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Assistant Managing Editor at Forbes, working with Forbes' dozens of international editions. Former editor of Forbes' Billionaires list and The Forbes 400 richest Americans list. Tips welcome: kdolan@forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan

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Rogan Says Trump’s Iran War Is The ‘Exact Opposite Of What We Were Told’ Popular podcast host Joe Rogan has increasingly broken with Trump since endorsing his 2024 White House campaign.

One of the biggest podcasters in the U.S., Joe Rogan, minces no words about his opposition to Donald Trump's war on Iran: www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

11.03.2026 19:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lobbyist Quietly Pleads Guilty After Embezzling $1 Million From Venture Capital PAC Jonas Murphy, the now-former director of government affairs at the National Venture Capital Association, faces up to 10 years in prison.

"Lobbyist Quietly Pleads Guilty After Embezzling $1 Million From Venture Capital PAC"

@taylorgiorno.bsky.social for @notus.com

11.03.2026 14:01 👍 25 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Moves Up Forbes Billionaire Rankings Crypto cash and court rulings have combined to make America’s billionaire-in-chief much, much richer over the past year.

New: "Crypto cash and court rulings have combined to make America’s billionaire-in-chief much, much richer over the past year."

10.03.2026 17:07 👍 54 🔁 41 💬 6 📌 2

#Billionaire influence is growing, and Forbes continues to track who the world's wealthiest are. The new 2026 list is out today!

10.03.2026 19:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

such creativity! :)

10.03.2026 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Ousting Kristi Noem As DHS Secretary Donald Trump has appointed Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla, to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Wow, Kristi Noem is out!

www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

05.03.2026 19:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Ousting Kristi Noem As DHS Secretary Donald Trump has appointed Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla, to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

WOW: Noem is out! www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

05.03.2026 19:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

with U.S. billionaire data from @forbes.com

02.03.2026 16:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age

@nytimes.com on the richest county in the country--in Wyoming! "The average home price last year in Teton County pushed past $7 million."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

02.03.2026 16:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What a headline! Maggots in the soft serve?

27.02.2026 20:26 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

new from @forbes.com reporter @johnhyatt.bsky.social on "El Mencho," the Jalisco Cartel drug kingpin killed by Mexican authorities

27.02.2026 20:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hillary Clinton Denies Meeting Jeffrey Epstein In Testimony To Congress Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will testify Friday.

LOL Hilary. Updated headline: "Hillary Clinton Epstein Testimony: You Should Talk To Trump" via @forbes.com @alisond64.bsky.social

www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

26.02.2026 17:26 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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From Lanai To Near Mar-A-Lago: Larry Ellison’s Trump Proximity Play Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison's official residence is now in Manalapan, Florida, not the Hawaii island that he famously bought in 2012.

The Oracle cofounder’s official residence is now in Manalapan, Florida, not the Hawaii island that he famously bought in 2012, according to previously unreported county records.

More details in my latest for @forbes.com:

www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

26.02.2026 15:28 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 2
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See Where Mexico’s Cartels Are in Control Crime syndicates in the states of Sinaloa and Jalisco have expanded their territory.

I'm guessing most Americans--including me-- had no idea just how much of Mexico is controlled by the cartels. helpful map from the @wsj.com

www.wsj.com/world/americ...

26.02.2026 16:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From Paris to New Delhi, the Push to Ban Teens From Social Media Is Going Global Leaders in Europe and Asia look to block younger users from scrolling feeds, citing mental-health risks.

Gotta say I support this trend. More please. I am so glad--and lucky--to have grown up without social media.
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

20.02.2026 17:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Binance holds about 87% of USD1, the stablecoin issued by a Trump family crypto venture—a greater concentration than any other major stablecoin has at a single exchange.”

19.02.2026 21:57 👍 30 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 1
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs Trump has described the case as “one of the most important ever.”

Trump's signature move turns out not to be legal. Supreme Court rules 6-3 against Trump's tariffs.

www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

20.02.2026 15:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Conflict of interest alert: Trump pardoned Binance's billionaire founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ) in October 2025 after CZ pled guilty in 2023 to a money laundering charge. Now, per @forbes.com @zacheverson.com , Binance is the biggest holder by far of the Trump family's stablecoin.

09.02.2026 23:22 👍 26 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
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America’s Top 25 Philanthropists — And The Richest Not On the List MacKenzie Scott was the nation’s top philanthropist in 2025 and ranks third behind Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in terms of lifetime giving.

New from @forbes.com : America's Top 25 Philanthropists-and why some of the very richest are not on the list www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

09.02.2026 18:11 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?

09.02.2026 15:57 👍 13175 🔁 1659 💬 855 📌 267
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SpaceX prioritizes lunar 'self-growing city' over Mars project, Musk says Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self‑growing city" on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years.

Musk puts Mars on back burner, reports @reuters.com . call me not at all surprised. but a self-growing city on the moon? www.reuters.com/science/musk...

09.02.2026 18:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nearly 60% Of Voters Think Kristi Noem Should Be Fired Noem has received blowback for her response to fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota.

Poll respondents: 58% say Kristi Noem should be fired as Homeland Security Secretary

www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

05.02.2026 00:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sam Altman On Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Robotics, Fatherhood And More Across two wide-ranging interviews with Forbes, Altman covered more ground than could fit in our profile. Here are his remarks on everything from vaccine research to critics who argue he backs compani...

On Elon: “It's crazy to me how much time he spends attacking us. And, you know, ‘Do you care enough about safety?’ and this and that, while their own house is on fire on these things consistently."

04.02.2026 16:03 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Ken Griffin Calls Out Trump White House For ‘Enriching’ Family Members The GOP donor has not shied away from criticizing Trump’s policies in the past, but this is the first time he’s called out the administration’s alleged self-dealing and conflict of interest issues.

One of Trump's #billionaire supporters, hedge fund magnate Ken Griffin, has spoken out about Trump and his administration's families enriching themselves. It's THAT blatant
www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...

04.02.2026 15:52 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Private Equity Is Suddenly Awash With Zombie Firms Hundreds of private equity firms are drowning in a sea of competition, searching for lifeboats of new capital as they cling to portfolios of nearly unsaleable investments.

Great investigation by @forbes.com @hanktucker1.bsky.social on the growing number of "zombie" private equity firms--who have stopped raising new funds and aren't out selling assets: www.forbes.com/sites/hanktu... #privateequity

29.01.2026 23:06 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Exclusive | Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI CEO Andy Jassy is leading the e-commerce giant’s negotiations with the ChatGPT maker.

All this money going into OpenAI--will it really pay off? The amounts are dizzingly high:
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amaz...

29.01.2026 22:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

new from @forbes.com reporter @mhunterhart.bsky.social, who's tracked the money flowing from Bill Gates to his ex-wife Melinda's charitable foundations--she's got four of them. Melinda announced she'd be receiving the funds when she stepped away from the Gates Foundation #philanthropy #billionaires

28.01.2026 22:47 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

from @forbes.com reporter @zacheverson.com on why Trump's claim about Rep. Ihan Omar's net worth is not likely to be true:

27.01.2026 21:19 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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These Billionaires Are Speaking Out Against ICE, Minnesota Killings Some billionaires are beginning to speak out against ICE days after Alex Pretti became the second person this month to be killed by the federal agency.

The response is growing: Melinda French Gates and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have both come out against the killings by ICE per @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

27.01.2026 17:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.

Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations ⤵️

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