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David Brooks PAGE A25

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A24-25

Late Edition

Koko, who had a sign-language vocabu-lary of more than 2,000 words, charmedentertainers, like Fred Rogers, and theiraudiences. PAGE A11

NATIONAL A11-17

Koko the Gorilla Dies at 46The latest installment of the “JurassicWorld" franchise doesn’t always make alot of sense, A.O. Scott writes. PAGE C1

WEEKEND ARTS C1-20

Maybe One Bite Too Many?

WASHINGTON — Americanshave done more and more of theirshopping online in recent years,drawn by the promise of lowprices, wide selection and buy-from-home convenience. But e-commerce has also had another

edge: Many of those sales were, ineffect, tax-free.

The Supreme Court on Thurs-day moved to close that loophole,ruling that internet retailers canbe required to collect sales taxeseven in states where they have nophysical presence.

The decision, in South Dakota v.Wayfair Inc., was a victory forbrick-and-mortar businesses that

have long complained they are putat a disadvantage by having tocharge sales taxes while many on-line competitors do not. And it wasalso a victory for states that havesaid that they are missing out ontens of billions of dollars in annualrevenue.

“State and local governmentshave really been dealing with anightmare scenario for several

years now,” said Carl Davis, re-search director at the Institute onTaxation and Economic Policy, aWashington think tank. “This isgoing to allow state and local gov-ernments to improve their tax en-forcement and to put local busi-ness on a more level playing field.”

In Thursday’s ruling, the courteffectively overturned a system

Supreme Court Clears Way to Collect Sales Tax From Web RetailersThis article is by Adam Liptak,

Ben Casselman and Julie Creswell.

Continued on Page A17

SERGEY PONOMAREV FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeking re-election on Sunday, is fond of huge building projects, like this bridge over the Bosporus. Page A8.Turkish President Wants a Canal. Do Voters?

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Argentina finds itself on the brink of World Cup elimination after losing, 3-0, to Croatia. Page B8.Bad Turns to Worse

WASHINGTON — PresidentTrump, spurred on by conserva-tives who want him to slash safetynet programs, unveiled on Thurs-day a plan to overhaul the federalgovernment that could have a pro-found effect on millions of poorand working-class Americans.

Produced over the last year byMr. Trump’s budget director, MickMulvaney, it would reshuffle so-cial welfare programs in a way

that would make them easier tocut, scale back or restructure, ac-cording to several administrationofficials involved in the planning.

Among the most consequentialideas is a proposal to shift the Sup-plemental Nutrition AssistanceProgram, a subsistence benefitthat provides aid to 42 million

poor and working Americans,from the Agriculture Departmentto a new mega-agency that wouldhave “welfare” in its title — a termMr. Trump uses as a pejorativecatchall for most governmentbenefit programs.

That proposal, which includesan equally ambitious plan tomerge the Education and LaborDepartments to consolidate workforce programs, is not likely togain the congressional approvalneeded to make the changes, Mr.

Shaking Up Cabinet to Shrink the GovernmentBy GLENN THRUSHand ERICA L. GREEN

A Conservative Drive toSlash the Safety Net

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GOTEBORG, Sweden — TheEuropean Union fought back onFriday against the Trump admin-istration’s tariffs, slapping penal-ties on an array of American prod-ucts that target the president’s po-litical base, like bourbon, motor-cycles and orange juice.

The European counterattack on$3.2 billion of goods, a response tothe administration’s measures onsteel and aluminum imports, addsanother front to a trade war thathas engulfed allies and adversar-ies around the world. China andMexico have already retaliatedwith their own tariffs, and Canada,Japan and Turkey are readyingsimilar offensives.

The risk of escalation is highsince President Trump haspromised even more tariffs. Ta-king aim at German car manufac-turers, the president has startedan investigation into automobileimports to determine whetherthey pose a national security con-cern, the same justification usedfor his metal tariffs.

“You look at the European Un-ion,” he told a crowd in Duluth,Minn., on Thursday. “They put upbarriers so that we can’t sell ourfarm products in. And yet they sellMercedes and BMW, and the carscome in by the millions. And wehardly tax them at all.”

Europe WagesCounterattack

In Trade War

By JACK EWING

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AURORA, Colo. — MicaelaSamol Gonzalez, dressed in bluedetention scrubs, made her way tothe front of a windowless court-room in Colorado on Thursdayand faced the judge. After shegave her name and arranged a fu-ture court date for her immigra-tion case, the judge asked whethershe had any questions.

She had just one.“My question is regarding my

son,” Ms. Gonzalez, whose boywas taken away by immigrationauthorities shortly after she wasaccused of crossing the border il-legally on a journey fromGuatemala, said in Spanish. “I’vebeen given a number to contacthim but nobody’s replying to me,and I’m wondering if he’s doingwell.”

