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Plan approved by vote of shareholders in Digital World Acquisition, with which Trump’s business sought to combineExplainer – How does Trump stand to make $3bn from Truth Social on the market?Investors approved plans to take Donald Trump’s social media platform public on Friday, netting the former president a paper fortune of $3bn.Trump Media & Technology, the firm behind his minnow social network Truth Social,...

Former president’s business fortune risks slipping from his grasp after ruling, while he marches closer to the Republican nominationFrom Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue to the Trump Building on Wall Street, the Trump World Tower by the United Nations to the Trump International overlooking Central Park, Donald Trump has stamped his name in golden letters on skyscrapers across New York City.This real estate empire...

Judge Arthur Engoron gave prosecutors the fine they asked for and admonished the former president for showing no remorseTrump ordered to pay over $350m in New York fraud caseNew York judge Arthur Engoron passed a searing judgment on Donald Trump and his real-estate company on Friday, fining the former president over $350m and banning him and his adult sons from leading companies in New...

Trump also banned from running any New York corporation or entity for three years in devastating blow for ex-presidentDonald Trump fraud trial ruling – live updatesHow will Trump pay the penalties?Donald Trump, his eldest sons and associates have been ordered to pay over $350m by a New York judge who found them guilty of intentionally committing financial fraud over the course of a decade.“The...

Shawn Fain, the United Auto Workers president, reaffirms general strike on 1 May 2028, saying ‘members need to come together’Shawn Fain, the United Auto Workers president, criticized Donald Trump on Monday but declined to back Joe Biden as he reaffirmed plans to lead a general strike in the US in 2028.Speaking to union members at the UAW national political conference in Washington DC, Fain...