington

☆ Opinion: Alito’s second red flag
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Kirsi Goldynia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

This is not the first time Alito has found himself in hot water over displaying a controversial flag on his property. The upside-down flag, a signal of distress, was adopted by Trump supporters who believed the false claim that the election had been stolen. (Alito said his wife had raised the upside-down flag in response to a disagreement with a neighbor. The discovery also comes at a time when the Supreme Court will be making a decision about Trump’s claims of sweeping presidential immunity, his get-out-of-jail-free card for the federal cases he faces. “The notion that the Supreme Court can be trusted to be an arbiter above partisan politics has suffered major blows in recent years.

Persons: ”, Scott Peck, Samuel Alito, “, Alito, Joe Biden’s, Trump, Julian Zelizer, Walt Handelsman, Michael J, Broyde, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Donald Trump, ‘, ’, ” Nikki Haley’s, Nikki Haley’s, Nikki Haley, Haley, Nancy Pelosi, She’s, Joe Biden ‘, I’ve, ” Clay Jones, Drew Sheneman, Judge Juan Merchan, Robert Costello, Michael Cohen, Norm Eisen, Costello, ’ Merchan, cautioning, …, Eisen, Sunak, Rishi Sunak, Henry Nicholls, Holly Thomas, Sunak —, Thomas, Joel Pett, Adolf Hitler, Ruth Ben, Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Said Ben, Anna Sauerbrey, Sauerbrey, Biden, America —, Richard Curtis ’, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Laura Beers, it’s, —, Ebrahim Raisi, Frida Ghitis, Ali Khamenei, Peter Kuper, Cagle, “ I’m, What’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al, Masri, Ismail Haniyeh, Peter Bergen, ” Netanyahu, Israel’s, Netanyahu, Kerri Kennedy, Biden “, Israel, ” Don’t, Agency Carrie Sheffield, Noah Berlatsky, Singleton, Biden’s Morehouse, Jill Filipovic, Diddy, Cassie Ventura, Catherine Tan, Shanahan, Brian Castrucci, Frank Luntz, Mark Zandi, Trump Will Cathcart, Joyce M, Davis, Bill Maher, Jimmy Kimmel, Randy Holmes, Bill, ” Nicole Hemmer, Said Will, Maher, Hemmer, ” “ Maher, It’s Organizations: CNN, New York Times, Agency, Trump, South Carolina Gov, Republican, NHS, Labour, Tory, Social, Italiana, European Union, ”, Islamic, Education, Workforce, Harvard, University of California, Columbia University, Columbia, Criminal Court, ICC, Israeli, International Court of Justice, United Nations Security, American Friends Service Committee, RFK, Disney, Entertainment, Democrats Locations: Alito’s Virginia, New Zealand, AFP, ”, England, Trump’s America, America, Italian, Germany, Poland, France, Berlin, Hill, American, British, London, Notting Hill, Iran, Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic, University of California Los Angeles, Gaza, United Kingdom, Rafah, Georgia’s, Moscow, Africa

☆ The 10 books the rich will be reading this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

That's why J.P. Morgan Private Bank, every May, releases its summer reading list, often serving as a book club for billionaires. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the list, now called the J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List. The 10 books are carefully curated to match the tastes and preoccupations of J.P. Morgan's wealthy clients. It also helps with client events, since authors on the list often agree to do special dinners or speaking events for J.P. Morgan clients. Authors love being on the list as well since J.P. Morgan buys thousands of books to hand out and since clients often refer the books to others.

