No one is better at digging up stuff on Trump than Dan Alexander. No matter how big, small, strange etc. Great read on election morning. via @forbes forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

The Trump Organization officially announces plans to do business in Saudi Arabia.

Scoop from me: Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been quietly working on a new AI project called "Hooglee." The stealth startup is being incubated by his family office and focuses on AI video generation and "creating meaningful connections" potentially through a social platform.

The remarkable Zach Everson is at it again, investigating Mar-a-Lago with the same approach that made him the go-to guy for happenings at Trump's D.C. hotel. He has found more than 100 notable guests -- billionaires, foreign leaders, governors, etc. forbes.com/sites/zachever…

I’ve covered Trump’s finances for 8 years and wrote a book about conflicts of interest during his first term. I’ve never seen anything quite like the profiteering that occurred over the last few days. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

1/ New York real estate billionaire Charles Cohen took over his family’s real estate firm from from his dad and uncles in the 1980s and kept expanding. Now he’s battling multiple foreclosures and working on a plan to revive his fortune. Read here Forbes: forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

NEW - USAID's cybersecurity assistance to Kyiv is shut down, for now. Those who were involved in setting it up on the Ukraine side tell me they're concerned. USAID did a load of work in this area. How damaging will this be to Ukraine's cyber defenses? forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

Since World War II, only one president significantly shrunk the federal workforce during stable times. He sounded a little like Trump—but he was a Democrat. Read more on my deep dive into federal employment data dating back to WW2 for Forbes here: forbes.com/sites/dereksau…

New from Rashi Shrivastava and me: AI-powered search engines from companies like OpenAI and Perplexity send 96% less referral traffic to publishers than traditional web search, according to a new report. forbes.com/sites/rashishr…

1/On March 4, Trump touted the sale of two Panama Canal ports to BlackRock. He didn't mention their partner in the deal, the ports arm of billionaires Gianluigi & Rafaela Aponte's shipping giant MSC, which spent more than $40 billion expanding since 2022. forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

NEW - Staff inside CISA, the government's premier cybersecurity agency, have been left flabbergasted at the use of Signal by senior defense and intelligence officials. Some amazed no one has been fired. The White House is playing down the leak. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

Out this morning: The most detailed accounting you'll find anywhere of all the assets and liabilities composing Donald Trump's multibillion-dollar fortune. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

The world's billionaires lost $270 billion today as stock markets crashed after yesterday's tariffs announcement. The biggest percentage loser was Gary Friedman, CEO of furniture retailer RH. His reaction? "Oh shit." Read here from Julie Goldenberg: forbes.com/sites/juliegol…

Exclusive: Survey shows Wall Street souring on Trump Forbes forbes.com/sites/sergeikl…

New U.S. tariffs go into effect at midnight. That's set off a mad scramble as shipping firms rush to get as many ships loaded with their customers' goods to the U.S. before midnight strikes--and sent shipping costs soaring. Read my latest for Forbes: forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

The Trump Organization just admitted that the president still controls his business. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

New from me: #Wondermind, a mental health startup cofounded by singer, actor and business mogul #SelenaGomez, is in the midst of a crisis after apparently running out of cash and failing to pay its employees, vendors and freelancers starting in late March. forbes.com/sites/jemimamc…

Before his death in 2019, the convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had a property empire stretching from Paris to New Mexico where he committed many of his alleged crimes. They've all since been sold. Read what happened Forbes: forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

Scoop: Cognition is in talks to raise north of $300M at a valuation of $10B, more than doubling its value from March. The startup had just announced its acquisition of Windsurf after its founders joined Google. With Rashi Shrivastava and Iain Martin forbes.com/sites/richardn…

There's a lot of speculation on how Jeffrey Epstein got so wealthy. But John Hyatt and I dug into court filings, financial records and investigations and what's clear is that it's largely down to two billionaire clients and tax breaks. Read @forbes: forbes.com/sites/giacomot…