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Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says

Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions

Saudi Prince Alwaleed Becomes Twitter’s Second Largest Shareholder

After flip-flopping on his support of Elon Musk’s bid for the social media company, the royal confirmed he followed through with his $1.9 billion equity commitment to the social media company’s new owner.

Mapped: Donald Trump’s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network

As Donald Trump takes his oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States, his second term comes at an ever-more critical time for climate change. Climate scientists have warned that 2024 was the hottest year on record, and without dramatic action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, global pledges to limit warming […]

Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says

Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions

Mapped: How 6 Billionaire Family Fortunes Fund Project 2025

Unraveling a $130 million web of climate denial, political extremism, and Trump campaign ties.

Dark Money: Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right | Stanford Law School

Join us for an author event featuring New Yorker staff write Jane Mayer in conversation with Stanford Professor Rob Reich and scholar Lucy Bernholz. O

Mapping Elon Musk's support for far-right politics across the world

Elon Musk has encouraged right-wing political movements, policies and administrations in at least 18 countries.

Peter Thiel, Trump's Man in Silicon Valley

An excerpt from 'Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left' traces Thiel’s impact on the GOP and media.

Elon Musk Is Inaugurating a New Era of Billionaire Rule

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, just used his political influence to shut down a bipartisan deal to keep the government open. It’s obscene — but it’s just one example of the ways billionaires dominate American democracy.

Chase and Morgan Sued Over Jewish Assets (Published 1998)

Class-action suit filed in Federal court on behalf of Jewish citizens of France, Israel and other nations who survived Nazi occupation of France or are relatives of victims charges that Chase Manhatttan and J P Morgan and seven French banks wrongfully seized bank accounts of Jewish customers during occupation and failed to return them after war; Chase says it is already in talks with World Jewish Congress on payments to former customers of Chase Bank of Paris whose accounts were frozen and later seized by Vichy French or Nazis (M)

List of companies involved in the Holocaust - Wikipedia

Chase Agrees to Plan for Holocaust Claim

Chase Manhattan Corp. and two U.S.

Telegram CEO announces $300 million partnership with Elon Musk's xAI and Grok

Elon Musk's startup xAI is paying Telegram $300 million to roll out its Grok chatbot.

Saudi Prince Alwaleed Becomes Twitter’s Second Largest Shareholder

After flip-flopping on his support of Elon Musk’s bid for the social media company, the royal confirmed he followed through with his $1.9 billion equity commitment to the social media company’s new owner.

Who’s advertising on Twitter? One of its biggest investors: Saudi Arabia 

Elon Musk and his companies have deep ties to the kingdom’s billionaire royals.

Prince Alwaleed part of Elon Musk's $6bn AI funding round

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has led a group of investors pouring $6bn into Elon Musk's AI startup

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal invests in Elon Musk’s $24B AI startup

Kingdom Holding Company also holds a stake in Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

German Stasi murder trial 50 years after Berlin Wall shooting

A former member of the secret police in East Germany is accused of shooting a Polish man in the back.

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6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025

More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families who have spent years working to promote climate change denial has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government.

Social Media's "Big Tobacco Moment": How Tech Giants Are Resisting Reform

A new documentary explores the harmful effects of social media on children, with growing calls for legal action and cultural shifts to limit tech's influence on young minds.

Big Tech Antitrust Scrutiny Across the Atlantic

Jeff Bezos’s Charitable Giving Is Another Billionaire Scam

The recent announcement that Jeff Bezos is donating the bulk of his vast fortune to charity should be recognizable to everyone at this point: it’s a tried-and-true scheme to rehabilitate his public image while avoiding paying taxes.

38 Schemers, Scammers and Loophole-Exploiters That Got An A for Effort But An F for Fraud Charges

Robberies without all that messy smashing-and-grabbing nonsense