A Chicagoan who shared a cab with Russians years ago recalls their acceptance of how Vladimir Putin jailed a man who defied him — and wonders if Americans will react the same way about Donald Trump.

During the 2024 election, Fertitta donated more than $1 million to state and federal Republican political action committees. One of Fertitta’s largest contributions was made to the Trump 47 fundraising committee,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will cohost a reception with billionaire Republican donors before Donald Trump’s inauguration. This marks a shift in Zuckerberg’s relationship with Donald Trump after previously banning him from Facebook and Instagram following the Capitol attack.

The event comes weeks after Trump chose the Houston billionaire to be his ambassador to Italy. Fertitta will be joined by Mark Zuckerberg and Mariam Adelson.

CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg is all set to co-host a black tie reception on the date of January 20 this year following the inauguration ceremony of US President- elect Donald Trump and it is going to pretty significant.

Tech giants including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be attending the presidential inauguration on Monday. Also, former US presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama will be attending.

The co-owner of the Chicago Cubs has been deeply involved in national Republican politics dating to the 2016 election cycle.

Billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.

Miriam Adelson of the Dallas Mavericks and Sands and TIlman Fertitta of the Houston Rockets and the Golden Nugget want to bring online betting and casinos to Texas. | Opinion

A man convicted of defrauding both former NBA All-Star Dwight Howard and Howard’s former Houston Rockets teammate, Chandler Parsons, should be sentenced to 11.25-14 years in prison, federal prosecutors argued this week in the Southern District of New York.

Houston visits Cleveland for non-conference showdown Houston Rockets (29-14 ... confirmed Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's embattled pick to serve as secretary of defense.

Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. State Sen. Jerry Cirino’s higher-ed bill is back. The Lake County Republican aims to tamp down a perceived liberal bias in Ohio’s 14 public universities and 23 public community colleges with a host of requirements.