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Chaos and rivalries in the White House and the cabinet
Republicans in the Senate say President Trump has gone off the tracks with attacks on their former colleague, Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Meantime, top White House aides are battling each other in public.
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3 storiesAmazon's Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person
Bill Gates of Microsoft is no longer the world's richest person. A surge this morning in shares of Amazon.com Inc. means that Jeff Bezos is now worth an estimated $90.9 billion, leaving Gates behind with $90.7. That's according to Rob LaFranco, who runs the Bloomberg Billionaires Index , a daily ranking of the world's richest people.
Read the story7 minChaos and rivalries in the White House and the cabinet
Washington veterans agree that no president has ever attacked his own Attorney General the way Donald Trump has gone after Jeff Sessions. One former Senate colleague predicts "holy hell to pay" if Trump fires the nation's top law enforcement officer.
Read the story34 minThe politics of a Wisconsin Foxconn factory
In the East Room of the White House yesterday — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at his side, President Trump announced plans for a $10 billion factory that could produce 13,000 jobs. Craig Gilbert, Washington bureau chief for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel , was in the East Room for the announcement.
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