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Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump congratulates Adam Scott after he won the Cadillac Championship tournament held at Trump's golf club on March 6, 2016, in Doral, Fla.

With business booming again under Trump, private prison company gathers at president’s resort

August 22, 2019 at 1:24 a.m.

In recent years, the private prison company GEO Group has held its annual leadership conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters. But this year, the company moved its gathering...

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner looks on during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam in the Cabinet Room of the White House, on May 31, 2017.

White House, Russian bank differ on secret Kushner meeting

August 21, 2019 at 11:35 p.m.

The White House and a Russian state-owned bank have very different explanations for why the bank's chief executive and Jared Kushner held a secret meeting during the presidential transition in...

The resort this week hosted the National Confectioners Association, which hopes to score policy wins from the new administration.

‘Big Candy’ is lobbying the Trump administration, holding events at Trump hotels

June 5, 2018 at 4:28 p.m.

As U.S. candymakers descended on south Florida for their industry conference this week, they were scheduled to plot lobbying strategy in the "Ivanka Trump ballroom." A dessert networking event was...

Jacques Mamy, 34, holds a photo of his father Reverend Moise Mamy outside of their home in N'Zao, Guinea on January 23, 2015. Reverend Moise Mamy was one of eight people killed on September 16, 2014 while visiting the town of Womey in an attempt to educate people about Ebola.

Fear of Ebola led to murder – and a whole village was punished

June 24, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

The lecture about the dangers of Ebola had just begun, but the village had heard enough. A group of women started chanting, to warn the others against the visitors, "They...

2 lives collide on a Missouri street, and a nation divides

June 23, 2019 at 8:35 a.m.

Just before lunchtime on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri, a contractor who was losing a battle between his hatchet and some deep-set tree roots began to fuss and cuss. A...

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