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The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6 percent last quarter, a big pickup from the beginning of 2017 —
but well short of the 4 percent target President Trump has promised, according to a new Commerce Department report.
In between vulgar insults, if you recall, Mr. Scaramucci had likened himself and Mr. Priebus to Cain and Abel.
Before that announcement, Mr. Trump traveled to Long Island to address violence linked to MS-13, the fearsome street gang founded in Los Angeles in the ’80s
and now active throughout El Salvador, Honduras and cities across the U.S. _____ 2.
President Trump made an important announcement via Twitter: He replaced Reince Priebus, his chief of staff,
above left, with John Kelly, a retired general who is currently serving as the head of Homeland Security.
Russia took its first steps to retaliate against proposed American sanctions for Moscow’s suspected meddling in the 2016 election, seizing two U.S. diplomatic properties
and ordering the American Embassy, above, to reduce staff by September.
