Kerry Dolan
@kerrydolan.bsky.social
Assistant Managing Editor at Forbes, working with Forbes' dozens of international editions. Former editor of Forbes' Billionaires list and The Forbes 400 richest Americans list. Tips welcome: kdolan@forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan
The oft-repeated statement that President Trump is not at all involved in his family businesses is not true. @forbes.com @danalexander21.bsky.social spells it all out here: www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
President Trump Appears More Involved In His Businesses Than Previously Known
For a decade, Donald Trump and his family have insisted that he stopped all management of his businesses while serving as president. He did not.
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What timing for this AI expert's hedge fund to take such a huge hit, via the @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/leop...
His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart
Leopold Aschenbrenner was hailed as the ‘Nostradamus of AI.’ But his Situational Awareness hedge fund took on too much leverage, leading to a crash he never saw coming.
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French newspaper #LeMonde did a series on #billionaire Bernard Arnault, CEO and majority owner of luxury goods firm #LVMH and family problems. The juiciest part: the guy who owns LeMonde is the long-term partner of Arnault's daughter. Imagine the family group chat! www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Here’s Why Billionaire Bernard Arnault Is Battling LVMH Succession Battle Claims
Arnault says his family is just fine, thank you very much.
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Didn't read or watch The Economist's interview with Elon Musk? Read @gizmodo.com @paleofuture.bsky.social 's entertaining walk through how it went down. it wasn't pretty.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoThere's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.
👀 #Fifa #Potus "Fifa Crops Trump Out of Spain's World Cup Victory Photo" www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Trump Cropped Out Of Spain’s World Cup Victory Photo
FIFA posted a photo of Spain lifting the World Cup trophy to social media—but President Donald Trump, who lingered on stage, appears to be carefully cropped out.
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More on the financial gains the U.S. President attained last year. New from @danalexander21.bsky.social at @forbes.com on a big surge in revenue at POTUS' Mar A Lago club in Palm Beach, FL: www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
Mar-A-Lago’s Revenue Skyrocketed 55% As Trump Returned To Power
Politics have long been good for Mar-a-Lago, but the president’s private club has never had a year quite like 2025.
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As sea levels rise along Indonesia’s coastline, areas in Java are sinking by 1.15 metres a year. The island’s subsidence is partly the legacy of centuries of exploitation. Photos by Garry Lotulung detail how history and nature are colliding
The amphibious villagers of Indonesia
As Java sinks into the sea, locals have been forced to live with water
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What a day. SpaceX shares close up 19% from their offer price @forbes.com reports, adding that the world's richest person just got a lot richer. How will trading go in the coming weeks? www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
SpaceX Wraps First Day On Stock Market Up 19% After Historic IPO
The aerospace company’s market capitalization surged to $2.1 trillion by the end of trading.
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🚨 The FBI says Kash Patel was in Milan during the Winter Olympics for work. I filed a FOIA for @publiccitizen.bsky.social asking for proof. The FBI said that’ll take 2,000 days. Today PC sued the FBI to speed it up.
Was Kash Patel’s Winter Olympics Trip for Work or Play? - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you remember FBI Director Kash Patel’s viral video showing him drinking with the US men’s national ice hockey…
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Trump bought stock in the UFC’s parent company while promoting fights set to take place at the White House on his birthday, HuffPost has learned
Trump Bought Stock In UFC's Parent Company As He Promoted White House Fight
The president purchased as much as $50,000 of TKO Group Holdings even as he heavily promotes an Ultimate Fighting Championship event for his birthday.
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The White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied to Don Jr. The request was made by top aide Peter Navarro. Of the dozens of companies the Pentagon was considering funding at the time, the Don Jr.-linked company was the only deal initiated by a top aide to Trump.
The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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A lasting memory of Bilton is his stolen-valor coverage of Theranos, months after the WSJ’s John Carreyrou broke the story
Will Oremus@willoremus.com · 2mo agooh my god www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/b...
This $1.8 billion fund approved by the Acting Attorney General yesterday was sure to draw lawsuits... and here's one, reports @forbes.com Zachary Folk www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
Cops Who Defended Capitol On Jan. 6 Sue To Block Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund
The lawsuit was filed by a former Capitol Police officer and a Metropolitan Police Department officer, both of whom defended against the Jan. 6 riots and later testified to Congress.
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After Cerebras’ long-awaited IPO, CEO Andrew Feldman is now a billionaire worth an estimated $3.4 billion. Check out my story, which involves a secret dance floor and Halloween candy from a Nobel Prize winner. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
AI Chipmaker Cerebras’ CEO Is Now Worth $3.4 Billion After Long-Awaited IPO
The next-gen chipmaker first filed for its IPO in September 2024. Now, after snags that held up its debut, it’s a public company.
