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What do documents obtained by Congress reveal about the Trump Organization?
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    Trump properties charged Secret Service as much as $1,185 a night, documents show.
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    Records obtained by the committee from the Secret Service show the agency was charged higher than the government rate at least 40 times in the U.S. between Inauguration Day 2017 and Sept. 15, 2021. The Secret Service spent more than $1.4 million at Trump-owned properties throughout the U.S., according to records, although [Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chair of the Oversight panel] said those records could be incomplete.
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    Trump Organization executive Eric Trump said "any services rendered to the Secret Service or other government agencies [...] were at their request and were either provided at cost, heavily discounted or for free."
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    After he won the presidency, Trump gave control of his company to his two sons but did not divest. A group of congressional Democrats and the attorney generals of Maryland and D.C. filed separate lawsuits arguing the then-president violated the Constitution's emoluments clause through his continued financial interest. The Supreme Court tossed out the cases in late January 2021 as moot since Trump was no longer in office.
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    Trump hotels charged Secret Service 'exorbitant' rates, Congress says.
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Who did not want the Supreme Court to take a case on American Samoan citizenship?


    The case, Fittismanu vs. United States, argued the Supreme Court should overrule the "Insular Cases," and the plaintiffs [John Fittismanu, Pale Tuli and Rosavita Tula] should be citizens [rather than "U.S. nationals"] b...

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Why did Russia use Iranian "kamikaze" drones against Kyiv?


    At least four people were killed in Kyiv after 28 [Shahed-136 ‘kamikaze’ drones] attacked Ukraine’s capital in several waves, Ukrainian officials said. A spokesman for Ukraine’s air fo...

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What led to a protestor being beaten in a Chinese consulate in the UK?


    The man had gathered along with other demonstrators [protesting China's Hong Kong policies] holding posters, one of which depicted Xi standing in front of a mirror naked except for boxers and a crown. Consulate wo...

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Why is Kanye West buying the social network Parler?


    The purchase by the rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year [for an undisclos...

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Yes - This industry doesn’t seem to be a place where the competition provides a barrier to entry. You’ll commonly see that in industries like tech (some guy building a platform is unlikely to be able to compete with GAFA [Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon]) but the supermarket industry really isn’t such a problem here. Coming from a small town, we had no Kroger, no Walmart, etc. We had all locally owned and franchise supermarkets and prices were still reasonable. I don’t see why someone couldn’t start their own supermarket nowadays and reasonably compete with large brands.


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