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☆ Sam Altman didn't eat or sleep much during his ousting, so he celebrated his return with 4 entrées and 2 milkshakes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewAs the CEO of OpenAI, the last couple of years have been a whirlwind for Sam Altman. He's met with world leaders, feuded with Elon Musk, joined the billionaire club, and was fired from the company he cofounded before quickly securing his return. Within a day of his ousting, Altman said he received 10 to 20 texts from presidents and prime ministers around the world. "It was just like weird," Altman told podcast host Logan Bartlett. "Then it hit me that like, oh yeah, like all of these people had texted me and it wasn't weird," Altman said.

Persons: —, Sam Altman, Altman, He's, Elon Musk, Logan Bartlett, OpenAI —, he's Organizations: Service, OpenAI, Business Locations: Napa

The first criminal trial of an American president has presented more than a few logistical complications. And then, during each midday break in the action, it’s time for Mr. Trump to eat. But it would be difficult for Mr. Trump to duck out for a steak or even a hot dog, and so he orders in. “Tony told me it was for Mr. Trump,” said Abimael Maldonado, who works at The Pie Guy, of the man who texted him the order Thursday. (A person with knowledge of the lunch order confirmed Thursday’s pies were for Mr. Trump and his team.)

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Pie Guy, “ Tony, ”, Abimael Maldonado Organizations: Mr, Pie Locations: Lower Manhattan

Here are the takeaways from Day 18 of the Trump hush money trial:A heated confrontation over a key phone callIt took several hours of cross-examination before Blanche finally turned to the evidence directly related to the case. Blanche says the texts show that at 8:04 p.m. Cohen texted Schiller the phone number of the teenager prank calling him. “Was it true for just that phone calls, or was it true for other phone calls too?”“You just said you don’t recall a phone call back in 2016. “Because these phone calls are things that I have been talking about for the last six years. There’s also the possibility, as CNN has reported, that former Cohen attorney Bob Costello could appear.

Persons: Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, Michael Cohen, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Blanche, Cohen, Keith Schiller –, Daniels, Barron, Blanche finally, Schiller, “, ”, ” Blanche, Cohen texted Schiller, Keith Schiller, ” Cohen, Keith, ” “, it’s, he’s, Darrell Scott, –, Trump’s, Jean Carroll, Blanche quizzed, Maggie Haberman –, Susan Necheles, Susan Hoffinger, Merchan, There’s, Bob Costello, Costello Organizations: CNN, Trump, Mr, White, Congress, New, New York Times, Prosecutors Locations: Trump, White, New York, summations

On the Emmy- and Peabody-winning series “The Bear,” Liza Colón-Zayas plays Tina Marrero, a cook at the Chicago restaurant at the center of the story. Tina and her fellow workers are in a constant struggle for the survival of their restaurant, and they fight just as fiercely with one another. Today, Colón-Zayas reads “A Web Between Her Body and Mine,” by Karen Paul. It’s a story Colón-Zayas says she relates to personally, and her reaction to it takes her by surprise. Season 3 of “The Bear” premieres on June 27, and Colón-Zayas is also featured in the film “IF,” now in theaters.

Persons: ” Liza Colón, Zayas, Tina Marrero, Tina, Karen Paul, It’s, Karen, Miriam Organizations: Peabody, Colón, IF, ” Locations: Chicago, Colón

☆ PGA Championship: When Y.E. Yang became ‘The Tiger Killer’ to clinch Asia’s first men’s major trophy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Tiger Woods, world No. Yang?’Despite his giant-slaying efforts, Yang was still relatively unknown when he pitched up to PGA Tour qualifying school the following season. Yang clinched his first PGA Tour title on his fourth start of the season at the Honda Classic to join K.J. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images“I wasn’t that nervous because it’s a game of golf,” Yang told reporters. The 24-year-old American stamped a last-minute ticket to Valhalla with his first PGA Tour victory at the inaugural Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday.

