The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88
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The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Aga Khan IV, who as the leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims fused entrepreneurship and philanthropy in becoming one of the world’s wealthiest hereditary rulers, died on Tuesday in Lisbon. He was 88. His death was confirmed by his Aga Khan Development…

L.A. Faces Pressure From Wealthy Residents as the Pacific Palisades Rebuilds
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L.A. Faces Pressure From Wealthy Residents as the Pacific Palisades Rebuilds

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Pacific Palisades — the Los Angeles community where more than 6,800 structures were destroyed and nearly 1,000 were damaged in the California wildfires — is among the wealthiest enclaves in the United States. The average household income is $375,000, three times the…

Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies
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Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In Elon Musk’s first two weeks in government, his lieutenants gained access to closely held financial and data systems, casting aside career officials who warned that they were defying protocols. They moved swiftly to shutter specific programs — and even an entire agency…

Elon Musk and His Friends Help Trump Shake Up the Government
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Elon Musk and His Friends Help Trump Shake Up the Government

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On Friday afternoon, the world’s richest person showed up at what sounds like one of the world’s most boring agencies to demand a list. Elon Musk had arrived at the Office of Personnel Management, a mundane-sounding agency with vast power overseeing the federal…

Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs
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Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful Republican donor, are preparing to take up unofficial positions in the U.S. government in the name of cost-cutting. As President-elect Donald J. Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency…

Jocelyne Wildenstein, Socialite and Tabloid ‘Catwoman,’ Dies at 79
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Jocelyne Wildenstein, Socialite and Tabloid ‘Catwoman,’ Dies at 79

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jocelyne Wildenstein, the Swiss-born socialite and former wife of Alec Wildenstein, the scion of an art-world dynasty, whose lavish lifestyle, bitter divorce and exotic cosmetic surgeries brought her tabloid fame, died on Tuesday at her home in Paris. She was 79. The cause…