Prime Day special: Amazon gifts Trump team a $1B coupon to let Bezos’ company host federal websites

Prime Day special: Amazon gifts Trump team a $1B coupon to let Bezos’ company host federal websites

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The General Services Administration has announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services that would give the government $1 billion worth of savings to adopt cloud…

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Hangout with Jeff Bezos on $500M Mega Yacht Sets Social Media on Fire: ‘Hypocrite’

Leonardo DiCaprio, long considered one of Hollywood’s most vocal environmental advocates, is facing mounting backlash after being photographed boarding Jeff Bezos’ $500 million mega yacht over the weekend. The actor, 50, was seen with his girlfriend, model Vittoria Ceretti, stepping onto the massive vessel owned by the Amazon founder, alongside Bezos and his wife, Lauren…

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Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices

Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s recent call for an America Party may be unserious, but it speaks to something real. Surveys consistently show that millions of American voters feel they lack real choices. They believe the two major…

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Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth

The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, launched in 2010 by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, that invites the world’s wealthiest individuals and families to publicly commit to giving away at least 50% of their wealth to philanthropy, either during their lifetimes or in their wills. The Institute for Policy Studies’ report “The Giving Pledge…

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