THE LEADING BIDDER IS A GROUP INVOLVING TRUMP DONOR TODD BOEHLY, QATAR-BASED INVESTORS WITH BUSINESS TIES TO KUSHNER, AN ABU DHABI FUND LINKED TO SHEIKH TAHNOON, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WITH NO INDICATION KUSHNER OR WITKOFF WOULD PERSONALLY PROFIT THOUGH THE OVERLAPPING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS HAVE RAISED CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST CONCERNS - NYT
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UKRAINE TALKS WITH RUSSIA HAVE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR DEAL FOR LUKOIL'S INTERNATIONAL ASSETS, WITH PUTIN HAVING RAISED THE DEAL WITH STEVE WITKOFF AND JARED KUSHNER DURING A SEPT. 5 KREMLIN MEETING AND PRESENTING IT AS A WAY TO REBUILD U.S.-RUSSIA BUSINESS TIES. - NYT
The flydubai plane that narrowly avoided disaster on September 30 had been cruising smoothly at 34,000 feet. In just a few minutes, it lurched into violent climbs and dives, shed some 17,000 feet of altitude, and surged to nearly 600 knots of ground speed