Corporate PACs donation halt chills a Congress hooked on cash thetelegraph.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetelegraph.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On Wednesday, Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice.
He’s faced condemnations and calls for his resignation or removal. He’s been banned from his favorite social media platforms. Even in his own party, some who held their noses and accepted his antics for years are cutting ties.
But there also may be some fallout for those who enabled the president and were willing to condone and amplify his lies that the election was “stolen,” even voting against the certification of the election results after rioters ransacked the Capitol people like Utah Reps. Chris Stewart and Burgess Owens.
January 13, 2021
published at 12:41 AMReuters
Las Vegas Sands Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson attends a news conference on the opening of Parisian Macao in Macau, China, Sept 13, 2016.
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Combative self-made billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who assembled the world’s largest casino empire and used his fortune to nurture conservative politicians and policies in the United States and Israel, has died at age 87.
The American casino mogul, raised in a poor Jewish immigrant family in Boston as the son of a cab driver, established lavish hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, and headed the world’s largest casino company, Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Sheldon Adelson, casino operator and wealthy GOP backer, dies at 87
Patrick Oster and Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg
Jan. 12, 2021
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Northrop Grumman halts political donations over Capitol Hill violence lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.