The youngest of 10 children, Mr. Trump’s mother sailed to the United States around 1930, reporting to American immigration officials that she had an eighth-grade education. Late in life, she had a taste for luxury, which her son was happy to indulge, said Gwenda Blair, the author of “The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFive numbers that explain US border crisis Mexico has warned US President Donald Trump that tariffs on Mexican goods could worsen illegal immigration to the US and end up hurting both countries. The warning came as Mr Trump tweeted that Mexico could “stop the flow of people
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over the past year, Apple purged iPhone apps that helped people limit the amount of time they and their children spent on Apple devices, drawing accusations of anticompetitive behavior. On Monday, as news broke that federal officials were stepping up antitrust scrutiny of Apple and its peers, the Silicon Valley giant
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Ryan O’Reilly scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period for his second of the night, and the St. Louis Blues thrived in a chaotic Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night to beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 and tie the series at two games apiece. O’Reilly ended an eight-game goal
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“Why,” she asked bluntly, “should the women of America vote for you over our sisters who are kind of more qualified?” Mr. Buttigieg responded as he has to past questions about his comparative lack of experience: by emphasizing the “executive experience” of being a mayor. But it was not the most forceful of statements, and
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Apple chief executive Tim Cook introduced the new Mac Pro at the annual developers conference Apple has announced that iTunes is to be replaced by Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. There had been speculation that the tech giant was planning to shutter the music service it launched
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California has a new level of cooperation with the Pentagon as it tries to avoid another deadly, destructive fire season, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, downplaying friction with President Donald Trump’s administration. The Defense Department has agreed to provide information from a Cold War-era military satellite to help spot new wildfires, and Acting Defense Secretary
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The Latest on Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final (all times local): 8:30 p.m. Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara has left Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final after taking a puck to the face from short range off the stick of St. Louis Blues forward Brayden Schenn early in the second period. Chara
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Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the Judiciary Committee’s chairman, said his committee’s first hearing, “Lessons From the Mueller Report: Presidential Obstruction and Other Crimes,” would zero in on “the most overt acts of obstruction” documented by Mr. Mueller. The special counsel’s 448-page report detailed at least 10 cases of possible obstruction by Mr. Trump
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Spending on U.S. construction projects was unchanged in April as another decline in home construction was offset by a big gain in government spending on projects like highways and hospitals. The Commerce Department said Monday that the flat reading followed a small increase of 0.1% in March, which was revised higher from an initial estimate
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