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Amazon sues state agency to block release of company records to Bezos-owned Washington Post

Jan. 30, 2025 14:23 PM EST

Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post, the newspaper which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In a lawsuit filed this week in King County Superior Court, the Seattle-based company asked the court to step...

Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle lawsuit from Trump after Jan. 6 suspension

Jan. 29, 2025 18:37 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter. It's the latest...

Some Trump voters are skeptical of his opening moves to embrace fellow billionaires

Jan. 28, 2025 12:40 PM EST

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Enrique Lopez votes sporadically but bought into Donald Trump’s vows to fight for everyday workers, helping the Republican flip Arizona last year. Then the home construction contractor watched how the billionaire president opened his second administration. ...

Trump fills his government with billionaires after running on a working-class message

Jan. 28, 2025 09:33 AM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south...