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Michelle Quinn
FROM Michelle Quinn
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Who is Sean Parker? Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker announced today that he’ll give $250 million to study cancer treatments. The cash infusion is the largest ever toward cancer immunotherapy. Parker, of Napster and Facebook fame, is known as a partier and an eccentric. For example, he drew headlines with his elaborate “Lord of the Rings”-themed wedding in the California Redwoods. Parker is intent on making his mark. Who is he?
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Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.