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Billionaire Ripple founder has given more than .8 million to Harris campaign
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Billionaire Ripple founder has given more than $11.8 million to Harris campaign

Chris Larsen, the co-founder and chairman of Ripple, contributed nearly $9.9 million to Future Forward in September, in addition to more than $800,000 to the Harris Victory Fund, according to FEC data compiled by Breadcrumbs crypto market and blockchain analyst James Delmore and independently verified by CNBC. Including Larsen’s August contribution of $1 million worth of […]

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Trump doubles down on tariff plan that voters hate
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Trump doubles down on tariff plan that voters hate

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a campaign office in Hamtramck, Michigan, U.S. October 18, 2024.  Brian Snyder | Reuters A majority of voters are less likely to support a candidate who promotes universal tariffs, according to NBC News polling released Sunday, marring a cornerstone economic proposal of […]

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Trump calls election case Judge Tanya Chuktan ‘the most evil person’
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Trump calls election case Judge Tanya Chuktan ‘the most evil person’

Courtroom sketch depicting Judge Tanya Chutkan in an exchange with Donald Trump’s lawyers.  Donald Trump on Friday called the judge presiding over his criminal election interference case in Washington, D.C., “the most evil person” for ordering the release of nearly 1,900 pages of previously sealed documents filed by prosecutors. Trump suggested U.S. District Court Judge […]

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More Trump sealed files released in Jack Smith Jan. 6 election case
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More Trump sealed files released in Jack Smith Jan. 6 election case

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Save America Rally” near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of more than 1,800 pages of documents filed by special counsel Jack Smith in the criminal election interference case against […]

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Biden administration forgives .5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 public service workers
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Biden administration forgives $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 public service workers

Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images The Biden administration announced on Thursday that it was forgiving another $4.5 billion in student debt for over 60,000 borrowers. The latest round of relief is a result of the U.S. Department of Education’s fixes to the popular, but once troubled, Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. President Joe […]

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Harris distances herself from Biden, bashes Trump in tense Fox News interview
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Harris distances herself from Biden, bashes Trump in tense Fox News interview

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives for a campaign event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, October 4, 2024.  Geoff Robins | Afp | Getty Images Kamala Harris on Wednesday distanced herself from President Joe Biden and bashed her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump in a heated interview with Fox […]

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Billionaire Ripple founder has given more than .8 million to Harris campaign
Technology

Harris PAC’s $1 million contribution from Ripple’s Chris Larsen shows crypto industry warming to VP

Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple. Source: YouTube SAN FRANCISCO — For months, crypto companies and their executives have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s effort to win the White House. Chris Larsen isn’t one of them. The co-founder and chairman of Ripple recently contributed $1 million worth of XRP tokens, the […]

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Harris proposes 1 million forgivable loans to Black entrepreneurs, as Trump makes inroads
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Harris proposes 1 million forgivable loans to Black entrepreneurs, as Trump makes inroads

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at a fire station, in Redford Charter Township, Michigan U.S., October 4, 2024.  Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled an “Opportunity Agenda” proposal for Black men Monday, which includes plans to provide 1 million forgivable loans to […]

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China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing ire from Taipei, Washington
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China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing ire from Taipei, Washington

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te gives a keynote address on national day to mark the 113th birthday of the Republic of China, Taiwan’s formal name, in Taipei, Taiwan October 10, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters China’s military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the “separatist acts of Taiwan independence […]

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Trump or Harris? Here are the 2024 stakes for airlines, banks, EVs, health care and more
Finance

Trump or Harris? Here are the 2024 stakes for airlines, banks, EVs, health care and more

Key Points For airlines, banks, electric vehicle makers, health-care companies, media firms, restaurants and tech giants, the presidential election’s outcome could result in stark differences in the rules they’ll face, the mergers they’ll be allowed to pursue, and the taxes they’ll pay. As president, Donald Trump slashed the corporate tax rate, imposed tariffs on Chinese […]

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