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Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to Obama Foundation

The Jerusalem Post 23 Nov 2021
Amazon founder and the world’s second-wealthiest individual Jeff Bezos donated a staggering $100 million to former United States President Barack Obama’s eponymously-named foundation, US media reported on Sunday ... The Obama Foundation was founded in 2014 by then-president Barack Obama.
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AOC claims Terry McAuliffe lost Virginia because SHE wasn't involved in campaign: Congresswoman says Democrats ...

The Daily Mail 23 Nov 2021
She claimed that while McAuliffe brought the likes of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Jill Biden, they failed by failing to ask her ... President Barack Obama and First Lady Jill Biden, they failed by failing to ask her.
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In 'largest individual contribution to date', Obama Foundation receives $100 million donation from Bezos

India TV 23 Nov 2021
Former President Barack Obama’s foundation said Monday it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date ... Construction on Obama’s legacy project is expected to cost about $830 million and to be completed by 2025.
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Obama receives largest ever gift from Jeff Bezos

Russia Today 23 Nov 2021
The foundation headed by the former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle said on Monday that Bezos’ gift is the largest individual contribution they’ve received to date and is intended to “help expand the scope of programming that reaches emerging leaders in the United States and around the world.”.
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White House says Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024

The Roanoke Times 23 Nov 2021
President-elect Barack Obama, left, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden wave to the crowd after Obama's acceptance speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago before giving his acceptance speech Tuesday night, Nov ... President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Joe ...
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Jeff Bezos gifts Obama Foundation with $100M in honor of John Lewis

The Grio 23 Nov 2021
The foundation, which was created in 2014 by then-President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, hosts several leadership training programs, including the Girls Opportunity Alliance, My Brother’s Keeper, and the Global Leaders Program, while also supporting a Hometown ...
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Amazon founder Bezos gives $137m to Obama Foundation

Straits Times 23 Nov 2021
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Former US president Barack Obama's private foundation announced on Monday (Nov 22) that it had been promised US$100 million (S$137 million) from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ... The Obama Foundation's previous president, Mr Adewale Adeyemo, was a member of Mr ...
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos makes $100M gift to Barack Obama Foundation

The Birmingham Times 23 Nov 2021
Former President Barack Obama’s foundation said Monday it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date ... Construction on Obama’s legacy project is expected to cost about $830 million and to be completed by 2025.
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Grammy Showdown: Barack Obama Up Against Dave Chappelle, LeVar Burton for Spoken Word Album

The Wrap 23 Nov 2021
The nominees for Best Spoken Word Album — which includes poetry, audiobooks and storytelling — includes former President Barack Obama, Dave Chappelle, LeVar Burton and Don Cheadle. Obama is nominated for his “A Promised Land” audiobook, marking his third Grammy nod ...
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California’s pension law vs. another DOL

The Press Enterprise 23 Nov 2021
Department of Labor (DOL) in 2013 under President Barack Obama blocked California’s access to federal transit funding on the grounds that PEPRA violated the collective bargaining rights of transit employees ... Predictably, some are hoping for a repeat of the exemption provided after the Obama administration’s withholding of funds.
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Bezos makes gifts to Obama foundation and NYU medical center

Messenger-Inquirer 23 Nov 2021
Former President Barack Obama’s foundation said Monday it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date ... Construction on Obama’s legacy project is expected to cost about $830 million and to be completed by 2025.
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Jerome Powell's first term was among the most controversial of any Fed chairman

The Citizens 23 Nov 2021
On the right, President Donald Trump — the man who appointed Powell — turned on him and called him a "fail" with "no guts." ... He was first appointed to the Fed's board of governors by President Barack Obama in May 2012 to fill an unexpired term, and reappointed by Obama to the board in 2014.
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Biden's Low-Key Media Strategy Draws Allies' Concern

Democratic Underground 23 Nov 2021
As president, Donald J ... President ... Trump, and more than 100 for Barack Obama, in the same period, according to West Wing record keepers. If the pulpit is one of a president’s most powerful tools of communication, Mr.
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Jerome Powell Accepts Renomination as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board

The Epoch Times 23 Nov 2021
Brainard, who was nominated to the Fed Board by former President Barack Obama in 2014, is widely seen as a check on Powell, as she is a known dove in regards to the retainment ...
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Jeff Bezos gives $100 million to Obama foundation

The Times of India 23 Nov 2021
Jeff Bezos is giving $100 million to the Obama Foundation, the largest single gift former President Barack Obama’s philanthropic organization has received and just the latest in a string of high-profile donations by the world’s second-richest person.
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