Persons: Robert Frank, Today's, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, J.P, Morgan, Darin Oduyoye, Oduyoye, Gary White, Matt Damon, Charles Duhigg, Jonathan Haidt, Haidt, Kasseem Dean, —, Gordon Parks, Michel Basquiat, Lorna Simpson, Odili Donald Odita, Kennedy Yanko, Kimberli Gant, Salman Khan Salman Khan, Jack Daniel, Fawn Weaver, Daniel's, Daniels, Weaver, Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg, Robinson, Clegg, Melinda Stevens, Issy von Simson, Tabitha Joyce, Fortunato, Adam Pearson, Fortunato Chocolate, Laura Mae Martin, Laura Mae Martin —, Martin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, Tony, Damon Organizations: Morgan Private Bank, Morgan, Reading, Wealth Management, J.P, Giants, Art, Phaidon, Brooklyn Museum, Education, Khan Academy, Wall, Mercedes, Nacional, Google, Solutions, JPMorgan, Manhattan Company Locations: Water, Lynchburg , Tennessee, America, United States, Croatian

☆ Opinion: The near-impossible task of providing food aid in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Opinion Kerri Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Almost all humanitarian aid providers were operating out of Rafah, including my colleagues from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Since October, the team in Gaza has provided lifesaving humanitarian aid to more than half a million people. In Rafah, our staff were living in a compound with dozens of other families while continuing to organize the complex logistics of providing humanitarian aid. A truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip passes through the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel last March. We must preserve international humanitarian law and prevent further death and starvation.

Persons: Kerri Kennedy, Fatima Shbair, Israel, Biden, Ohad, they’ve, Joe Biden, Facebook Biden, that’s, — Organizations: American Friends Service Committee, CNN, Kerri Kennedy American Friends Service, UN, United Nations, Gaza, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rafah, Gaza City, Fatima, Amman, Egypt, Kerem Shalom, Myanmar, Sudan, Kerem, Detroit

☆ Why groceries are so expensive — and how consumers may start to see relief
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

High inflation is subsiding, but many Americans have yet to see relief from elevated prices at the grocery store. "Grocery prices are up because of good old-fashioned corporate price gouging," Warren said. "And they can gouge consumers on prices because there's only a small number of companies controlling every level of the food chain." "When you spend this kind of money, you're going to have inflation," Kennedy said. "Inflation is coming down, but prices remain elevated," said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.

Persons: they've, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Warren, John Kennedy, Joe Biden, Kennedy, Harris, Mark Hamrick Organizations: Senate, Finance

☆ He taught cops how to fight crypto crime. Now he's accused of running a $100 million dark web drug market.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Lin Rui-siang stands accused of running a $100 million dark web drug market, attempting to blackmail its users, and instructing others on how to evade anti-money-laundering investigators. Federal prosecutors say that he owned and operated Incognito Market, a dark web drug market selling heroin, cocaine, oxycodone, and other illicit substances. The DoJ said Lin used the pseudonyms "Pharoah" and "faro." The indictment claims that Lin closed the drug marketplace in or around March, and that he refused to return money stored in the "bank" to vendors and customers. The outlet said that "Pharoah" posted on a dark web market forum that its aim was to help users evade anti-money-laundering investigators.

Persons: —, Lin Rui, siang, Lin, John F, Lucia, Edward A, Caban Organizations: Service, Business, Department of Justice, Kennedy, WIRED, St, Lucia Police, Lucia Police Force, DoJ, Justice Department, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Food, Drug, Criminal Investigations, New York Police Department, NYPD Locations: Royal, faro

☆ I waited in line for 5 hours at Something About Her, the new 'Vanderpump Rules' restaurant, but never even got a sandwich.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Cersei's Walk of Atonement this was not, but I couldn't believe how long I'd waited to try a sandwich. AdvertisementBut much like "Vanderpump Rules," the reality show that made Madix and Maloney famous, the opening day of their restaurant was exciting, tumultuous, and full of some surprising friendships. Something About Her has been 2 years in the makingMaloney and Madix first announced they were joining forces to open a sandwich shop in 2022, joining the growing "Vanderpump" restaurant universe. TomTom — the bar Vanderpump launched with Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval, the respective exes of Maloney and Madix — is a four-minute walk away. Hours 3-4: Sold-out sandwichesWe had now been in line for the length of an average Martin Scorsese movie.

