US President Donald Trump hosted a closed-door dinner for hundreds of top investors in his crypto memecoin on Thursday (local time), as sign-holding protesters outside and Democratic opponents decried the event as blatant “corruption”.

US President Donald Trump will host top purchasers of the cryptocurrency that bears his name at a gala dinner on Thursday. $TRUMP was launched shortly before his inauguration in January, initially rocketing in value before falling sharply shortly afterwards.

Thursday night’s dinner for the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin raises questions about potentially shadowy buyers purchasing access to the president.

House leaders are trying to pass the massive package with Republican votes alone. Trump came to the Capitol Tuesday morning to convince the holdouts to back the bill.

One of the thorniest issues in negotiations had been how much to raise the state and local tax deduction, now capped at $10,000. That’s been a priority of New York lawmakers. Th

The US House of Representatives has passed Donald Trump’s showpiece tax bill by a single vote after days of wrangling between disparate factions of his Republican party, paving the way for the first big legislative success of his second term.