Olivia Paschal
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Eric Gay / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Trump to Stump
Trump will hold a campaign rally in Houston for Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who is facing a challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke.
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Charlie Neibergal / AP The Problem With Pence’s New Talking Point
On the midterm campaign trail, the vice president is assuring voters that Republicans will implement stricter work requirements for food-stamp recipients. He’s probably wrong.
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Chuck Burton / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Meddling: Now in 2018
The Justice Department charged a Russian woman for her participation in an online disinformation campaign aimed at interfering with the 2018 midterm elections.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: ‘Certainly Looks That Way’
President Donald Trump said he believes Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Everybody Take Five
To combat the growing federal deficit, Trump said he would ask each of his Cabinet secretaries to cut five percent from their budget proposals next year.
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Markus Schreiber / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Stormy Chaser
President Donald Trump praised a federal judge’s decision to throw out Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against him, calling her "Horseface," and threatening to "go after" her.
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Charles Krupa / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: 23 and She
In response to President Donald Trump and others who have questioned her heritage, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test showing evidence that she has a Native American ancestor dating back six to 10 generations.
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Carolyn Haster / AP The Backlash to New Rules on Protests in D.C.
The National Park Service is considering restrictions on demonstrations around the White House and the National Mall.
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Gerald Herbert / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Recovering from Michael
At least 14 people have died from the category-4 storm that slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday and has swept across the southeastern U.S.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Kanye Guest
In an impromptu monologue in the Oval Office, rapper Kanye West, who was invited to meet with President Donald Trump, said that the president “is on his hero’s journey right now.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: ‘Hurricane Michael is Upon Us’
Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle with winds reaching 155 mph.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Haley’s Comment
Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, resigned, effective at the end of the year.
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Evan Vucci / AP Full Transcript: Trump Announces Nikki Haley’s Resignation
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will be leaving her post at the end of the year.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters What Six Senators Said About Their Kavanaugh Votes
The senators from both parties, including Democrat Kamala Harris, a likely 2020 presidential candidate, explained their positions on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Mary Calvert / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Maine Event
In a speech on the Senate floor, Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine announced that she would vote to confirm Kavanaugh.
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(Senate TV / AP) Read Susan Collins’s Historic Floor Speech on Brett Kavanaugh
The Republican senator, a key swing vote, defended the Supreme Court nominee’s judicial record and said she would vote to confirm him.
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Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP ‘We’re Still Under Attack’
Russia experts argue that the U.S. government isn’t doing nearly enough to combat Russian aggression and promote democracy.
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Olivia Paschal / The Atlantic ‘This Is the Red Cross. Do You Have Food?’
Two weeks after Hurricane Florence, a small North Carolina town is bouncing back from the storm’s devastation. But for some of its poorest residents, it could take years to recover.
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Paul Sancya / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: This Is Not a Test
The federal government tested a new presidential alert system at 2:18 p.m. ET.
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Cliff Owen / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Flake Out
Speaking at The Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C., Senator Jeff Flake criticized Brett Kavanaugh for his recent appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling his interactions with lawmakers “sharp and partisan.”
