Olivia Paschal
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mpi04 / MediaPunch / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: About Last Night
The Harris-Biden confrontation that laid bare the country’s evolution. Plus: How Trump’s orbit reacted to E. Jean Carroll’s account of being sexually assaulted by him.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: 5-4
The Supreme Court speaks on gerrymandering and the citizenship question. Plus: We hand out awards for last night’s Democratic debates and look at tonight’s contenders.
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Randall Hill / Reuters Joe Biden Won’t Say If He Backs the Trade Deal He Helped Sell
The Atlantic surveyed the Democratic presidential candidates on whether they support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Only some took a definitive position.
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The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Greener Pastures
Jay Inslee tried to make a splash as a single-issue candidate—now he knows it’s time to expand beyond climate change. Plus: an immigration attorney on what she saw at the border.
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Julie Bennett / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: More Roy
Republican Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, announced he would run for Senate again. Plus: Who’s steering policy on Iran?
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Paul Marotta / Getty Read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Testimony on Reparations
“The question really is not whether we’ll be tied to the somethings of our past, but whether we are courageous enough to be tied to the whole of them.”
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Charles Krupa / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Kirsten’s Best-Laid Plans
The New York Senator and 2020 candidate isn’t where she thought she’d be at this point in the campaign. Plus: The Supreme Court weighs in on racial gerrymandering.
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Steven Senne / AP Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter Talks Iran, China, and Trump’s Late-Night Tweets
“I don’t want to have a war with Iran, but I know who would win.”
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Seth Wenig / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Run-DNC
The ghosts of 2016 haunt the Democratic National Committee as it gears up for two nights of debates. Plus: Sarah Huckabee Sanders is out as White House press secretary.
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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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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Justin and the Giant Impeach
Justin Amash leaves the Freedom Caucus. Plus: Trump weighs in on reports about Kim Jong Nam's 2017 assassination.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Clown Car Pulls Up
And 19 Democratic candidates piled out in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, over the weekend. Plus: Trump’s man in Moscow wants out.
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Ian Langsdon / Pool via AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: An American in Normandy
President Donald Trump commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Plus: What lessons should Democrats draw from the Clinton impeachment?
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Victoria Jones / Pool via AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Relationship Status: It’s Complicated
Trump loves pomp, but not under these circumstances. Plus: the centennial of women's right to vote.
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Nam Y. Huh / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Weekend With Bernie
At least one 2020 presidential candidate wants to recreate some of how it was in 2016. Plus: Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico, and the future of Roe v. Wade.
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Cliff Owen / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Area Man Wants to Be Excluded From This Narrative
Robert Mueller broke two years of silence, resigning from the Justice Department to “return to private life.” Plus: Are presidential tell-alls over?
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Read Mueller’s First Public Comments on the Russia Investigation
The special counsel addressed the nation on Wednesday morning after two years of silence.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Swamp Won’t Drain
It’s clogged with former members of Congress-turned lobbyists, and presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren won’t have an easy time cleaning it out with their policies.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Doublespeak
Distorted videos of Pelosi cap off a week of tensions with Iran, partisan sparring in Congress, and rollbacks of LGBTQ protections. Welcome to “Infrastructure Week.”
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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?