A day after President Trumpsigned an executive order scrap-ping his administration’s practiceof separating immigrant parentsand children at the border, therewas no relief for Ms. Gonzalez andhundreds of other parents whowere little closer to reuniting withthe more than 2,300 children whohave been taken from them underthe administration’s “zero toler-ance” border enforcement policy.

Parents said they still did notknow how to track down their chil-dren, and struggled to find out anyinformation through a 1-800 hot-line set up by the federal Office ofRefugee Resettlement. Otherswho had located their childrensaid they were still separated bythousands of miles and a bureau-cratic maze they did not know howto navigate.

The one thing they wanted wastheir children. But parents andlawyers said those reunions stillseemed achingly distant and un-certain.

Administration officials havesaid children were taken onlyfrom parents who had violated the

Rules Shifted,But ReunionsAre Uncertain

Lawyers Comb Systemfor Migrant Children

By JACK HEALY

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WASHINGTON — The UnitedStates is preparing to shelter asmany as 20,000 migrant childrenon four American military bases, aPentagon spokesman said onThursday, as federal officialsstruggled to carry out PresidentTrump’s order to keep immigrantfamilies together after they areapprehended at the border.

The 20,000 beds at bases inTexas and Arkansas would house“unaccompanied alien children,”said a Pentagon spokesman, Lt.Col. Michael Andrews, althoughother federal agencies providedconflicting explanations abouthow the shelters would be usedand who would be housed there.There were reports of widespreadconfusion on the border.

It was unclear whether the mili-tary housing would also house theparents of children in migrantfamilies that have been detained,and officials at the White House,the Defense Department and theDepartment of Health and HumanServices said on Thursday thatthey could not provide details.

The Pentagon announcementfollowed Mr. Trump’s executiveorder on Wednesday to keep fam-ilies together after they illegallycross the Mexican border into theUnited States. The order called fordetaining families at the same lo-cation.

Democrats questioned the20,000-bed plan. “Is it even feasi-ble?” Senator Chuck Schumer ofNew York asked from the Senatefloor.

Advocates for the migrants ex-

4 MILITARY BASESPREPARE TO HOLD

20,000 CHILDREN

‘CHAOS ON THE GROUND’

A Day of Confusion Aftera Presidential Order

on Immigration

This article is by Michael D.Shear, Helene Cooper and KatieBenner.

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The natural gas industry is leaking farmore methane, a powerful greenhousegas, than government estimates, astudy says. And that’s bad news for theclimate. PAGE B4

Sky-High Methane Emissions

The country’s biggest banks are strongenough to keep lending even if theeconomy plunges into a severe down-turn, the Fed’s annual stress testsfound. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-7

Not Too Stressed

“I REALLY DON’T CARE, DOU?”

When the first lady, MelaniaTrump, on a surprise humanitar-ian visit to a children’s shelter in

Texas, strode ontoher airplane in anolive green Zaraarmy jacket withthose wordsscrawled in fauxwhite graffiti on

the back, it sent the watchingworld into what might be called,with some understatement, ameltdown.

“Insensitive,” “heartless” and“unthinking” were some of thewords hurled through the digi-sphere about the choice.

“It’s a jacket,” her communica-tions director, Stephanie Gr-isham, said in a statement toreporters. “There was no hiddenmessage.”

She’s right, of course. It wasn’thidden. It was literally written onthe first lady’s back. The ques-tion is: Who was the intendedaudience?

The assumption implicit in the

outrage is that the message wasmeant for those Mrs. Trump wasmeeting. But here’s the thing:The first lady has had someexperience with the attentionpaid when she boards planes.

First Lady’s $39 Jacket MakesA Statement, but What Kind?

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CRITIC’SNOTEBOOK

Melania Trump at Joint BaseAndrews after her trip.

Charles Krauthammer, 68, abandonedpsychiatry to become a Pulitzer-win-ning columnist and TV commentatorwith an independent streak.

OBITUARIES B16

A Polished Conservative Voice

To discuss making it happen, John R.Bolton, the national security adviser, isgoing to Russia next week. PAGE A9

INTERNATIONAL A4-10

Trump Seeks Putin Meeting

ABC, which canceled the popular sit-com “Roseanne” last month after itsstar, Roseanne Barr, made a racisttweet, will reunite the cast, minus Ms.Barr, in “The Conners.” PAGE B1

‘Roseanne’ Without Roseanne

DeAndre Ayton, a 7-foot-1 center, wasselected first by Phoenix in an N.B.A.draft that focused on big men. PAGE B13

SPORTSFRIDAY B8-15

The N.B.A. Lives Large

Today, some sunshine, then clouds,not as warm, high 75. Tonight,cloudy, periodic rain and drizzle late,low 63. Tomorrow, thunderstorms,high 73. Weather map, Page A22.

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