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The late Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, was under a counterintelligence inquiry conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1990s, according to a new report. Bloomberg News reported that the FBI was looking into allegations related to her ties to Czechoslovakia, her home country. A 190-page, significantly redacted excerpt from her FBI file reveals the bureau recommended a “preliminary inquiry” into Ivana over information from a confidential source in 1989, but the contents of that inquiry were redacted. “It is unknown if the allegations stem from jealousies of her wealth and fame,” one...

Ivana Trump’s funeral proudly displayed a copy of her 1992 Vanity Fair cover at the memorial for the socialite - but put up a version that removed Hillary Clinton’s name. Mourners gathered outside of the St. Vincent Ferrer Church, in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, close to the townhouse where Ivana, 73, was found dead last week. The Trump family gathered in New York City to bid farewell to Ivana, Donald's first wife and the mother of his three oldest children - Eric, Ivanka and Don Jr. Photos published by the New York Post and People show that the Trump family...

Ivana Trump was buried Wednesday next to the first hole along a grassy area at her ex-husband's tony Bedminster Golf Club following the invite-only funeral service. The New York socialite's rose gold casket was lowered into the ground 'not too far from the main club house' at Trump's Bedminster Golf Course Wednesday afternoon, a source in attendance told the New York Post, in a 'private grassy area.' 'It was beautiful,' the unidentified source said of the burial, which was attended by family members and a few close friends. Ivana's three children - Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump - are...

The family will first meet at the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, where Ivana's remains were prepared, before making their way to St. Vincent Ferrer Church on Lexington Avenue. After the service, the family is expected to travel to New Jersey afterwards for a private reception at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. Donald and Melania Trump are both expected at the service. Among the first to arrive at the funeral home was Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, who wore a black velvet cocktail dress and stilettos. They were closely followed by Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and their...

There was just one thing that would have made the brash and chaotic circus of the Trump presidency complete — his irrepressible first wife, Ivana. Unlike shy and glacial Melania, whose heart never seemed to be in it, the Czech-born former skiing instructor and fur coat model would have been the perfect, larger-than-life First Lady for the bombastic president. Her outrageous hairdos were as bouffant as his, her wit as caustic and her personality just as egocentric and competitive. The formidable Ivana was also a detail-obsessed workaholic who played a key role in the Trump business empire. She became an...

I remember this commercial, but completely forgot about it. A must watch classic commercial. If we only knew then what we know today. We would have clamored for him to run in 2020. Love this guy, and RIP Ivana.

The world remembers her for the legacy she left as a model, world-class athlete and powerful businesswoman. But to her children, Ivana Trump was a caring mother and friend who was devoted to her family. Troves of photos discovered by a South Florida collector back in 2014 show the beauty loved up with her ex-husband, Donald Trump, vacationing with her children and posing with homemade birthday cakes. Ivana, 73, passed away Thursday in her home in New York City's Upper East Side after suffering cardiac arrest. She is survived by her three children - Donald Jr, Eric and Ivanka -...

Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his three eldest children, has died, her family said Thursday. She was 73. “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are many, that Ivana Trump has passed away at her home in New York City,” Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform. “She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life. Her pride and joy were her three children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. She was so...

Ivana Trump, the Czech American ex-wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr., died Thursday. She was 73. Trump was discovered at the bottom of a staircase in her home on 10 E. 64th St. in Manhattan at 12:40 p.m., police sources told The Post. Authorities believe she suffered a cardiac arrest, but the official cause of death has yet to be determined. She was found by cops who were called to her home for a wellness check, police said.

Donald Trump's ex-wife Ivana Trump has been branded a bigoted embarrassment for her 'disturbing' comments on US immigration today. Appearing on morning show Loose Women, she said she's very proud of her former partner, particularly for all he has achieved with immigration, insisting that all who migrate to America should enter legally. She went on to rant about US immigrants not dressing Americanly once in the country while accusing some of not having a job, or stealing and raping American women. Viewers were outraged by her comments, with one calling the outburst 'disturbing', while another called the mother-of-three an 'embarrassing...

