Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here's What We Know About His Money



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Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here's What We Know About His Money 
The National Rifle Association's executive vice president and CEO, Wayne LaPierre, speaks during the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor in Oxen Hill, Maryland, on Thursday. (photo: Jim Watson/Getty)
Brad Tuttle, TIME
Tuttle writes: "Considering how wealthy he has become during his years at the helm of the NRA, LaPierre himself is arguably one of America's 'elites.' How much money does Wayne LaPierre make? What is Wayne LaPierre's net worth? Here's what we know about his money."
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin and President Trump shake hands during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg on July 7, 2017. (photo: Mikhail Metzel/Getty)
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Chairman of Icahn Enterprises Carl Icahn. (photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty)
Chairman of Icahn Enterprises Carl Icahn. (photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty)

Trump Confidant Dumped Millions in Steel-Related Stock Just Days Before He Announced Tariff
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress
Legum writes: "Billionaire investor and longtime Trump confidant Carl Icahn dumped $31.3 million of stock in a company heavily dependent on steel last week, just days before Trump announced plans to impose steep tariffs on steel imports."
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An Instagram image of Reality Leigh Winner, 25. (photo: Reuters)

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Women use a portable light to light their restaurant in Puerto Rico. (photo: Alvin Baez/Reuters)

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After Thousands of Years, Western Science Is Slowly Catching Up to Indigenous Knowledge
George Nicholas, YES! Magazine
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Comb Wash, a valley in Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. (photo: Andrew Cullen/Reuters)
Comb Wash, a valley in Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. (photo: Andrew Cullen/Reuters)

Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show
Eric Lipton and Lisa Friedman, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show."
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