YouTube star MrBeast doubles down on cash giveaways with $200,000 donation to a universal basic income program

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MrBeast
Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson.

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Trump's campaign says it raised $141 million in May, nearly double of April's haul

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Former President Donald Trump dancing at his campaign rally in the South Bronx on May 23, 2024.
Former President Donald Trump dancing at his campaign rally in the South Bronx on May 23, 2024.

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Trump to GOP campaigns: If you use my name to raise money, I want a 5% cut

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Trump in New York City on Tuesday.
Trump in New York City on Tuesday.

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It's becoming insane again in venture capital: A tiny AI startup wants investors to pay $100 to book a meeting with its founder.

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Serious candidates only.

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Cats: Ukraine's secret weapon in the war with Russia

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Shayba the cat
Shayba the cat in Ukrainian military uniform.

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Startup founders will face an 'unprecedented' crisis of mental health this year, VCs predict

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A founder with her face in a storm cloud
"It feels as though we are in the early stages of an unprecedented founder mental health crisis," predicts Brad Svrluga from Primary.

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A big part of a university president's job is fundraising. That might be why Harvard's got to stay and Penn's had to go.

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Claudine Gay, Liz Magill
Harvard president Claudine Gay (L) and Penn president Liz Magill (R) were criticized for their testimony during a congressional hearing on antisemitism on campus. Magill resigned last weekend.

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Venture capital's steep decline is leaving female startup founders in the cold, new data shows

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game of thrones
Venture funding to women-led startups fell to just 2.8% of all capital raised so far in 2023, Carta data shows.

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Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to 'put people over politics' in apparent typo in fundraising email

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Mike Johnson
Rep. Mike Johnson takes the oath of office to become the next House speaker on October 25, 2023.

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Moderate House Republican says his hard-right colleagues say crazier and crazier things to become famous and juice their fundraising numbers

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Rep. Dave Joyce of Ohio outside the Capitol in June 2019.
Rep. Dave Joyce of Ohio outside the Capitol in June 2019.

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