• Trump’s media company loses a third of value after initial surge in trading

    Stock has become actively shorted as traders are betting on company’s fall, and the ex-president’s stake is now valued at $3bnDonald Trump’s media and technology group, DJT, has lost about 36% of its value since it began publicly trading on 22 March, dropping the former president’s stake to about $2.8bn.As of Monday afternoon, DJT stock was priced at about $36 – down from a high of $66 seen on 27 March. But market analysts are saying it’s too soon to draw any firm conclusions from the...

  • The financial head of Donald Trump’s media company earned 4 times as much as CEO Devin Nunes, new documents show

    CFO Phillip Juhan was issued $4.9 million in promissory notes from Trump Media & Technology Group, vs. Nunes’s $1.2 million.

    • CNN

    How OJ Simpson’s ‘trial of the century’ reshaped the national media and opened the door to Donald Trump’s presidency

    Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. O.J. Simpson gripped the nation’s attention for a final time Thursday. As breaking news banners and push alerts crashed onto screens from coast to coast, stunning millions with news of the former National Football League star’s death, the moment produced one last Simpson-centric collective event for the national consciousness....

    • CNBC

    Trump to be deposed in dispute with media company co-founders

    Trump Media, which owns Truth Social, was sued in February by Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss, two former contestants on Trump's reality TV show The Apprentice.

  • Trump’s New York Trial Has Officially Begun. Here’s What’s at Stake.

    Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the Read More

  • Trump Media shares tank after company says it could sell more stock

    Shares of Donald Trump's social media company slumped 12% on Monday, extending their string of losses, after the company said in a regulatory filing that it could sell millions of additional shares in coming months.

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    The filing showed a potential sale of 146.1 million shares including 114.8 million shares owned by Trump himself.

    .Trump's media company raises going-concern doubts; shares tumble.

    It also listed an additional 21.5 million shares that could be sold upon the exercise of...

  • Trump’s federal abortion dodge draws fire from both sides

    Former President Trump declined to take a position on a potential federal abortion ban Monday and instead acknowledged the issue is being left to the states as he looks to navigate the politically fraught issue ahead of November. Trump’s lack of an explicit endorsement drew criticism from some on the right, including a prominent anti-abortion

  • Megadonors come to Trump’s fundraising aid, federal reports show

    Former President Donald Trump‘s fundraising efforts picked up steam in the first three months of 2024 as GOP megadonors assisted his third bid for the White House. Trump and the Republican National Committee had already announced they raised $65.6 million in March and ended the month with $93.1 million cash on hand. ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW […]

  • Trump Media shares tank after company reveals plan to sell more stock

    Shares of Truth Social parent company have fallen 60% since March market debut as ex-president under financial pressureShares of the former president Donald Trump’s social media company slumped 12% on Monday, extending their string of losses, after the company said in a regulatory filing that it could sell millions of additional shares in coming months.The filing showed a potential sale of 146.1m shares in Trump Media & Technology Group, including 114.8m shares owned by Trump himself. Documents...

  • James Comer pushed to investigate Trump's media company for 'influence peddling'

    Former President Donald Trump's now-public media company is facing mounting calls for investigation, as suspicions rise that it could be a vessel for people to peddle favor with the former president by investing in the business.According to The Guardian, "In a three-page letter on Thursday, the Democratic-aligned group Congressional Integrity Project pressed the Republican House oversight chair, James Comer, to launch a parallel congressional investigation into the Trump Media merger and hold...

    • CNN

    Biden’s dig at Trump Media stock plummet draws laughs from crowd

    CNN’s Sara Sidner speaks with investigative journalist David Cay Johnston about the latest drop in value of Trump Media stock.

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    Trump Media’s audit firm sees its business practices come under scrutiny

    The firm responsible for auditing Trump Media & Technology Group was labeled as “so seriously deficient in its performance” that it was removed from a national peer review program. BF Borgers was still Trump Media’s independent registered public accounting firm as of April 1, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The auditor was first hired on Jan. 22 2022, when Trump Media was still a privately held company, according to internal documents reported by The...