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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: DSA What You Want to Say
2020 Democratic candidates sniff at Bernie Sanders’s democratic-socialist ideas. Plus: How will the Green New Deal work? We may have to wait until next year to see.
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Andy Wong / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Shoot for the Moon
Even if you miss, you’ll land among the Mars: After the NASA administrator pledged to revisit the moon, Trump said the agency should focus on bigger goals.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: They’re With Her
Democrats pushing for impeachment don’t actually plan on challenging Speaker Pelosi. Plus: Biden breaks with other Democrats on abortion funding.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Why Pro-impeachment Democrats Are Still Siding With Pelosi
They might be calling for an inquiry on Twitter and MSNBC, but they don’t plan to publicly challenge the speaker.
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Alastair Grant / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Great British Face-Off
For his signature bake, President Trump has taken his reality-TV penchant for drama across the pond. Plus: Is GOP resistance dead?
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The I Word
Trump calls impeachment a “dirty, filthy, disgusting word.” Plus: A new proposal from Senator Kamala Harris could escalate tensions between states and the federal government.
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Jim Watson / Getty Images Impeachment Is the Song of the Summer
Democrats wary of calling for President Trump’s ouster are changing their tune.
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Michael Sohn / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Obama Is … Biden His Time
The real standout in the 2020 Democratic field is Barack Obama—and he has yet to give his powerful endorsement to anyone. Plus: What’s up with the Freedom Caucus?
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Infrastructure Talks Hit a Pothole
President Trump stormed out of yet another meeting with Democratic leadership today. Plus: What does it mean that more and more Democrats are publicly supporting an impeachment inquiry?
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Rank and File Are Starting to Defy Pelosi on Impeachment
The shift in attitudes suggests that more House members are viewing the party’s current investigative strategy as ineffective.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: McGahn Fishin’
The president is reportedly going to tell his former White House counsel to skip his congressional hearing on Tuesday. Plus: Why adoption can be an unpopular option for unwanted pregnancies.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Moderate House Women Who Want Voters to Know They Exist Too
Centrism is notoriously unsexy, even if it’s pervasive within the Democratic Party.
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Juliet Williams / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: AL vs. Roe vs. Wade
State legislators in Alabama and Georgia have launched the first direct attacks on the landmark abortion law. Plus: Sometimes Trump’s aides simply ignore his orders and hope he forgets.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tariff Aperitif
Mutually assured tariff hikes from the United States and China. Plus: Montana Governor Steve Bullock thinks there’s still room for him in the 2020 Democratic field.
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Matt Rourke / AP What Happens When an Activist Bullies Anti-abortion Protesters
Health clinics say that staging counterprotests isn’t just counterproductive—“it’s completely inadvisable.”
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Isaac Brekken / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: What Happens In Vegas
What went down when a handful of former Trump-administration officials gathered at the Bellagio Hotel for a conference. Plus: Subpoenas for Trump’s tax returns.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Trump Thinks Shana-Can
After four months of 'acting,' Patrick Shanahan passes his audition for Defense Secretary. Plus: What do the Democratic voters who flipped the House want now?
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Win McNamee / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: McGahn but Not Forgotten
The White House has instructed the former White House counsel not to comply with House Democrats’ subpoena. Plus: Only one guy is standing between Trump and legislative success.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Kids Aren’t Alright
Sixty-eight chapters of the College Democrats are protesting their party over a new policy to protect incumbents from primary challenges. Plus: Serious threats from Iran?
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Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images The Democratic Party Just Ticked Off Its Youngest Organizers
In an attempt to protect the House majority, the DCCC may have compromised its relationship with some of the party’s most loyal activists, the College Democrats.
