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IRANIAN SCHOLAR CHARGED WITH VIOLATING FARA: The Justice Department announced today it has arrested an Iranian political scientist and scholar for acting as an unregistered agent of the Islamic Republic. According to a complaint unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn,
Las Vegas casino mogul and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson dead at 87
American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who built lavish gambling palaces that made him one of the world s richest men and became a potent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died at age 87.
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Posted: Jan 12, 2021 10:16 AM ET | Last Updated: January 12
Casino mogul and influential Republican donor Sheldon Adelson is pictured at his Venetian Las Vegas casino in 2014. Adelson has died at age 87.(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who built lavish gambling palaces that made him one of the world s richest men and became a potent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died at age 87.
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A Trump-connected lobbyist who became one of Washington’s most sought-after influence peddlers over the past four years has hired a handful of Democrats, as he readies the firm for the post-Trump era.
Brian Ballard, who served as Trump’s lobbyist in Florida long before the 2016 presidential campaign, opened an office in Washington after Trump’s surprise victory, according to Politico. Within a little more than a year, he’d landed more than 60 new clients and emerged, according to Politico, as “The Most Powerful Lobbyist in Trump’s Washington.”
For Ballard, however, the next four years won’t be so welcoming. The firm’s continued success will depend on its ability to advance the interests of its clients at a time when Democrats will control the White House and (at least) the House of Representatives.
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