
Sheldon Adelson
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Sheldon Adelson, GOP Financial Backer and Casino Mogul, Dies at 87
By Lindsey Ellefson | January 12, 2021 @ 7:54 AMThe Las Vegas Sands announced the death of its chairman and CEO Tuesday, citing complications from treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
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Trump’s Inaugural Committee Under Federal Criminal Investigation (Report)
By Itay Hod | December 13, 2018 @ 3:47 PMInvestigators are looking into whether the committee took donations from donors seeking access into the new administration
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Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth Among Recipients of Trump’s Presidential Medal of Freedom
By Beatrice Verhoeven | November 10, 2018 @ 11:22 AMNation’s highest civilian honor will also go to late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia
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‘Nobody Speak’ Review: Money Muzzles the Media
By Elizabeth Weitzman | June 19, 2017 @ 9:27 AMThis often-searing documentary examines how two big Trump supporters are aiding and abetting the destruction of the First Amendment
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Hulk Hogan and Gawker Go to the Mattresses in ‘Nobody Speak’ Trailer (Video)
By Umberto Gonzalez | June 15, 2017 @ 10:57 AMSundance Doc premieres on Netflix June 23
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Sheldon Adelson Gave Record $5M for Trump’s Inauguration (Report)
By Itay Hod | April 19, 2017 @ 5:16 PMOther multi-million dollar contributors include New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and GoDaddy.com’s Robert Parsons
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Trump Drops More Than 200 Spots in Forbes’ Annual Billionaire List
By Brian Flood | March 20, 2017 @ 9:18 AMBill Gates once again sits atop the tally
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Trump’s First Major Newspaper Endorsement Comes From Sheldon Adelson-Owned Publication
By Rosemary Rossi | October 23, 2016 @ 12:53 PM”Neither candidate will ever be called to the dais to accept an award for moral probity and character,“ the Republican billionaire’s Las Vegas Review-Journal writes
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Sheldon Adelson Plans to Drop $45 Million to Help Donald Trump, GOP Win Election
By Brian Flood | September 20, 2016 @ 6:41 AMBillionaire is an important figure behind the scenes for Republican Party
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John Oliver Should Solve Journalism Crisis, Newspaper Group Says
By Brian Flood | August 8, 2016 @ 1:44 PM”Spend more time talking about what the future of news could be, and less time poking fun at publishers who are trying to get there,“ NAA boss says
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John Oliver Skewers Struggling Newspaper Industry, Rips Tronc
By Brian Flood | August 8, 2016 @ 5:58 AM”The sound of a stack of print newspapers being thrown into a dumpster,“ Oliver says of L.A. Times owner Tronc
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Sheldon Adelson Refuses to Let Ted Cruz Enter RNC Donor Suite After Speech
By Brian Flood | July 21, 2016 @ 8:01 AMBillionaire upset that Cruz didn’t endorse Donald Trump for president
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Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Review-Journal Warns Staffers Disloyalty Could Get Them Fired
By Brian Flood | June 17, 2016 @ 1:55 PMNewspaper continues to make news with its treatment of employees
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Gawker, Hulk Hogan and the One Percenters’ War on News
By Brian Flood | May 26, 2016 @ 2:23 PMBillionaire Peter Thiel is part of a plutocrat push to ”silence media companies,“ writers’ union says
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Donald Trump Braces for Pitchforks at First Hollywood Fundraiser
By Itay Hod | May 25, 2016 @ 2:42 PMAnti-Trump group prepares demonstration outside presumptive GOP nominee’s first Southland bake sale