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☆ OpenAI may have finally cracked the code on voice interactions with AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, everyone's talking — literally — about the big update for OpenAI's ChatGPT that could make your job a lot easier . AdvertisementOpenAI may have finally cracked the code on voice interactions with AI, though. OpenAI says GPT-4o's average response to audio inputs is 320 milliseconds, which is on par with a typical human-to-human conversation. "They've essentially made text input almost be the barbaric form of communicating with ChatGPT (or any AI) now," the developer said. ChatGPT, Tyler Le/BIOpenAI's big reveal shows the shockwaves the startup keeps sending through the tech world.

Persons: —, Here's, ChatGPT Holger Scheibe, Tyler Le, OpenAI, Alex Bitter, They've, ChatGPT, Katie Notopoulos, Siri, it's, Apple that's, Andrew Burton, Justin Sullivan, Rebecca Zisser, Tim Cook's, Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg, he's, Nathan Congleton, Melinda, Gates, French Gates, she'd, Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Doug McMillon, It's, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Service, Teen, Business, HAL, Hollywood, Apple, Apple's Worldwide, Conference, GPT, Google, Microsoft, Washington, Getty, Tesla, Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Arkansas, Depot, Sony, Disney, Cannes Locations: NBCU, New York, London

☆ Hackers really, really like trying to take over your food delivery apps
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewYour DoorDash or other food delivery apps are a prime target for hackers. One reason: food delivery apps use two-factor authentication — like those codes texted to you before you can log in — less often than other kinds, Sift found. Just 3.5% of log-ins on food delivery apps asked for that kind of verification, making it easier for hackers to get in. Related storiesHackers also target food delivery accounts since many customers only use them periodically — meaning they're less likely to notice if someone takes control. AdvertisementDo you work for DoorDash, Instacart, Uber Eats, or another gig delivery service and have a story idea to share?

Persons: —, Brittany Allen, Allen, fraudsters, Uber Organizations: Service, Business, Facebook, Walmart Locations: cryptocurrency

☆ Rudy Guiliani’s radio show has been canceled after he repeatedly discussed false 2020 election conspiracy theories
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Rudy Giuliani was suspended from New York City radio station WABC and his talk show canceled after he flagrantly ignored orders not to discuss false 2020 election conspiracy theories, the station’s owner said Monday. In recent months, Giuliani was repeatedly directed to not make claims of electronic voting manipulation surrounding the 2020 election, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire GOP donor and owner of the radio station, said in a statement. “Guiliani has admitted repeatedly over the past few days that he agreed not to speak about Dominion,” Catsimatidis said. Last month, the far-right cable channel One America News settled with another voting technology company, Smartmatic, for its airing of false claims. Giuliani has also been criminally charged in Georgia and Arizona over lies related to overturning the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: CNN — Rudy Giuliani, flagrantly, Giuliani, Donald Trump, John Catsimatidis, Catsimatidis, “ Guiliani, ” Catsimatidis, “, ” Giuliani, Giuliani “, ”, cancelation, WABC’s, you’re, ” Giuliani ranted Organizations: CNN, New York City, WABC, New, Voting Systems, Dominion, Bloomberg, Fox News, News, New York Post, Newsmax, “, Democrat Locations: New, New York, Georgia, Dominion, Arizona, Florida, New York City

☆ I used to be a public school teacher. Now I work as a 'middleman' government contractor and can travel when I want to.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I used to be a special-ed teacher at a public school in Ohio, making around $50,000 annually. I work as a middleman, which means I'm the prime contractor and I bid on the opportunity. I've signed contracts in all kinds of sectors, including landscaping, HVAC cleaning, and construction. I put in about an hour of work on government contracting every dayI spend about an hour a day on government contracting. I have a team member that I work with now as well, and we work on finding opportunities, getting quotes, and submitting proposals.

