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More than two months after filing a federally required financial report, former President Donald Trump got approval Tuesday from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics — with a notable caveat.

“OGE notes that several of the assets on this report are the subject of dispute in the case of New York v. Donald Trump, et al.,” said an unusual notation on Trump’s public financial disclosure report, which was certified Tuesday by Shelley K. Finlayson, acting director, chief of staff and program counsel for the Office of Government Ethics.

“However, the time period at issue in that case does not appear to overlap with the reporting period of this report. OGE does not independently verify the value of the reported assets. In certifying this report, OGE relied on the valuation of assets reported by the filer,” the Office of Government Ethics’ notation reads....

Former President Donald Trump earned a quarter-million dollars from LGBTQ+ group, the Log Cabin Republicans, according to Trump’s latest personal financial disclosure filed Monday afternoon.

The group, which calls itself “the largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies,” paid Trump $250,000 for a speaking engagement on Dec. 7 in Los Angeles, according to the disclosure, which is a requirement for all presidential candidates.

Trump spoke a week later at another Log Cabin Republicans event hosted at Mar-a-Lago, where he celebrated gay rights, saying, “We are fighting for the gay community, and we are fighting and fighting hard," Politico reported....

The Texas Republican Party has denied a request by Log Cabin Texas, a gay conservatives advocacy organization, to be allowed to have a booth at the state party’s annual convention in Fort Worth next week.

Though it's been months since both chambers of Congress voted to end the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy disallowing openly gay people to serve in the military, not until this week was the policy officially ended. Don't Ask, Don't Tell will see its sunset on Tuesday.

PASADENA, Calif (Reuters) - Obama administration lawyers asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to vacate a judgment declaring "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" unconstitutional now that the ban on openly gay men and women in the military is about to be repealed.

The Supreme Court refused Friday to block enforcement of the military's controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy which forces gay, lesbian and trans-gender members of the military to hide their personal lives or face expulsion from the service.