Persons: —, Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney's, …, Maloney, Madix, Lisa Vanderpump, TomTom, Tom Schwartz, Tom Sandoval, Schwartz, Jax Taylor's, Katie Maloney, Phillip Faraone, Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, Roxie Hart, Anneta, Bravo, Kat, Viola, Reese, Meg, Peter Madrigal —, he's, Martin Scorsese, Sarah Fraser, James Kennedy, costars, Cameron, Kate, Nancy, Teri, We'd Organizations: Service, Business, Sandy's, LA's West Hollywood, TMZ Locations: Los Angeles, West Hollywood, LA's West, Chicago, LA, Australia, California

☆ TSA agents think the crew-member lane at airports is a huge security flaw that staff abuse for smuggling
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewAirport security officers have concerns over the special crew-member lanes that enable flight attendants and airline pilots to bypass typical passenger screening procedures. However, former and current TSA agents told Business Insider the lanes were "terrible" and that cabin crews could be "a bigger flight risk than the passengers themselves." 'KCM should be eliminated'TSA agents told BI these stories of cabin-crew wrongdoing "completely breach the trust that we put in them." "Transportation Security Officers conduct security screening for prohibited items at airport checkpoints and checked baggage screening," a TSA spokesperson told BI. However, Harmon-Marshall said airlines should do a better job of educating their crews about the dangers of the program, particularly when a flight crew is walking around in their uniforms.

Persons: —, John F, Charlie Hernandez, Sarah Valerio Pujols, Emmanuel Torres, Jarol Fabio, Dennis Ring, Marsha Gay Reynolds, Ben Schlappig, Schlappig, Caleb Harmon, Marshall, Harmon, there's, they'll, they're, they'd Organizations: Service, Transportation Security Administration, Airlines for America, Air Line Pilots Association, International, Business, TSA, Kennedy International, Prosecutors, Delta Air Lines, NBC News, New York Post, Airlines, America, Transportation Locations: New York

☆ RFK Jr. joins the meme-stock crowd — and plows $24,000 into GameStop in a show of support
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The meme-stock "apes" have attracted a new member: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The presidential candidate said he'd bought $24,000 of GameStop stock in a show of support. Kennedy endorsed retail investors' calls for reforming Wall Street to level the playing field. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined the meme-stock movement — and shown he's serious by investing in GameStop.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, he'd, Kennedy, — Organizations: GameStop, Service, Business Locations: Wall Street

☆ Kennedy Adviser Leaves Campaign, Citing ‘Hateful and Divisive Atmosphere’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Chris Cameron | Rebecca Davis O Brien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A key adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is stepping away from his presidential campaign, citing an “increasingly hateful and divisive atmosphere” that “no longer aligns with my values.”Angela Stanton King, the campaign’s adviser for Black engagement, announced her departure in a statement on social media on Tuesday evening, five months after she was added to the campaign’s payroll. In a text message, Ms. Stanton King said she had “switched to an informal role.” Asked for the reason for the switch, she pointed to her statement on social media. “The increasingly hateful and divisive atmosphere no longer aligns with my values.”The Kennedy campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Ms. Stanton King was a high-profile figure in the Kennedy campaign, appearing with Mr. Kennedy and Nicole Shanahan, his running mate, on the campaign trail and addressing crowds at rallies. In Ms. Shanahan’s debut campaign event in Houston this month, Ms. Stanton King spoke at length and introduced the candidate to the crowd, saying, “I don’t fall in love with a lot of people, but I fell in love with Nicole.”

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ” Angela Stanton King, Stanton King, ”, I’ve, “, Kennedy, Nicole Shanahan, Shanahan’s, Nicole Locations: Houston

☆ Brad Paisley and Howard Gospel Choir to be the entertainment for state dinner as Bidens highlight US-Kenya ties
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Betsy Klein | Samantha Waldenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

US President Gerald Ford dances with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a state dinner in Washington, DC, in 1976. Jason Reed/Reuters The White House's State Dining Room is seen ahead of a state dinner honoring French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. Paisley first performed at the White House in 2009 during the Obama administration as part of a music series. “Tomorrow night we’ve created an experience that will feature the beautiful scenes of the White House and the Washington Monument that few get to enjoy,” White House social secretary Carlos Elizondo said. Event planner Bryan Rafanelli also helped the White House plan for the state dinner.