Persons: —, Wes Fisher, I'm, I've, it's, texted Organizations: Service, Business, Forest Services Locations: Ohio, California , Nevada , Oregon , Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana, California, Utah, Panama, Dubai, Jamaica, Chicago, San Francisco

☆ I got a hair transplant in Istanbul, a sanctuary for balding men. It pulled me out of a dark place.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Spencer Macnaughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Bennett, who's three years older than me and was a bit further along in the balding process, had been my hair loss mentor. But now, he was one of the growing number of men who traveled 5,000 miles to Istanbul, the global capital for hair transplant surgery. According to the Turkish Health Tourism Association, about one million people traveled to Turkey for a hair transplant in 2022, spending about $2 billion. Bennett/Spencer Macnaughton Show less Bennett lounging poolside in December 2022 , 11 months after his hair transplant. Spencer Macnaughton during his hair transplant in Istanbul Turkey Kenny Wassus/Business InsiderWhen they finally announced I was finished, it was around 10 p.m.

Persons: Bennett, Turkey —, who's, It's, poolside, what's, I'd, —, Aygin . Bennett, Spencer Macnaughton, Serkan Aygin, he'd, Kenny Wassus, Aygin, He's, they'd, Choi, you've, Istanbul Turkey Kenny Wassus, Kenny, I've, I'm Organizations: Mercedes Club, Business, Turkish Health Tourism Association, FDA, International Society of Dermatology, Turkish Airlines, Istanbul Airport Locations: midtown Manhattan, Turkey, Istanbul, Manhattan, New Jersey, Turkish, United States, New York, Istanbul Turkey, Detroit

Here are the takeaways from day 15 of the Trump hush money trial:Cohen is on deckCohen is expected to take the stand Monday, putting him face-to-face with his former boss. With Cohen’s testimony implicating Trump, however, comes all of the baggage that accompanies the former president’s longtime fixer. Judge to Cohen: Please stop talkingAhead of Cohen’s expected testimony, Trump attorney Todd Blanche urged Judge Juan Merchan to order Cohen to stop talking about the trial and Trump. Video Ad Feedback Pollster: Trump's trial won't affect votes in November 03:46 - Source: CNNMerchan has already said he cannot gag witnesses in the case. Prosecutors introduce key text and call records into evidenceAfter Westerhout left the stand, prosecutors spent the rest of the day calling a series of custodial witnesses to introduce cell phone records into evidence.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Michael Cohen, Trump’s, Stormy Daniels, Trump, Cohen, Daniels, He’s, Alvin Bragg’s, Cohen’s, Todd Blanche, Judge Juan Merchan, Blanche, ” Blanche, Joshua Steinglass, ”, CNN Merchan, Merchan, “, ” Cohen, White, Madeleine Westerhout, Susan Necheles, Westerhout, didn’t, ” Westerhout, she’d, Allen Weisselberg, ” Necheles, she’s “, Weisselberg, Cohen reimbursements, Stormy Daniels ’, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan Howard, Howard, Rodriguez, David Pecker, “ We’re, ” Rodriguez texted Howard, “ Keith, Davidson, ” Howard, ” Rodriguez, Steinglass, ” Merchan, wasn’t Organizations: CNN, White, Prosecutors, Trump, Manhattan, White House, Trump Org ., National Enquirer, American Media Inc, Trump Org Locations: Manhattan

☆ I've been living in Spain for 12 years. I've stopped dating locals because too much gets lost in translation.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Nicola Prentis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Say something to me in Spanish," said my date in the small Catalan city where I've lived since 2016. It's an inevitable part of the first date scenario I've come to hate while dating in Spain. Navigating the apps with my level of Spanish is easy, and I can even manage whole dates. But it wasn't the first time I've been mocked for speaking Spanish in a supposedly romantic context. Debating something complex in Spanish is beyond my language level, but I also know I'll sound rude if I disagree using the blunt language tools I do have.

Persons: I've, It's, I'm, it's, I'd, There's, Nate Young, Marie Sklodowska, Young, Queen Mary , Organizations: Curie, University of Oslo, Queen Mary, Queen Mary , University of London Locations: Spain, Madrid, Barcelona, Mexican, Queen

☆ Racism Alleged at Multiple Globe Life Affiliates
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Susan Antilla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

"If I'd brought it up, I would have been blackballed," he told BI. She told BI that Lobello frequently sent her racist memes he found online that contained the N-word. AdvertisementBell, in the hat at right, at a team dinner for an AIL agency then known as Giglione-Ackerman. In the areas she was assigned, she told BI, "most of the people were uninsurable" because of poor health, hard drug use, and poverty. If you work at Globe Life or AIL and have information to share about the company, please contact Susan Antilla at susan.antilla1@gmail.com .

