Lena Felton
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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.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: ‘California, We Have a Problem’
Hours after the Trump administration sued California over its immigration policies, Attorney General Jeff Sessions blasted state officials in a speech.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: There's a New Tariff in Town
President Trump said he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, drawing criticism from Republicans and prompting the Dow to drop 420 points.
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Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Carpe DM
Private Twitter messages obtained by The Atlantic show that Roger Stone, a longtime confidante and informal adviser to Trump, corresponded with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: 'I Really Believe I'd Run in There'
During a meeting with the nation’s governors on gun safety, President Trump said that he would have intervened in the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, even if he was unarmed.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Gates to the Manafort
Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed new fraud and money-laundering charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates.
