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President Donald Trump will hit Dallas in October for fundraiser event

President Trump is planning an invite-only get-together here in September.

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OCT 5 UPDATE: The trip has been rescheduled to October 25. Dallas is No. 3 on the list of cities that have given Trump money, behind Houston and Los Angeles.

AUG 17 UPDATE: In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, President Donald Trump has canceled his trip to Dallas on September 27. Roy Bailey, one of Trump's biggest Texas fundraisers, told the Dallas Morning News that the trip was off, and there was no information on whether it would be rescheduled. It would have been Trump's first fundraising visit to Texas as president.

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While President Donald Trump is still making headlines over the controversy surrounding Confederate statues, he's quietly planning a trip to Dallas to help raise funds for the Republican party.

According to the Texas Tribune, invitations to the event were sent out to Republican donors, with ticket prices ranging from $2,700 to $100,000. Trump's re-election campaign, named Trump Victory, gets some of the money off the top; the rest goes to the Republican National Committee.

Hosts of the event include Texas donors who supported Trump in the 2016 campaign: Dallas investor Doug Deason; Oklahoma oil man Harold Hamm; Laredo banker Dennis Nixon; Jeanne Phillips, a former U.S. Ambassador under President George W. Bush; and Fort Worth socialite Kit Moncrief.

Trump's previous visits to Dallas include a 2015 appearance at the American Airlines Center that September, and two rallies in 2016. This September 27 visit, which has not been officially announced by the White House, would be his first as President. The exact venue has not yet been revealed.

He's been at the center of a controversy over his comments following the death of a young woman who was run over and 19 others who were injured at a rally protesting the removal of Confederate-era statues in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Meanwhile, tickets will go on sale on August 18 for a rare joint appearance by former president Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, on November 17 at The Pavilion Indoor Theater at Irving Music Factory. It will include a Q&A session. Tickets go on sale at 10 am through Ticketmaster.com and start at $99.50 plus fees.

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RIDE-HAILING NEWS

Uber adds option for women riders to request women drivers in Dallas

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Uber now allows women riders to request women drivers.

Female Uber riders in Dallas can now specifically request female drivers via the Uber app. The ride-hailing giant has expanded its pilot program called Women Preferences nationwide in response to customer safety concerns.

“When women riders and drivers told us they wanted more control over how they ride and earn, we listened,” wrote Uber in a blog post announcing the move. “That feedback led to Women Preferences, features designed to give women the choice to ride with other women.

"Since our first pilots last summer, we’ve heard just how much that choice matters — from feeling more comfortable in the back seat to more confident behind the wheel.”

According to Uber, women passengers can request to be matched with a woman driver when they request an on-demand ride or schedule a trip in advance. They can also set a preference within the ride app. If wait times are longer than anticipated, the rider can opt to be paired with a driver of any sex.

Women drivers can toggle on a preference to receive trip requests from women riders, the website says. And in cities where teen accounts are available, teens and their guardians can also request women drivers.

The feature is available to female Uber users only.

Uber says it began offering the rides in 2019, after women in Saudi Arabia gained the right to drive. Since then, it has rolled out the program in Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Africa — although in some countries, only drivers can make the match.

The move forward on Women Preferences comes despite a pair of lawsuits aimed at Uber and its main competitor, Lyft. According to Time reporting, the plaintiff’s lawyers argue that women-only rides unfairly limit the volume of rides for male drivers and reinforce gender stereotypes about men.

Lyft rolled out its similar program, Women + Connect, in 2023. The initiative is slightly more expansive than Uber’s preferences, allowing both women and nonbinary people to participate.

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