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Even before President [Barack] Obama announced actions aimed at tightening controls on gun purchases, sales were up, partly in reaction to terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. Gun dealers say the president's initiatives have spurred sales. At the same time, polling shows more than two thirds of Americans support the president's proposals, including a majority of gun owners.

History is, as we know, written by the winners.

Donald Trump has stated that his three older children will manage his business once he enters office.

Mother Teresa, the nun who in the last century dedicated her long life to helping the poor, is now a saint.

For months, Republican Party leaders have been talking about the need to unify the GOP, in part because of Donald Trump and his criticism of the establishment, which created such big divides.

President-elect Donald Trump is an unprecedented figure in many respects, in part because there has never been an American president who has such complicated global business interests.