Persons: Brad Paisley, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, William Ruto, Rachel Ruto, “, Howard, “ Brad Paisley, Dr . Biden, Ruto’s, Biden, Ruto, ” Biden, George W, Bush, Gerald Ford, Queen Elizabeth II, Ricardo Thomas, Gerald R, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Enrique Penaranda, Penaranda, Matthew Costello, George R, Nikita Khrushchev, He's, Nina, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Costello, John F, Kennedy, Habib Bourguiba, Jackie, Moufida, Bill Allen, Lyndon B, Johnson, Errol W, Barrow, Carolyn, Richard Nixon, Leonid Brezhnev, Charles Tasnadi, Betty Ford, Jordan's King Hussein, David Hume Kennerly, Betty Sherrill, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Jimmy Carter, Deng Xiaoping, Cho Lin, Carter, Nancy Reagan, Indira Gandhi, Mikhail Gorbachev, Joe DiMaggio, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Boris Yeltsin, Naina, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Barbara, Dirck Halstead, Singer Whitney Houston, Nelson Mandela, Ron Sachs, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mandela, Zindzi, Wally McNamee, Corbis, Bill Frist, Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Laura Bush, Prince Philip, Itzhak Perlman, Saul Loeb, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur, Pete Souza, White, Obama, Singh, Jason Reed, Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Macron, Brigitte, Jabin, Scott Morrison, Joshua Roberts, Paisley, ‘ Wake, Martin Luther, ’ ”, ” Jill Biden, we’ve, Carlos Elizondo, Cris Comerford, Bryan Rafanelli, April’s, Fumio Kishida, Yuko Kishida, CNN’s Sam Fossum Organizations: Washington CNN —, Howard Gospel Choir, White, CNN, Kenyan, Ford Presidential Library, United, White House, Historical Association, Washington Post, Getty, Barbados, AP, Indian, New York Times, Singer, South, Trump, Australian, Paisley, Japanese Locations: Kenya, United States, ”, Ghana, Africa, Russia, Namibia, Washington , DC, Bolivian, Soviet, George H.W ., toasts, Nashville, Washington

☆ New York Times publishes fresh details on the alleged affair that Elon Musk and Nicole Shanahan both deny
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Three sources told the Times that Shanahan and Musk had an affair in December 2021 during a private party in Miami. Advertisement"Ms. Shanahan later told Mr. Brin that she had had sex with Mr. Musk, three of the people said. She also relayed the details to friends, family and advisers," the Times reported. Representatives for Shanahan, Musk, and Brin did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment ahead of publication. In response to questions from a The New York Times reporter, Shanahan said she was "shocked the NYT is letting you run something like this."

Persons: —, Nicole Shanahan, Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Tesla, Shanahan, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Brin, Musk, it's, Ian Tuttle, Anna Webber, Grimes, Sergey, Nicole, Walter Isaacson Organizations: Service, New York Times, Business, Times, Drug Enforcement, Variety, Street Journal, Shanahan Locations: Miami

☆ ‘Silicon Valley Princess’: Inside the Life of Nicole Shanahan, R.F.K. Jr.’s Running Mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Kirsten Grind | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Shanahan, 38, a onetime Silicon Valley lawyer, has never held public office and has scant name recognition. But she was selected after Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Ventura fell through as vice-presidential candidates and Mr. Kennedy’s campaign needed money to fund its efforts to get onto state ballots, three people familiar with the events said. And money was something that Ms. Shanahan could provide in abundance. During their five-year marriage, Ms. Shanahan partied with Silicon Valley’s elite and used recreational drugs including cocaine, ketamine and psychedelic mushrooms, according to eight people and documents reviewed by The New York Times. Ms. Shanahan and Mr. Brin separated after she had a sexual encounter with Elon Musk in 2021, three of the people said.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Aaron Rodgers, Jesse Ventura, Kennedy, Nicole Shanahan, Ms, Shanahan, Rodgers, Ventura, Sergey Brin, Brin, Elon Musk Organizations: Google, The New York Times Locations: Minnesota