Persons: Domenico Bertini, Chris Selejan, Rob Gray, James " Bo, E, Gentile, Organization —, Frank Svoboda, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Fuzzy Panda, Scott Dehning, AIL, Dehning, Jennifer Haworth, I'd, John L, Ann Marie Arcadi, Gray, Eric Giglione, Giglione, Bell, He'd, Brian W, Fraser, Popeyes, Morgan Lobello, Lobello she'd, y'all, Lobello, David Zophin, Ackerman, Andy Mercado, texted, quieted, Bell's, Raynaldo Lafontant, David Ackerman, Lafontant, Mercado, Sarah Reay, Reay, Debra Gamble, Gamble, Nicole Korkolis, Donnaya Presberry, Presberry, Abeni, Mayfield, Amy Williamson, Abeni Mayfield, Rosem Morton, Silvana Pajor Flores, Pajor Flores, Susan Antilla Organizations: Globe Life, Business, Globe, New York Stock Exchange, Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Organization, BI, Department of Justice, Research, Latina, Ackerman Agency, New Jersey Superior Court, SEAT, Giglione, Commission, Professional Employees International Union, Liberty National Division, Liberty National, Edison, AIL Locations: Kentucky, Bertini, Pennsylvania, McKinney , Texas, Michigan, West Virginia, New Jersey, Argentina, Aurora , Colorado, Edison , New Jersey, Edison, Giglione, Morgantown , West Virginia, Moon Township , Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Columbia , Maryland, Cumberland , Maryland, Kansas, Waco , Texas, Colorado, AIL, susan.antilla1@gmail.com

☆ Social media platforms race to address AI-generated images ahead of November election
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Big Tech is racing to address the stream of A.I.-generated images inundating social media platforms before the machine-crafted renderings further contaminate the information space. TikTok announced on Thursday that it will begin labeling A.I.-generated content. (Notably, Elon Musk’s X has not announced any plans to label A.I.-generated content.) Social media giants have reams of rules prohibiting certain content on their platforms, but history has repeatedly shown that they have often failed to adequately enforce them and allowed malicious content to spread to the masses before taking action. That poor record doesn’t inspire much confidence as A.I.-created images increasingly bombard the information environment — particularly as the U.S. hurtles toward an unprecedented election with democracy itself at stake.

Persons: TikTok, Elon Musk’s, OpenAI, Katy Perry, ”, Perry, ” Perry Organizations: New York CNN, Big Tech, YouTube, Microsoft, Social Locations: New York, Silicon

☆ Video of Drake appearing to fondle a 17-year-old fan on stage resurfaces amid Kendrick Lamar feud
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Ellen Cranley | Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAn old video of Drake dancing with and kissing a 17-year-old has resurfaced again amid the rapper's feud with Kendrick Lamar. In the former, released Friday, Lamar suggests Drake is a "predator" and says he's got "sex offenders" at his record label, OVO. AdvertisementIn "Not Like Us," released less than a day later, Lamar outright calls Drake and his entourage pedophiles: "Certified Lover Boy? In 2019, many who took issue with the video of Drake compared his encounter with the 17-year-old to Kelly's behavior. Drake and Harris knew each other for several years before rumors that the two were dating circulated in 2018, when Harris was 18 and Drake was 31.

Persons: —, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar's, Lamar, he's, it's, Jeffrey Epstein, Millie Bobby Brown, Millie Bobby Browns, I'd, he'd, Lamar didn't, Prince Williams, Swan, Kelly, Aaliyah, Brown, Bella Harris, Harris Organizations: Service, Ogden, Guardian, Business, Drake, Getty, Hollywood, Washington DC Locations: Drake's Denver , Colorado, Washington

☆ The US didn't feel safe enough to raise a kid, so we moved to Japan
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Trevor D. Houchen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He and his wife felt it would be unsafe to raise their child there and decided to move to Japan. He finds Japan more affordable, safe, and is happy to be living near his wife's family — but he's scared of bullying. AdvertisementMy wife was already six months pregnant when we agreed she would leave the US and have our baby in Japan. I want him to learn to speak Japanese fluently and feel safe enough to enjoy his childhood to its fullest. As a professor myself and after a 20-year long career in education, I have read studies that note the lack of critical thinking taught in Japanese high schools.

