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Trump steps up Mueller attack over Russia probe

Bloomberg An FBI raid on his personal lawyer’s office cut close to home for Donald Trump, prompting an angry reaction from the president that revived fears he might do the unthinkable and fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “Attorney–client privilege is dead!,” Trump said early Tuesday in a posting on Twitter. He followed up with: “A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!” In an ...

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Macron not ready to wean France off ‘spending’

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron’s first annual checkup with the European Union’s budget doctor won’t be pretty. His government, which may gain from accelerating growth, is postponing the spending cuts needed to narrow the structural budget gap as required by the European Commission, say two people with knowledge of documents being sent to Brussels this month. With elements of the ...

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Daughter of poisoned Russian spy released from UK hospital

Bloomberg The daughter of a Russian former double agent poisoned in southern England last month was discharged from hospital. Yulia Skripal, 33, was found collapsed on a bench in Salisbury alongside her father — Sergei Skripal — after being exposed to a nerve agent in an incident the British government blamed on Russia. Both patients have “responded exceptionally well” to ...

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