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Former President Donald Trump’s personal holdings in Trump Media and Technology Group surpassed $6 billion in March. Public Market DebutAbout six months later, losses and declining revenues had reduced its assets to less than $2 billion. A months-long slump has seen shares fall more than 70% since a peak in late March, hitting a new low on Wednesday. Trump, as the largest shareholder of Trump Media & Technology, has suffered the biggest loss, but he has not been able to sell his holdings so far, so the declines are only on paper.Trump owns about 60% of Trump Media & Technology…

A Republican-led U.S. House committee has issued a subpoena to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, seeking documents and communications related to a massive fraud scheme by nonprofit organizations using pandemic relief funds meant to feed children.The subpoenas were sent to Walz, Minnesota Education Secretary Willie Jett, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong, NBC News first reported.The House Education and Labor Committee said in a letter to Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, that it was investigating the Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Department of Education’s oversight of federal child nutrition programs, as well as Feeding…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump President Trump suggested to business leaders on Thursday that his plan to raise tariffs on foreign imports would address seemingly unrelated issues, such as the rising cost of child care in the United States.The Republican presidential candidate has promised to lead a so-called “national economic renaissance” by raising tariffs, cutting regulations to boost energy production and sharply reducing government spending and corporate taxes on companies that produce in the United States.Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, President Trump was asked about his plans to lower the cost of child care…

CNN — The killing of six Israeli hostages marked another significant moment for Doug Emhoff, a Jewish American and spouse of a presidential candidate who is speaking up for himself and Kamala Harris in a way that only he can. “It’s very difficult for me to speak here given the re-traumatization of the tragic weekend, but this is my way of making my voice heard,” the second man said at a hostage memorial vigil in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. For Emhoff, it’s a reflection of historical circumstances. He has spoken at length about how his reaction to Joe Biden’s selection…

Staff photo/Preston Byers Poland’s Kinzie Liszko dribbles the ball during the first half of the Bulldogs’ 5-3 win at home against Niles on Wednesday. POLAND — For the first time in the 2024 season, the Polish women’s soccer team has conceded a goal. Fortunately, the goal isn’t a shutout, but to score at least one more point than the other team, as Bulldogs head coach Neil Hooda said after the game. The Bulldogs accomplished that task Wednesday night, keeping their record clean and handing Niles their first loss of the year with a 5-3 home win.…

Beijing — Hundreds of African political and business leaders filed into China’s Great Hall of the People on Thursday, eager to forge new partnerships, sign deals and build industry links. “Business is business. We buy from anywhere. In China the price is right,” Abakar Tahir Moussa, a Chadian construction company owner, told AFP as he showed off the business card of a potential new Chinese partner. He hoped to use the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which concludes on Friday, to partner with Chinese companies on road and bridge projects. “I am here to network and win more business,” said Moussa,…

Mandeville-based arts and crafts franchise Twist Brands is acquiring a competitor in a move that is expected to boost the company’s annual revenue by 40 percent.The Paint With a Twist parent company acquired another “Paint & Sip” business, Pino Palette, in a deal announced Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Twist Brands officials said the acquisition will increase the company’s revenue to $100 million to $140 million. Pino’s Palette has 69 stores across the U.S. and Canada, which will continue to operate under a separate brand from Painting With a Twist. The agreement will allow Painting with a Twist to…

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A shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday left two students and two teachers dead, and authorities said the attack was carried out by a 14-year-old boy who attended the school.At least nine people were taken to the hospital after the incident at Apalachee High School in Winder, about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta.Authorities said at an afternoon news conference that the suspect was alive and in custody, and that he quickly surrendered after officers, including two school security guards, entered the school and confronted him.Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey took the unusual step of naming a…

AFPThe United States has supplied the Israeli Air Force with the F-35, the most advanced fighter jet ever built.Western governments are under pressure to halt arms sales to Israel because of its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.Israel is a major arms exporter, but its military relies heavily on imported planes, guided bombs and missiles to carry out what experts have described as one of the most intense and destructive aerial campaigns in recent history. Activists and some politicians in Israel’s Western allies say arms exports should be halted, saying Israel is not doing enough to protect civilian lives…