Why Did a Charity Tied to Casey DeSantis Suddenly Get a  Million Boost?
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Why Did a Charity Tied to Casey DeSantis Suddenly Get a $10 Million Boost?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A charity meant to help people stay off public assistance was the signature project of Florida’s popular first lady, Casey DeSantis. But over three years, it had managed to raise only about $2 million to help struggling families in Florida. Then last fall,…

John Thornton, Venture Capitalist Who Founded The Texas Tribune, Dies at 59
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John Thornton, Venture Capitalist Who Founded The Texas Tribune, Dies at 59

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines John Thornton, a financier who leveraged his wealth and influence to embark on the seemingly quixotic mission of reviving local journalism in a time of crisis, by founding The Texas Tribune, a seminal regional nonprofit news organization, and the American Journalism Project, which…

Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off 0 Million in Federal Food Aid
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Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240 Million in Federal Food Aid

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The leader of a Minnesota anti-hunger nonprofit was convicted in U.S. District Court on Wednesday of masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds with a network of bogus food kitchens that billed the government for 91…

In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own
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In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Makoto Watanabe has never forgotten the day when his previous employer, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers, retreated from its biggest investigative scoop about the Fukushima nuclear disaster: that workers had fled the plant against orders from the plant’s manager. It was 11 years…

DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
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DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has repeatedly posted error-filled data that inflated its success at saving taxpayer money. But after a series of news reports called out those mistakes, the group changed its tactics. It began making its new mistakes harder to…

Venting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash
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Venting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The demoralization and fear gripping blue America in the early weeks of President Trump’s administration have left liberal groups and their allies struggling for cash, hurting their ability to effectively combat the right-wing transformation of the federal government. The small-dollar online spigot that…

Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Preserves Nonprofit Mission
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Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Preserves Nonprofit Mission

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk said in a court filing late Wednesday that he would withdraw his $97.4 billion bid to control OpenAI if the company dropped a longstanding effort to change its corporate structure. Mr. Musk and a consortium of investors had offered on Monday…

As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril
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As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape the economics of theater-making in New York — for workers as well as producers. Striking stage crews have idled the nonprofit Atlantic Theater Company — the birthplace of the musicals “Spring Awakening,”…