Persons: Trevor D, Houchen, —, We'd, — we're, she'd, we'd, we've, Care.com, I'm, I'd Organizations: Service, Georgia Technical College, Georgia Gwinnett College —, of Health, Ministry of Health, Labor, Welfare, Kaiser Family Foundation, Japan Times, New York City —, US Naval Locations: Atlanta, Japan, LA, Yokosuka —, Tokyo, Houkien, New York City, Yokosuka

☆ These Couples Survived a Lot. Then Came Retirement.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Susan Dominus | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara and Joe met 13 years ago, two divorced people who had relentlessly climbed their way up from working-class backgrounds. Joe co-founded a delivery business that he sold in 2021 for an amount that meant he would never have to work again; he retired in January last year. Since retirement, she reported, Joe had found himself untethered. Now he also wanted her to look at the funny dog videos that made him laugh, and yes, funny pig videos too. “But I’m going crazy or going back to work, whichever comes first.”

Persons: Barbara, Joe, untethered, “, ”

☆ Stormy unchained: Lawyers for Trump and porn star struggled to control her after hush-money story broke in 2018
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Text messages shown in Donald Trump's hush-money trial reveal attorneys' struggles to manage Stormy Daniels. Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-attorney, appeared frantic in messages after the hush-money story broke in 2018. Minutes later Cohen texted Davidson, "Please call me," before he again texted, "Cmon!" Advertisement"Why is she going on Kimmel after the Sotu," Cohen texted Davidson days earlier. "She just denied the letter," Cohen texted Davidson at the time.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, Trump's, Cohen, Daniels, —, Keith Davidson, Davidson, Trump, Drew Angerer, Davidson texted Cohen, Cohen messaged Davidson, Stephanie Clifford —, Sean Hannity's, Davidson texted, Cohen texted Davidson, texted, Eduardo Munoz, Let's, Cohen backtracked, Michael Cohen's, Jane Rosenberg Davidson, Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel, Cohen messaged, Gina Rodriguez, Gina Organizations: Prosecutors, Trump, Service, Street, Sean Hannity's Fox, Manhattan, REUTERS, Attorney's Locations: Los Angeles, LA, Manhattan, NY

☆ After dropping off my kids, I stay in the car alone for 5 minutes. It helps me reset from 'mom mode' so I can move on to the next task.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Jamie Davis Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When my kids were babies, if they fell asleep in the car I wouldn't try to transfer them. Now that they are all older, I still sit for five minutes alone in the car. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Even years into motherhood, I was inexperienced in the joys and frustrations of having a child fall asleep in the car. AdvertisementYet, even now, I linger in the car for a few moments, longer than I should.

Persons: —, texted Organizations: Service Locations: walkable, Washington

☆ I was fired from a new job in less than a week after I started. It taught me not every opportunity is a good opportunity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Sarah Dolezal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Calli Nguyen, a 24-year-old social media marketer from Baton Rouge, LA, about getting fired after less than one week of work. I now feel that getting fired after less than a week of employment was a blessing in disguise. The experience taught me that not every opportunity is a good opportunity. Afterall, I did list my social media marketing skills on my résumé. AdvertisementMy boss wanted her social media marketing to look a certain way: showcasing stock photos of attractive women with outdated fonts.

Persons: —, Calli Nguyen, It's, I've, Afterall, Ma'am, Z, it's, doesn't Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Baton Rouge , LA

☆ Trump trial resumes after infamous Cohen phone call tape is played for jury
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the first day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024 in New York City. The lawyer, Keith Davidson, negotiated six-figure hush money deals for porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal ahead of the 2016 presidential election. On the night Trump won that election, Davidson texted the Enquirer's then-editor in chief, "What have we done?" But he added that he and the top editor, Dylan Howard, understood at the time that "our activities may have in some way assisted the presidential campaign of Donald Trump." Jurors heard a recording of Trump saying asking Cohen, "So what do we got to pay for this — 150?"

