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Evan Vucci / AP Read President Trump’s U.S. Naval Academy Commencement Address
The president told the 2018 graduates that “we are witnessing the great reawakening of the American spirit and of American might.”
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Thou Shalt Not Block
A federal judge ruled that it’s unconstitutional for President Trump to block people from his Twitter account.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Full-ish Disclosure
The Office of Government Ethics released President Trump’s financial disclosure, which included a reimbursement of more than $100,000 to his lawyer Michael Cohen.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Gina Hasvotes
Virginia Senator Mark Warner announced his support for President Trump’s pick for CIA director, Gina Haspel.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: AT&Teachable Moment?
In a memo to employees, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant “was a serious misjudgment.”
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Breaking Down Gina Haspel’s Tense Confirmation Hearing
Over the course of two-and-a-half hours, lawmakers grilled Trump’s pick to lead the CIA on her involvement in the agency’s detention and interrogation program after 9/11.
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Charles Krupa / AP Former Israeli Prime Minister: Iran May Believe Trump Is Looking for War
Ehud Barak, who once advocated a potential strike on Iran, said that the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal will likely “motivate caution” on Iran’s part.
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Evan Vucci / AP Read Trump's Speech Withdrawing From the Iran Deal
On Tuesday, the president said that the U.S. will pull out of the agreement and reinstate sanctions on Iran.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Gender Trap of Being First Lady
Unelected and unpaid, first ladies often struggle to develop their own policy goals. But even so, the case of Melania Trump stands out.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Hiring Emmet Flood Signals a Big Shift for Trump's Defense
The veteran lawyer’s role in executive-privilege disputes in the Bush White House may prove crucial to reshaping Trump’s legal strategy.
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John Locher / AP The White House Still Loves Joe Arpaio
At a tax event in Arizona, Vice President Mike Pence praised a “favorite” member of the audience: former Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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Soren Larson / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Comey What May
President Trump called James Comey an “untruthful slime ball” following the release of excerpts of his book, A Higher Loyalty.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tease-Pacific Partnership
President Trump told lawmakers that he has ordered his advisers to look into rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal he pulled out of days after taking office.
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John Lent / AP Rewriting My Grandfather’s MLK Story
In excavating the story of King’s visit to Harlem Hospital, I uncovered my grandfather’s own fight for civil rights—and realized I’d misunderstood his legacy as a black doctor all along.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: A Room of His Own
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly leased an apartment linked to a Washington lobbyist for $50 a night.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Without a Dowd
John Dowd, the lead lawyer representing President Trump in the Russia investigation, resigned on Thursday.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: McMaster of Suspense
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders continued to deny reports that National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, among others, will be replaced.
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Raad Adayleh / AP Full Text: Rex Tillerson Responds to His Firing
Tillerson made remarks following Trump’s announcement that CIA Director Mike Pompeo would replace him as secretary of state.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Read the State Department's Account of Tillerson's Ousting
Under Secretary Steve Goldstein was reportedly fired for issuing the statement.
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Matt Sayles / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Outlook: Stormy
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had an affair with Trump, offered to return the payment she received from Trump’s lawyer in exchange for dissolving the hush agreement.
