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Trump Wishes He’d Never Chosen Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

President Donald Trump said he wishes he’d never selected former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions as his attorney general so that he could have picked someone else to oversee the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Trump quoted an appearance by Representative Trey Gowdy in which he criticized Sessions for recusing himself from the probe and said Trump had many other options as his top law enforcement officer. “There are lots of really good lawyers in the country, he could have picked somebody else!” Gowdy said. …read more […]

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U.S. first-quarter growth revised a touch lower

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth slowed slightly more than initially thought in the first quarter amid downward revisions to inventory investment and consumer spending, but a robust labor market and income tax cuts are likely to boost activity this year.

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Aerospace group Safran sticks to LEAP engine targets, no ‘bad surprises’ at Zodiac

PARIS (Reuters) – French aerospace firm Safran is sticking to production targets for the LEAP jet engine, but is still unwilling to back proposals for higher output from Airbus and Boeing until it is convinced its own suppliers can keep up, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

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