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Nicki Minaj is adding another high-profile role to her résumé, this time as a celebrity judge for a Trump administration-backed small-business competition. The rapper will appear on the judging panel for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Million Dollar Pitch Competition, formerly promoted as the Patriot Pitch Competition. The live finale is set for Sept. 18…
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a group of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration Thursday over federal demands for the personal information of millions of commercial drivers. The lawsuit seeks to stop the U.S. Department of Transportation and Department of Homeland Security from getting records from the Commercial Driver’s License Information System,…
When a celebrity or prominent businessperson is described as having “gone bankrupt,” the phrase can create the impression that the individual personally filed for bankruptcy protection. But bankruptcy law makes an important distinction between personal bankruptcy and corporate bankruptcy—a distinction illustrated by the very different financial histories of entrepreneur Dame Dash and businessman and former…
Rapper Boosie Badazz is seeking to recover $300,000 from a Washington lobbying firm after a bid to secure a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump failed, according to court filings and published reports. Boosie, whose legal name is Torrence Ivy Hatch Jr., entered into an agreement in 2025 with Washington-based JM Burkman & Associates, paying…
Nicki Minaj’s appearance alongside Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry at a White House event Monday drew criticism across social media, with many fans citing the Republican governor’s record on voting rights and other issues as they questioned the rapper’s continued association with conservative political figures. Photos shared from the White House luncheon showed Minaj standing with…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart criticized President Donald Trump on Monday’s episode of “The Daily Show,” arguing that Trump has a habit of fixing things that were not broken. Stewart first targeted a $1.7 million renovation of the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. He joked that the pool quickly changed from “American Flag Blue”…
Letitia James on Saturday welcomed a ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade striking down a second round of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, calling the measures unlawful and harmful to consumers. The decision marks another setback for the Trump administration’s trade agenda after a previous tariff program was challenged successfully by James…
A prominent pro-Trump presence on X that drew a large audience as an independent supporter has been linked to a White House employee, according to a WIRED article. The account, known as Johnny MAGA, grew to hundreds of thousands of followers while presenting itself as a grassroots participant in the MAGA media sphere. It frequently…