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Former-President Donald Trump's final hours in office were marked by 140 commutations and pardons of people convicted of a wide variety of crimes. In Nevada, the former president commuted the sentence of high rolling gambler Billy Walters. He was convicted in 2017 for insider trading, and he was fined $10 million and was serving a 60-month sentence before the commutation.  But there were others with ties to Nevada who also got presidential pardons or commutations.  State of Nevada contributor John L. Smith has been following that story.  “Actually, the Las Vegas pardons and commutations ...

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Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate who influenced policy from D.C. to Jerusalem, dies at 87 Donald Frazier Sheldon G. Adelson, a billionaire casino tycoon and free-spending political donor who helped bankroll conservative candidates in the United States and Israel, and who pushed the governments of both countries to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, died Jan. 11 in Malibu, Calif. He was 87. The cause was complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a company statement. Mr. Adelson (pronounced ADD-ul-son), wh...

Adelson used his vast wealth to buy political influence.

GOP presidential candidates sought the billionaire’s money and blessing at the “Adelson primary.”