WASHINGTON — President Trump is definitely building a wall — but it is between the White House and the House of Representatives. In the aftermath of Robert S. Mueller III’s report, the White House has quickly assumed a defiant, hard-line stance that it will not respect subpoenas and demands for information from various House committees […]
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Deutsche Bank says it saw its profit improve by 67 percent in the first quarter, though revenue dropped 9 percent as proceeds from trading declined sharply. Germany’s biggest bank reported details of its January-March earnings on Friday, a day after it abandoned talks on a possible merger with German peer Commerzbank. The company said net
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Image copyright Zoey Grossman Image caption Marina: “I reached a point where I feel at peace inside.” Three years ago, Marina Diamandis wrapped up her Neon Nature tour, convinced she was going to quit the music industry for good. “I just did not want to have my face on anything again,” she says. “I knew
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe moment of the blast was caught on CCTV Two people have been hurt in an explosion at Tata’s main Welsh steelworks plant in the early hours. Residents living near the Port Talbot plant spoke of hearing a “massive” blast shortly after 03:30 BST. Images posted on
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Nils J. Nilsson, a computer scientist who helped develop the first general-purpose robot and was a co-inventor of algorithms that made it possible for the machine to move about efficiently and perform simple tasks, died on Sunday at his home in Medford, Ore. He was 86. His death was confirmed by his wife, Grace Abbott.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers spoiled Jon Lester’s return to the Cubs’ rotation by scoring on an error and a sacrifice fly, beating Chicago 2-1 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep. Lester (1-1), who spent 16 days on the injured list with a left hamstring strain, allowed one run on four hits in five innings.
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. began his 2020 campaign on Thursday, casting it as a rescue mission for a country facing a dire threat from its elected leader, President Trump. His announcement video was a three-and-a-half minute statement of political values, and an attempt to address why a 76-year-old former vice president is now returning to
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ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (Reuters) ― Analysis of the data from the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed killing all 157 people on board showed “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, a spokesman for the Ethiopian Transport Ministry said. Both planes were Boeing 737 MAX 8s, and both crashed minutes after
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An Army veteran with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder was on his way to a Bible class when he told investigators he intentionally drove into a group of men, women and children, injuring eight people, police said. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, was scheduled to appear in court Friday in San Jose after being charged
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Carlos Ghosn being released from the Tokyo Detention House on Thursday Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has left his Tokyo jail, with conditions attached. Earlier, a court set bail at 500 million yen ($4.5m; £3.5m), paving the way for this latest release. Mr Ghosn faces four charges in Japan over
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