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WASHINGTON | White House braces for Mueller’s next steps

WASHINGTON  — The White House is bracing for the probe of Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign to fire up again. Trump’s advisers are privately expressing worries that the special counsel, who’s been out of the news for the past month, has been stealthily compiling information and could soon issue new indictments or a damning final report.

Trump abruptly altered the chain of command above Mueller…

NEW YORK | Holiday sales expected to grow in a strong economy

NEW YORK  — The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, says it expects sales in November and December to rise between 4.3 percent and 4.8 percent to $717.45 billion to $720.89 billion as shoppers continue to be in a spending mood in a stronger economy.

The sales growth marks a drop from last year’s 5.3 percent, which was the largest gain since 2010 when it was 5.2…