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Elon Musk, post-Taylor Swift's Kamala Harris endorsement, has decided to go on the warpath with the world's biggest pop star
Musk responded to Swift after the pop star posted a ringing endorsement of Harris, signing off with…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Superyacht sales surge thanks to wealthy Americans amid Russian oligarchs' retreat
A total of 203 superyachts were sold globally in 2023 — a 17% drop from last year, according to the…
Geoff Weiss
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The long tale of the yacht linked to a Russian oligarch and abandoned in the Caribbean for more than 2 years finally draws to a close
A European buyer bought the 267-foot yacht, ending two-year saga involving ex-Google CEO Eric Schmi…
Lian Kit Wee
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Russia's war economy is so hot that at least 12 of its oligarchs received $11 billion in dividends over 15 months
The biggest winners from the dividend payouts were commodities exporters, Bloomberg reported.
Huileng Tan
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The US tried to secure Alexey Navalny's release in a historic prisoner swap with Russia before his death
Alexey Navalny, Putin's most vocal political dissident, was supposed to be included in Thursday's h…
Lloyd Lee,Kelsey Vlamis
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JD Vance's pro-natalist comments are older than his political career
JD Vance's pro-natalist stance and disparaging remarks about childless leaders have dotted his rhet…
Alice Tecotzky
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Here's a non-exhaustive list of some things JD Vance said that have aged poorly
Vance's past inflammatory remarks about Simone Biles, Kamala Harris, and women not wanting children…
Aditi Bharade
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JD Vance's problem isn't weirdness. It's nastiness.
Sen. JD Vance's point about childlessness was actually fairly benign. But the nasty way he framed t…
Bryan Metzger
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Elon Musk says he's not giving Trump $45 million. But that it was even a possibility underscores democracy's biggest problem: money.
Even if Musk's huge donations aren't happening, the fact that it would even be possible raised rene…
Katie Balevic
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Doug Emhoff blasts JD Vance's 'stupid, uninformed' comments about Kamala Harris being a 'childless' cat lady: 'It hurt my feelings'
Since they married in 2014, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff have co-p…
Brent D. Griffiths
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JD Vance defends his infamous 'childless cat ladies' comment: 'I have nothing against cats'
JD Vance defends his "childless cat ladies" comment, criticizing the Democratic party as anti-famil…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Ukraine needs $1 trillion to rebuild. The country's oligarchs plan to loot it.
Insiders fear that under Andriy Yermak, Zelensky's right-hand man, Ukraine's influx of foreign aid …
Paul Starobin
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Trump has preached 'unity' since his assassination attempt, but he could become even more radical in the aftermath
Former President Donald Trump spoke of "unity" in his RNC speech, but some experts believe he'll be…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Judges just unsanctioned 2 Russian oligarchs worth almost $20 billion
A top European court found there was insufficient evidence that Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven had b…
George Glover
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A pro-Kremlin oligarch's impounded yacht is being auctioned off — with the money going to Ukraine
The Royal Romance, owned by Viktor Medvedchuk, would be the first seized asset sold to help fund Uk…
Thibault Spirlet
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Insiders still have no idea what's going to happen to Russian oligarchs' seized superyachts
Russian oligarchs' superyachts seized as part of sanctions resulting from Russia's Ukraine invasion…
Madeline Berg
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Eric Schmidt was supposed to buy a yacht once owned by a Russian oligarch. Here's the one he bought instead.
Eric Schmidt backed out of buying the Alfa Nero megayacht last year and instead purchased the Shahi…
Madeline Berg
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Disgraced former FBI agent Charles McGonigal pleads guilty to working with a sanctioned Russian oligarch
Charles McGonigal was charged with taking money from a Russian oligarch in defiance of US economic …
Mattathias Schwartz,Rebecca Cohen
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A teen posing as an oligarch's son mysteriously jumped to his death after befriending a gangster and a crypto millionaire
New evidence is emerging in the death of Zac Brettler, a 19-year-old who jumped from a fifth-floor …
Mikhaila Friel
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A Russian oligarch's megayacht seized by the US is costing taxpayers a fortune, and the government is desperate to sell
US officials say the $300-million Amadea is owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a sanctioned Russian billion…