CNN —Spain, Norway and Ireland have announced plans to formally recognize a Palestinian state, in a move that is likely to bolster the global Palestinian cause but strain relations with Israel. Palestinian statehood has been recognized by more than 130 out of 193 member states of the United Nations, according to the Palestine Liberation Organization. “Today, Ireland, Norway and Spain are announcing that we recognize the state of Palestine. Each of us will now undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to that decision,” Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris told a news conference in Dublin on Wednesday. The landmark decision by three key European players sparked swift condemnation from Israel, with a senior lawmaker ordering the immediate recall of Israeli ambassadors to Ireland and Norway.

Persons: Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Jonas Gahr Støre, ” “, ” Støre, Pedro Sánchez, “, ”, “ It’s, It’s, Israel Katz, Katz Organizations: CNN —, United Nations, Palestine Liberation Organization, “, Norway’s, Spain’s, Terrorism Locations: CNN — Spain, Norway, Ireland, Palestinian, Israel, Spain, Palestine, Dublin, Gaza, Iran

☆ How RFK Kennedy Jr. turned from tragedy and tumult to environmentalism before becoming the face of vaccine skepticism
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewRobert F. Kennedy's children have spent a lifetime trying to add their marks to their slain father's legacy. The first Kennedy to run for the presidency in decades, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing so without the family's well-documented loyalty. Born into privilege in 1954, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was raised between Massachusetts and suburban Virginia estates. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was later a pallbearer at his father's funeral, joined by Astronaut John Glenn and former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was one of the pallbearers in his father's funeral.

Persons: —, Robert, Robert F, Kennedy, Kennedy Jr, McLean, Ethel Kennedy, wasn't, Kathleen, Joseph P ., Hubert Humphery's, Astronaut John Glenn, Robert McNamara, Michael Ochs, Jack Paar, Oprah, Frank M, Johnson Jr, Emily Black, Robert Morgenthau, JFK, Robert Boyle, Mary Richardson, Kerry Kennedy, Boyle, William Wegner, Wegner, Wegener, spasmodic dysphonia, Richardson, Cheryl Hines, Larry David Organizations: Service, Camelot, Business, RFK, Georgetown Preparatory School, Astronaut, Michael Ochs Archives, Georgetown Prep, Millbrook School, Harvard, JFK, RFK Jr, Civil, London School of Economics, University of Virginia Law School, Southern, of, The New York Times, Natural Resources Defense Council, Fishermen's Association, Washington Post, Hudson, Time Magazine, Los Angeles Times, STAT, World Health Defense Fund, Associated Press Locations: Massachusetts, Virginia, Hickory Hill, McLean , Virginia, New York, Charlottesville, Black's, Bloomington , Indiana, Dominican Republic, Manhattan, of New York, South Dakota, York, Hudson, Bedford

☆ Election Updates: Trump shares, then deletes, a video with headlines about a ‘unified Reich’ if he wins.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Mr. Trump’s campaign still lags far behind in total cash on hand, the April filings show. Mr. Trump is leading Mr. Biden in many polls, including recent New York Times/Siena College/Philadelphia Inquirer surveys that had the former president ahead in five of six top battleground states. Mr. Trump also continues to spend millions of dollars on legal bills, the filings show. Still, the filings and campaign statements reflect a busy fund-raising month for Mr. Trump. Save America also received $2.75 million in April from a super PAC backing Mr. Trump, Make America Great Again Inc., and $183,000 from a new joint fund-raising committee Mr. Trump has with the Republican Party.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Biden’s, Trump’s, Money, Pete Marovich, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, “ We’re, “, Crooked Joe Biden, ” Mr, Timothy Mellon, Mellon, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy’s, Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy, Shanahan Organizations: Republican Party, Mr, Democratic National Committee, Federal, Biden Trump, Republican, Republican National Committee, Biden, New York Times, Siena College, Philadelphia Inquirer, Radio City Music Hall, Democratic, The New York, Republicans, Trump, America, PAC, Make, Inc, Mellon Locations: Palm Beach, Fla, America, Hollywood, Wyoming