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Ok this is nuts--and not how utilities are supposed to work! from @fortune.com fortune.com/2026/05/12/l...
'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune
Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.
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Geez. The Ballroom at the White House is now supposed to cost as much as $1.4 billion? Plus there are more projects running over budget and behind schedule, @forbes.com 's Sara Dorn reports. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
Trump’s Over-Budget ‘Vanity Projects’ Could Cost More Than $1.5 Billion—Mostly From Taxpayers
Renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are nearly $12 million over Trump’s initial budget and the White House ballroom could cost $1.4 billion, up from $200 million.
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One very strange #billionaire story, in which a billionaire sues a woman for extortion -- long after they had a brief tryst, from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...?
Fortress Co-Founder Allegedly Extorted by Sexual Partner
A woman was charged for allegedly threatening to share sex videos and photos of billionaire Wesley Edens, who also co-owns the Milwaukee Bucks.
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More Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial tidbits: info on a new OpenAI #billionaire from @forbes.com 's Alicia Park: www.forbes.com/sites/alicia...
Ilya Sutskever Testifies He Holds $7 Billion OpenAI Stake—Second New Billionaire Revealed In Musk-Altman Trial
The OpenAI cofounder testified during the third week of the trial, following OpenAI president Greg Brockman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
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Celebrated Florida #philanthropist Nicole Wertheim died suddenly at age 82--the same night she was being honored for her philanthropy, @forbes.com reports: www.forbes.com/sites/kerrya...
Celebrated Philanthropist Nicole Wertheim Dies Suddenly At Age 82
Wertheim, who was previously married to billionaire entrepreneur and investor Herbert Wertheim, was being honored as a top Miami philanthropist the night she died.
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🚨NEW🚨 Anthropic is investigating complaints its most advanced AI models are introducing bugs and security issues into customer code. One cyber CEO described it as "unusably bad" and tests show Anthropic performing poorly on writing secure code. www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
Anthropic’s Claude Is Pumping Out Vulnerable Code, Cyber Experts Warn
Anthropic’s latest Claude models are introducing serious security issues into code, cyber experts say. The company is yet to officially explain why.
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Connie Ballmer --wife of megabillionaire and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer-- is stepping up with a big donation to NPR, @bloomberg.com reports: #billionaires #philanthropy www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Connie Ballmer Gives $80 Million to NPR Amid Trump Funding Cuts
A pair of donors is giving National Public Radio $113 million to invest in its long-term infrastructure as the media network grapples with funding cuts from the Trump administration.
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Luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault's fortune has fallen by $50 billion since the start of 2026-yet he's still No #1 richest in Europe & No. 9 globally, writes @forbes.com's Alicia Park. www.forbes.com/sites/alicia...
LVMH Founder Bernard Arnault’s Fortune Falls $50 Billion This Year
Once the world’s richest man, the luxury conglomerate owner has lost nearly $50 billion in 2026 due to LVMH’s plunging stock.
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#Billionaire Walmart heiress Christy Walton took out a full-page ad in the NYTimes yesterday calling for ICE to release 70% of those detained--the second time she's aired her views so publicly since last June, per @forbes.com . www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...
Billionaire Christy Walton Appears To Take Out Ad Calling For ICE to Release Most Detainees
An ad under Walton’s name ran in Sunday’s print edition of the New York Times.
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A new low. sigh www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski
Some companies complained to the Trump administration that Lewandowski has stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process. Lewandowski denies the allegations.
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#Bilt credit card users are pissed off after their rent payments fail to go through & customer service is AWOL. from @forbes.com reporter Alicia Park www.forbes.com/sites/alicia...
“No Remorse, No Accountability”—Bilt Users In Uproar Over New Credit Cards
After its banking partnership with Wells Fargo ended, Bilt began issuing new credit cards. But infuriated customers say their rent and mortgage payments aren’t going through.
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One of the biggest podcasters in the U.S., Joe Rogan, minces no words about his opposition to Donald Trump's war on Iran: www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...
Rogan Says Trump’s Iran War Is The ‘Exact Opposite Of What We Were Told’
Popular podcast host Joe Rogan has increasingly broken with Trump since endorsing his 2024 White House campaign.
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"Lobbyist Quietly Pleads Guilty After Embezzling $1 Million From Venture Capital PAC" @taylorgiorno.bsky.social for @notus.com
Lobbyist Quietly Pleads Guilty After Embezzling $1 Million From Venture Capital PAC
Jonas Murphy, the now-former director of government affairs at the National Venture Capital Association, faces up to 10 years in prison.
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New: "Crypto cash and court rulings have combined to make America’s billionaire-in-chief much, much richer over the past year."
Trump Moves Up Forbes Billionaire Rankings
Crypto cash and court rulings have combined to make America’s billionaire-in-chief much, much richer over the past year.
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