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1 week ago | 
afr.com | Alex Rogers |James Fontanella-Khan |Kana Inagaki
Alex Rogers, James Fontanella-Khan and Kana InagakiMay 6, 2025 – 8.39am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? As Donald Trump launched his trade war on April 2, billionaire Republican donor Ken Langone knew it would decimate Home Depot, the company he helped build into America’s best-known DIY store.
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2 months ago | 
afr.com | Alex Rogers |Paul Caruana Galizia |James Fontanella-Khan
Alex Rogers, Paul Caruana Galizia and James Fontanella-KhanMar 13, 2025 – 10.49am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
afr.com | Felicia Schwartz |James Politi |Alex Rogers |Lauren Fedor
Washington | President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) that he would nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be his secretary of defence and former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe to be director of the CIA, as he tapped hardliners and loyalists for his national security and foreign policy teams.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
afr.com | Alex Rogers |James Politi
Alex Rogers and James PolitiNov 10, 2024 – 8.27am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Nibbling on crabs, sushi and sugar cookies, some of the richest and the soon-to-be most powerful people in the world waited for the election results last week at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s gilded fortress on the sea.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
afr.com | Sam Learner |Alex Rogers
New York/Washington | Kamala Harris raised almost $US1 billion in the past three months, as she surged past Donald Trump in the money race to amass a huge campaign war chest for the final stretch of the US presidential election.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
afr.com | Tabby Kinder |George Hammond |Alex Rogers
Tabby Kinder, George Hammond and Alex RogersJul 18, 2024 – 9.15am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The name of J.D. Vance’s venture capital firm is a homage to fantasy author JRR Tolkien – and billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
afr.com | Aime Williams |Demetri Sevastopulo |Alex Rogers
Aime Williams, Demetri Sevastopulo and Alex RogersUpdated Jul 8, 2024 – 5.36pm, first published at 6.58am or Subscribe to save articleEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
irishtimes.com | Joshua Chaffin |James Fontanella-Khan |Lauren Fedor |Alex Rogers
Minutes after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance sent the Democratic Party into panic, Kamala Harris took to the airwaves to defend her boss. Soon she might replace him. As Biden’s support in the party leaks away, his vice-president is the leading contender to claim his place atop the Democratic Party ticket. On Wednesday afternoon she lunched with the president at the White House in their first face-to-face meeting since last Thursday’s debacle.
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May 23, 2024 | 
afr.com | Myles McCormick |Alex Rogers
Houston/Washington | Donald Trump swept through Texas on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) seeking to bolster his campaign war chest with donations from oil barons and moguls controlling vast fortunes spanning sectors from sports to automotive. The former president, whose in-person campaigning has been restricted by his “hush money” criminal trial in New York, attended lunchtime fundraisers in Houston before dashing to a dinner in Dallas. Financial Times
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
afr.com | Alex Rogers |Sam Learner
“Especially on the small-dollar side, we need that to happen quickly, so that person continues giving over the course of the campaign,” the official said.
