Daily News Roundup: Trump Pledges $1 Million for Harvey Relief
September 5, 2017 | Read Time: 1 minute
Hurricane Harvey news:
Trump Pledges $1 Million for Hurricane Relief; Plans to Name Nonprofit Recipients This Week (ABC News)
J.J. Watt’s Drive for Hurricane Relief Raises $18.5 Million; His Mom Is Handling the Gifts (The New York Times)
Facebook to Match Its Users’ Harvey Relief Gifts Up to $1 Million (TechCrunch)
Beyonce, Barbra Streisand, Oprah Winfrey, and Others to Headline Telethon to Benefit Victims (Associated Press)
In other news:
Google-Backed Think Tank Faces Harsh Criticism for Firing Google Critic (The New York Times)
Charity That Moved Gala From Mar-a-Lago Is Out $100,000 After the Entertainment Drops Out (Palm Beach Daily News), Plus, read Chronicle coverage of the ethics issues for nonprofits holding events at the venue.
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