Trump Org says it donated $151,470 in profits to US Treasury

The Trump Organization has donated $151,470 in foreign government profits at its hotels and similar businesses last year to the U.S. Treasury, an executive said in a statement Friday. George Sorial, the executive vice president and chief compliance counsel, said the Feb. 22 voluntary donation fulfills the company's pledge to donate profits from foreign government patronage while Donald Trump is president.

Trump Didna t Pay Porn Star Hush Money a ” Because He Stiffed His Own…

It appears President Trump may have dodged the consequences of one shady habit, conducting extramarital affairs, by indulging in another unscrupulous habit: refusing to pay his employees. Last month Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, released a statement that seemed to suggest he paid Stephanie Clifford - a.k.a. Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claimed she had an affair with Trump - $130,000 of his own money right before the 2016 election.

Hope Hicks, Trump’s longest-serving aide, resigns from the White House

President Trump's communications director and close aide Hope Hicks announced her resignation Wednesday and will leave the West Wing in a few weeks, White House officials said. Her departure comes a day after she refused to answer key questions from the House Intelligence Committee and at the end of a rocky month during which she was under fire for mishandling the White House response to spousal abuse allegations against Rob Porter, Trump's staff secretary whom Hicks reportedly had been dating.

Lobbying expenses spiked as Congress shaped tax overhaul

This Dec. 3, 2015, file photo shows an existing home for sale in Roswell, Ga. Money spent on lobbying by corporations, trade associations and special interest groups spiked during the final three months of 2017 as they battled for the biggest breaks possible in the most dramatic rewrite of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years.

Here’s first family’s first year

It's been a jam-packed year of news since President Donald Trump moved into the White House, but it's also been a transformative -- if tumultuous -- year for each member of the first family. Trump and his extended nuclear family's first year in Washington saw new homes in cities, new roles, new books and even a new baby.

Democratic lawmakers want to subpoena Trump Organization

Democratic members of the House oversight committee asked the Republican chairman to begin a serious investigation into President Donald Trump's conflicts of interests. The letter was sent to Chairman Trey Gowdy of South Carolina on Thursday, one year after a news conference held by Trump and his attorney announcing efforts to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest by handing over his businesses' reins to his sons and putting his assets in a trust, among other measures.

Murphy: Tax Reform Will Have ‘Drastic’ Effect On Many In Fairfield County

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy met with real estate agents and homeowners in Fairfield Friday, telling them the new federal tax law will have a "drastic" effect on Connecticut, particularly in Fairfield County. Amid warnings from economists that the law will limit mortgage and property tax deductions and cause home values to drop, Murphy said he wanted to hear from those who know the state's real estate market best.

Report: Trump Org Gave Mueller A Slew Of Documents, Some Regarding An Alleged Dossier Source

The Trump Organization has given Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Congress a slew of emails and documents about meetings involving the real estate companies' executives, according to CNN. And some of those records pertain to a Belarusian-American businessman who is said to be a major source for the infamous Steele dossier.

How Did a White Supremacist Get a Job as an Equal Employment Officer? …

Exclusive: Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents - STORY HIGHLIGHTS - Washington Candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address Email pointed Trump campaign to WikiLeaks documents that were already public A 2016 email sent to President Trump and top aides pointed the campaign to hacked documents from the Democratic National Committee that had already been made public by the group WikiLeaks a day earlier.

CNN Botches Major ‘Bombshell’ Alleging Contacts Between Don …

Exclusive: Email shows effort to give Trump campaign WikiLeaks documents - STORY HIGHLIGHTS - Washington Candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address Email pointed Trump campaign to WikiLeaks documents that were already public A 2016 email sent to President Trump and top aides pointed the campaign to hacked documents from the Democratic National Committee that had already been made public by the group WikiLeaks a day earlier.

Minneapolis’s booming downtown due to different kind of stadium district

When Super Bowl LII takes place in Minneapolis in February, a coming-out party of sorts for the city's new warship-shaped U.S. Bank Stadium , Minnesotans hope that their hometown Vikings play a starring role. But even if the Vikings don't make it to the big game, the Twin Cities will have many reasons to show hometown pride.

Bain Capital might start managing Harvard’s real estate assets

The famed private equity firm, co-founded by former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is in talks to take over management of part of the university's real estate assets, according to Bloomberg. It would mark a significant entrance into the real estate market for Bain.

Ivanka Trump says child tax credit a not a pet projecta

The presidential daughter and adviser, in a "full-blown sprint" as she sells the Republican tax overhaul plan and juggles other initiatives, has had it with all that talk about her "pet project" to increase the child tax credit . "I get a little bit frustrated when people call it a pet project," Trump told The Associated Press as she spent a day shuttling between events in multiple states.