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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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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: On This Day in June
It’s Juneteenth. Cory Booker, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and others testified about reparations at a House hearing. Plus: Joe Biden faces heat for remarks about two segregationist senators.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Pentagone
Patrick Shanahan withdrew from consideration for secretary of defense. Plus: President Trump is formally announcing his reelection campaign today in—wait, what?
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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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Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: There’s No Such Thing as a Bilateral Spat
The week ahead in national security. Plus: The U.S. says Iran is “lashing out,” but even if the two nations aren’t headed for war, the conflict is now ensnaring other countries.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Help Wanted; Inquire Within
How the job of White House press secretary became nearly obsolete. Plus: The Democratic National Committee announces the breakdown of the first primary debates.
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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 Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tariffs + Negotiations + Building a Wall = Border Security?
The week ahead in national security. Plus: When Donald Trump sees immigration on the country’s southern border as one of the biggest threats to U.S. national security.
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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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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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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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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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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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Ahmad Masood / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Trouble in the Transatlantic Alliance
The week ahead in national security. Plus: A D-Day anniversary, and grading the Trump administration’s foreign policy (a B+ for the approach to China, a D for its ISIS strategy).
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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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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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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?