☆ The Power of the Kennedy Look
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the most attention-getting independent candidate for president since Ross Perot, may not have the poll numbers to end up on the debate stage next month. But he increasingly has something else: a reputation as the electoral “X factor.” Which means it is increasingly impossible to ignore what may be termed his “P factor.” Or even “K factor.”“P” being prep and “K” being Kennedy. In an election fought partly through the images that inundate social media and pit archetype against archetype — Donald J. Trump, the 1980s red-tie-wearing sultan of reality TV, versus President Biden, the aviator-clad deal maker of D.C. — Mr. Kennedy offers a Rorschach test of a different kind. At least stylistically speaking. His look — skinny rep ties, button-downs, shrugged-on suits, shock of gray hair and weather-beaten tan — not only sets him apart.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Ross Perot, ”, Kennedy, — Donald J, Trump, Biden, — Mr, Sean Wilentz Organizations: Princeton University

☆ Kerry Kennedy Leads ‘Heart-Wrenching’ Campaign Against Her Brother’s White House Bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Adam Nagourney | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When members of the Kennedy family joined President Biden in Philadelphia to endorse his re-election — and denounce the presidential candidacy of the best-known Kennedy of this generation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — one person stepped forward to make the family’s case: his younger sister Kerry. “Nearly every single grandchild of Joe and Rose Kennedy supports Joe Biden,” Ms. Kennedy said as her siblings, and Mr. Biden, flanked her onstage. “That’s right: The Kennedy family endorses Joe Biden for president.”That was not the first time that Ms. Kennedy, the seventh child of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, had been the face of the family’s pushback against her brother. As Mr. Kennedy has emerged as a skeptic of Covid-19 vaccines and a purveyor of conspiratorial theories on the assassination of his father, it has fallen to Ms. Kennedy to distance her family from the brother she has long held close and to guard the legacy of a proud and private family as it fades from the political stage. It is political as well: She argues that her brother’s insurgent campaign threatens the re-election of Mr. Biden and is aware that her family could shoulder some of the blame should Donald J. Trump return to the White House next year.

Persons: Kennedy, Biden, —, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kerry, “, Joe, Rose Kennedy, Joe Biden, ” Ms, Robert, Ethel Kennedy, Kennedy’s, Mr, Donald J, Trump, White Locations: Philadelphia, Hickory Hill, Va, —

☆ RFK Jr. says he invested $24,000 in GameStop after brief meme stock revival
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hikes in the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles on March 18, 2024. "My administration will support the Ape retail rebellion and enact aggressive Wall Street reforms," Kennedy Jr. wrote in a social media post. The apes were motivated in part by a desire to buck bearish Wall Street analysts' grim assessments of the companies' long-term prospects. Kennedy Jr. is actively courting undecided voters with a fringe political brand that could appeal to some anti-establishment meme stock investors. Kennedy Jr. has made obscure statements about his investment record.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kennedy, Trump's, Trump Organizations: Independent U.S, GameStop, AMC Locations: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, bitcoin

☆ We’re in a ‘My Wife Did It’ Moment - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Gail Collins | Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bret Stephens: If President Biden gets through the debate without committing a gaffe, he’ll surpass expectations. If Donald Trump gets through it without committing a felony, he’ll surpass expectations. Or hey, even the dead worm in Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s brain. As for Biden, will he give people confidence that he can go the distance for another four years? Or will he stumble and refer to his close working relationships with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada or President José López Portillo of Mexico?

