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Hooksett (United States) (AFP) - A US senator who sought this year's Republican presidential nomination endorsed Donald Trump on Friday in a boost to the former leader's bid to secure his party's backing to retake the White House. Senator Tim Scott appeared on stage with the ex-president at a rally in New Hampshire, whose residents vote in the state's primary on Tuesday. "I came to the very warm state of New Hampshire to endorse the next president of these United States, president Donald Trump!" said Scott, who was visiting the northern state during a bitter cold snap, to a chorus of cheers. "...
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Washington (AFP) - South Carolina Senator Tim Scott launched his bid to become the first Black Republican US president on Monday, vowing to fight for a return to the American way of life he said was under threat from Joe Biden's Democrats. The 57-year-old brings an inspiring life story to the campaign, having risen from poverty in a single parent household to become one of the country's most influential conservatives. "Joe Biden and the radical left are attacking every single rung of the ladder that helped me climb and that's why I'm announcing today that I'm running for president of the Unite...
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Washington (AFP) - MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $275 million to Planned Parenthood, a leading advocate for abortion rights in the United States. Planned Parenthood said Scott's donation to the group's national office and 21 affiliates was the largest gift from a single donor in the history of the organization, which operates clinics focused on reproductive and sexual health across the country. Planned Parenthood noted that the gift comes as conservative states roll back abortion rights and the US Supreme Court is poised to potentially overturn Roe ...
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New York (AFP) - MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's wealthiest women, announced Tuesday a new round of large charitable donations totaling $2.7 billion for educational, community and other nonprofit organizations. The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who has pledged to give away the bulk of her fortune from their divorce settlement, said in a blog post she was donating to "286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked." The announcement marked the third round of big donations from Scott, whose fortune is estimated at so...
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Washington (AFP) - Amazon billionaire MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's wealthiest women, has married a teacher in Seattle, two years after her divorce from Jeff Bezos. It was not clear when Scott, who is also a novelist and who has pledged to give most of her estimated $53 billion fortune away, and her new husband Dan Jewett married. Her Amazon page has been updated to state that she "lives in Seattle with her four children and her husband, Dan." And they also now share a page on the Giving Pledge philanthropy website. "It is strange to be writing a letter indicating I plan to give away th...
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Washington (AFP) - Food banks, immigrant rights groups, and struggling colleges across the US discovered a surprise benefactor last year as billions of dollars flowed into organizations hurting during the pandemic from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott unlocked a staggering sum of nearly $6 billion in charitable gifts last year, and unlike many other large donors did not attach any restrictions or even naming rights requirements. The approach has shaken up the philanthropic world, not only with the size of her gifts, but without the limits and accounting requirem...
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