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Hamas Skimmed $1 Billion in U.N. Aid for Weapons and Tunnels, Suit Says
About 100 Israelis sued the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, saying it pays local employees in dollars that buoy the terrorist group. But the case faces high legal hurdles.
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Congestion Pricing Delay Leaves the M.T.A.’s Budget in Limbo
The M.T.A. had planned on $15 billion in financing backed by the tolls of congestion pricing for a number of crucial upgrades and repairs to the aging transit system.
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How a Retirement Withdrawal Can Lead to a Perjury Conviction
A prominent lawyer was recently sentenced to home confinement for falsely claiming hardship to withdraw funds. How desperate must you be to take money out?
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Cohen Tells Jurors of Oval Office Deal to Pay Back the Hush Money
Michael D. Cohen’s story of an arrangement struck in the White House with Donald Trump was the only personal account tying the former president to falsified documents.
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Former White House Aide Returns to Stand in Trump’s Criminal Trial
The aide, Madeleine Westerhout, testified about a key Oval Office meeting between Donald J. Trump and Michael D. Cohen, his former fixer.
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Jeffrey McConney, Trump Trial Witness, Helped Arrange Cohen’s Reimbursement
Jeffrey S. McConney worked as the corporate controller at the Trump Organization and, prosecutors say, helped arrange the reimbursement for a $130,000 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, who has long claimed to have had an affair with Donald J ...
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Trump Is Financially Ruining the Republican Party
Donald Trump is someone you should think carefully about hitching your financial fortunes to. The guy is a gifted carnival barker, no doubt. But when it comes to serious business, he is a bad bet. Many of his ventures, from vodka and steaks to ...
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My Dad Cut My Brother Out of His Will. Should I Secretly Split My Inheritance?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to shield a sibling from a painful truth.
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Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Politically Obtuse Plutocrats
All Wall Street wants is a good hypocrite — someone who can convince the Republican base that he or she shares its extremism, but whose real priority is to enrich the 1 percent. Is that too much to ask? Apparently, yes. If you’re not a politics ...
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Now May Be the Time to Lock In High Interest Rates on Your Savings
Rates on C.D.s are the highest they’ve been in years. But the Fed is signaling that it may cut its borrowing costs next year, and C.D. rates could follow.