Persons: Gail Collins, Gee Bret, Bret Stephens, Biden, Donald Trump, Gail, Robert Menendez, Robert F, Kennedy, we’ve, Bret, Trump, Will, MAGA, Pierre Trudeau of, José López Portillo Organizations: Robert Menendez of New, Pierre Trudeau of Canada Locations: mull, Robert Menendez of, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Mexico

☆ Meet the Mars family, heirs to the Snickers and M&M's candy empire, who avoided the limelight for years
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Hillary Hoffower | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The company has been criticized for not giving enough, especially as one of the largest private companies in the US. In 2012, Jacqueline Mars received the first-ever Foundation for the National Archives' "Heritage Award," for her support of the National Archives and other arts and cultural institutions in Washington, DC. The US Equestrian Team Foundation, of which she is an honorary life trustee, also gives Jacqueline B. Mars National Competition and Training Grant awards each year. Jacqueline also played a role merging the Opera with John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and made a multi-year commitment to support the Washington Performing Arts' programs. The Mars Wrigley Foundation supports educational and health-related causes by "providing oral health education and care, improving lives in mint and cocoa-growing regions, and creating resilient and vibrant communities," according to its website.

Persons: Mark Wilson, Jacqueline Mars, Jacqueline B, Grant, Jacqueline, John F Organizations: Mars Inc, Smithsonian National Museum of, Foundation, National Archives, US Equestrian Team Foundation, Mars National, Team, Kennedy Center, Performing Arts, Washington Performing Arts, Mars Wrigley Foundation Locations: Washington ,, Paris

☆ James Greenfield, Globe-Trotting Reporter and Times Editor, Dies at 99
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

James L. Greenfield, an urbane journalist who covered postwar world affairs for Time magazine, served as a State Department official in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and for nearly 25 years was a senior editor of The New York Times, died on Sunday at home in the rural town of Washington, Conn. The cause was kidney failure, his wife, Ene Riisna, said. As a foreign and diplomatic correspondent with an insider’s savvy about the workings of Washington, Mr. Greenfield was well placed for a career that took him from the globe-trotting reporter’s life in Europe and Asia into the company of world leaders as a government spokesman and then to the top echelons of the Times newsroom. A protégé of A.M. Rosenthal, a rising star who later became executive editor, Mr. Greenfield was hired by The Times in 1967 and soon became a focus of controversy through no fault of his own. Seeking to rein in the relative independence of The Times’s Washington bureau, Mr. Rosenthal in 1968 urged the publisher, Arthur O. Sulzberger, to name Mr. Greenfield bureau chief, replacing the popular Tom Wicker, who also wrote a political column.

Persons: James L, Kennedy, Johnson, Ene Riisna, Greenfield, A.M . Rosenthal, Rosenthal, Arthur O, Sulzberger, Tom Wicker Organizations: Time, State Department, The New York Times, Times, The Times Locations: Greenfield, Washington, Conn, Europe, Asia, Times’s Washington

☆ Biden is struggling in Nevada. His economic messaging in the key swing state will be one of the biggest tests of his 2024 campaign.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The last GOP presidential nominee to win Nevada was George W. Bush in November 2004 — nearly 20 years ago. Biden will have to work hard to address some of the top concerns of Nevada voters: inflation, housing affordability, and health care. A plurality of Nevada voters (22%) listed the economy as their top issue, and a whopping 82% of voters said that the economy was "only fair" or "poor." Only 17% of Nevada voters rated the economy as "good" or "excellent." And by a 61% to 32% margin, Nevada voters believe Trump would be better at handling the economy.

Persons: —, Sen, Harry Reid, Barack Obama's, Catherine Cortez Masto's, Joe Biden's, Biden, Donald Trump, George W, Bush, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Jill Stein, plummets, Stein, Kamala Harris Organizations: Service, Democratic Party, Business, Nevada, Vegas, Biden, GOP, Trump, New York Times, Siena College, Green Party, —, Safer Communities Locations: Nevada, Las Vegas, Reno, Siena

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