Jeremy Venook
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Product-Placement Presidency
The First Family can’t seem to stop advertising their business empire.
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Osman Orsal / Reuters Could Trump's Financial Ties Have Influenced His Phone Call With Erdogan?
The president’s property in Istanbul looms over his interactions with Turkey’s leader, whether he wants it to or not.
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Kelvin Kuo / AP The Upcoming Privacy Battle Over Wearables in the NBA
Biometric trackers could revolutionize professional sports. First, though, leagues will have to convince athletes to share their data.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Case(s) Against Trump
Citizens are suing the president to force him to sell his businesses. But will any of their lawsuits succeed in court?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Holy Ethics Disaster, Batman!
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may have violated federal ethics rules when he endorsed The LEGO Batman Movie, which he executive produced.
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How Foreign Powers Could Try to Buy Trump
Trump’s vast business empire will affect his decision-making as president.
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Mark Schiefelbein / AP The Story Behind Trump’s Chinese Trademark
Last week, the president resolved a decade-long legal battle—and added another entry to the long list of his conflicts of interest.
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Matilde Campodonico / AP Why the Trumps' Travel Expenses Matter
Every previous first family took vacations. No previous first family profited off of them.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters A Publicity Stunt at the National Prayer Breakfast?
In his speech at the annual event, the president went on a digression promoting The Apprentice, a show he co-produces.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Protesters Respond to Trump's Supreme Court Pick
Less than an hour after the president announced his appointment of Judge Neil Gorsuch, demonstrators gathered to voice their disapproval.
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Emrah Gurel / AP Did Trump's Financial Ties Influence the Immigration Order?
The evidence points to no, but the fact that it’s even a question demonstrates why his conflicts of interest are a problem.
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Seth Wenig / AP Everything We Know From Trump’s (Limited) Financial Disclosures
The president-elect’s filings with the Federal Election Commission offer the best (and only) glimpse into what he owns and owes. Here they are in a searchable, easy-to-read format.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Trump Administration's Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet
The financial baggage the president-elect’s advisers bring to the White House—and the steps they’re taking to address ethical and legal concerns
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Donald Trump's Ford Focus
The president-elect’s tweets about the automaker might be a preview of how he’ll deal with companies that displease him.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters What Could Stop President Trump From Putting His Portfolio First?
There are few safeguards to prevent a president from pursuing his business interests from the Oval Office.
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Rebecca Clarke The View From the Oil Fields
Julie Cruse, a petroleum engineer in Wyoming, discusses negative perceptions of her industry and how she navigates a male-dominated profession.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters What Percentage of Employees Check Work Emails From Home?
An investigation
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Rebecca Clarke Consider the Lobsterman
Sam Rosen, a fisherman from Vinalhaven, Maine, discusses changes in the industry and how they affect the identity of the island community it supports.
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Reportagebild / AP The Political Slant of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Avner Offer, the co-author of a book on the award, explains how it has legitimized free-market thinking over time.
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Christopher Morris / Getty Minor Leagues, Minimal Wages
Legal technicalities dating back to 1922 have kept many players’ pay below poverty level.