Persons: Donald Trump, Keith Davidson, Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Trump, Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Judge Juan Merchan, Merchan, Davidson, Trump's, Michael Cohen, David Pecker, Dylan Howard, Douglas Daus, Cohen, McDougal Organizations: U.S, Manhattan Criminal, Prosecutors, New, Trump, Manhattan, Attorney, National Enquirer, American Media Locations: New York City, New York

☆ Stormy Daniels' lawyer says 'extremely strict reading' of her earlier Trump affair denial was true because the relationship wasn't 'romantic'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Davidson testified on Thursday that "an extremely strict reading of this statement would technically be true" based on how he would parse "affair," "romantic," and "and/or." Asked by Steinglass whether "there was a sexual encounter" between Daniels and Trump, Davidson said he believed there was. Related storiesDavidson also said the statement's denial of rumors that Daniels "received hush money" from Trump was also true, because he "would never use that word." Advertisement"There wasn't hush money. Cohen worked at all hours trying to keep the narrative under control, sending text messages "with little regard for my schedule," Davidson testified.

Persons: —, Keith Davidson, Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump —, Joshua Steinglass, Davidson, Daniels, Michael Cohen, Davison, Donald Trump, Trump, reimbursements, Cohen, MARK PETERSON, Dylan Howard, Jimmy Kimmel, Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood Roosevelt Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Manhattan, Attorney's, Manhattan Criminal, Getty, National Locations: New York City, Hollywood

☆ Hush-money texts reveal tawdry bidding war over a porn star, a Playboy model, and their tales of Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

"Every single time I talked to Michael Cohen, he leaned on his close affiliation with Donald Trump," Davidson testified. Advertisement"It was part of his identity," the lawyer told jurors of Cohen. When Daniels' lawyer responded "Yup," the Enquirer editor responded, "I reckon that trump[sic] impersonator I hired has more cash." At another point, Cohen claimed the Trump Organization computer systems were, "quote, all fucked up," Davidson told the jury. "I called him and said, Michael, this is a very bad situation," he said he told Cohen.

Persons: —, Donald Trump —, Playboy Bunny, Keith Davidson, Bunny Karen McDougal, Stormy Daniels, Melania Trump, Trump, Davidson, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Daniels, Donald Trump, Dylan Howard, texted, Ethan Miller, Raymond Hall, Joshua Steinglass, Yom Kippur, Michael, Steinglass, he's, Karen McDougal, Playboy Bunny —, Howard, McDougal, Davidson — Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, National Enquirer, Manhattan DA, Getty, Trump Organization, Enquirer, National, GOP Locations: LA

☆ I left my $90K job to take care of my mom full-time. Now I make less than minimum wage.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alma Valencia, who once earned $90K in fashion, cares for her mom with dementia for $17.50 an hour. She is part of the "sandwich generation," simultaneously caring for her mom and her children. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It made sense because we wanted the best for her — and our family struggled to afford full-time, outside help. I was stretched thin as a so-called "sandwich generation caregiver."

Persons: Alma Valencia, —, Mom —, Amelia, Daniel, texted, Alma Valencia I'd, Juan, Caregiving, what's, I've, I'm, Mom Organizations: Service, Social Security, Alma, Business Locations: California, Valencia, San Francisco

☆ Mark Meadows asked the Supreme Court to recognize his 'just following orders' defense. A right-wing justice wasn't buying it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Mark Meadows has requested Supreme Court to recognize immunity for president's subordinates. One of Trump's own Supreme Court appointees seemed to draw the opposite conclusion. AdvertisementBefore the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in former President Donald Trump's immunity case, Mark Meadows tried to get his foot in the door. AdvertisementJudges have denied Meadows's attempts to move his criminal case to federal court, which could be more favorable legal territory. AdvertisementA Trump appointee had the opposite approachIn Thursday's hearings, the Supreme Court didn't directly take up the issue.

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