I know many of you hated this look:You thought the slacks needed hemming, and wished Melania would wear dresses for these head of state events. I agree with the slacks needing hemming but given the head of state was Justin Trudeau I rather like the subliminal message: In America, even the First Lady wears pants.And speaking of first ladies, did you see the firestorm Ivana started with her book-promotion comment about being first lady? Ivana Trump boasted to ABC’s “Good Morning America" on Monday that she has a “direct number” to the White House, and talks to her ex-husband about...

First lady Melania Trump's office fired back at President Trump's ex-wife Ivana on Monday after she boasted of her access to the White House and even referred to herself as the real "first lady."  In an interview with “Good Morning America” to promote her new book “Raising Trump,” Ivana Trump said she and the president speak “about once every 14 days.” “I have the direct number to White House, but I no really want to call him there because Melania is there,” she said. “I don’t want to cause any kind of jealousy or something like that because I’m basically...

Now that her ex-husband is president-elect, Ivana Trump is ready to serve her country. “I will suggest that I be ambassador for the Czech Republic,” Ivana told The Post on Friday. “[That] is where I’m from and my language and everybody knows me. I’m quite known all around the world. Not only in America. I have written three books, and they were translated in 40 countries in 25 languages... “We need the immigrants. But what is wrong is when an 18-year-old Mexican girl goes over the wall — which is the height of my chair, four feet — she gives...

It’s Ivana Trump’s fault that Donald didn’t run for president sooner. “Probably five years before our divorce, Reagan or somebody brought him a letter and said, ‘You should run for president,’ ” Donald’s first wife tells The Post at her opulent seven-floor Upper East Side town house, which she purchased for $2.8 million in 1998.

Ivana Trump, Republican presidential primary front-runner Donald Trump’s first wife, blasted Sen. Bernie Sanders as a “communist,” saying she has first-hand experience at identifying them. “Sanders is a communist,” she said to the New York Post’s Page Six. “I was born in a communist country, so I know when I see them or hear them.” Sanders has identified as a socialist and as a democratic-socialist on previous occasions. As senator, he’s caucused with Democrats and currently seeks the Democratic Party’s nod for the White House.

Ivana Trump said Tuesday that she and Donald Trump "are the best of friends" and that Donald "would make an incredible President." DAVE KOTINSKY/GETTY IMAGES Ivana Trump said Tuesday that she and Donald Trump "are the best of friends" and that Donald "would make an incredible President." Just a day after allegations re-emerged that Donald Trump raped his ex-wife, Ivana Trump, the bombastic billionaire’s former spouse played down the controversy — and endorsed his presidential run — saying that the two are still “the best of friends.” "I have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years...

The Daily Beast took a predictable swipe at Donald Trump yesterday by generating some “breaking news” which is actually a decades old and long abandoned story from Trump’s high profile divorce from his former wife, Ivana. The “story” in question, which Ivana Trump herself refuted shortly after it initially broke, related to comments she made during their divorce where she said she “felt violated” during a particular sexual encounter. Business Insider offers a brief history of where this tired old chestnut originated. When the allegations first surfaced in 1993 Ivana Trump issued a statement clarifying that she didn’t mean the...

Just a day after allegations reemerged that Donald Trump raped his ex-wife, Ivana Trump, the bombastic billionaire’s former spouse played down the controversy, saying that the two are still “the best of friends.” *snip* “Donald and I are the best of friends and together have raised three children that we love and are very proud of. I have nothing but fondness for Donald and wish him the best of luck on his campaign,” she said. “Incidentally, I think he would make an incredible president,” Ivana Trump, who divorced her husband in 1992, added.

IVANA TRUMP ESCORTED OFF PLANE: NAPOLITANO DECLARES 'THE SYSTEM WORKED'December 30, 2009In response to a Nigerian Muslim trying to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, the government will now prohibit international travelers from going to the bathroom in the last hour before the plane lands. Terrorists who plan to bomb planes during the first seven hours of the eight-hour flight, however, should face no difficulties, provided they wait until after the complimentary beverage service has been concluded. How do they know Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab didn't wait until the end of the flight to try to...

Ivana Trump, the first ex-wife of billionaire Donald Trump, was escorted by sheriff's deputies off a flight Saturday afternoon at Palm Beach International Airport after she screamed and cursed at children, authorities said. Trump, 60, of Palm Beach, was seated in first class and apparently became irate because children were running up and down the aisle and screaming, Palm Beach County sheriff's officials said.