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Leonardo DiCaprio testified in federal court Monday morning as part of a trial involving international money laundering, bribery and a prominent rap artist. Prakazrel “Pras” Michel — a founding member of 1990s hip-hop group The Fugees — is accused of funneling money from a fugitive Malaysian financier through straw donors…

Comedy genius Quinta Brunson nailed her highly anticipated "Saturday Night Live" hosting debut. The "Abbott Elementary" creator led the April 1 episode of the late-night sketch comedy show, which also featured musical guest Lil Yachty. The award-winning writer and comedian kicked off the evening with a funny and poignant monologue…

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SYDNEY—It was clear this week in the streets of Sydney that someone very important was in town—with extended traffic jams, increased police presence and sirens raging across the city serving to herald the arrival of former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as they embarked on a speaking…

Elon Musk has dethroned former President Barack Obama as the most followed person on Twitter. As of right now, the billionaire has 133,068,709 followers compared to Obama’s 133,042,819, according to the follower counts reported on their respective Twitter profiles. Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter has undoubtedly helped skyrocket his…

Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and a phalanx of senators are way too cozy with finance capital. March 17, 2023 On Sunday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) bailed out the depositors of two midsize failed banks (Silicon Valley Bank and the Signature Bank) on the theory this would…

Barack Obama has been making his picks for the NCAA Tournament since his days in the White House, and it seems that things haven’t changed all that much when it comes to the mid-March classic. The former president as been known to be a huge basketball fan, and has often…

Win McNamee/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama no longer resides in the White House, but he is still sharing his NCAA men's basketball tournament picks with America. And the Duke Blue Devils have reason to celebrate. Obama picked Duke to cut down the nets as the national champions, which wouldn't…

Several Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) board of directors have donated thousands of dollars or have direct ties to prominent Democrat politicians like Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Federal investigators are now looking into the role the board may have played in the bank’s abrupt…

During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers argued that “we don’t have a lot of evidence of a basic downwards trend in inflation”…