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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Brexit Day

Britain’s formal separation from the European Union, Trump’s presidential privileges, new Manafort allegations, and more
Source: Emmanuel Dunand / Reuters

What We’re Following

Triggering Brexit: British Prime Minister Theresa May sent European Council President Donald Tusk a hand-delivered letter notifying the European Union of the U.K.’s intention to leave the 60-year-old bloc. The move comes nine months after Britons stunned the European political establishment by voting 52 percent in favor of leaving the EU, and though it’s expected to be a two-year process, some warn the unprecedented negotiations could take much longer.

President Trump’s lawyers are arguing that the president should be for thecontestant Summer Zervos, but, if accepted by the courts, could be applied to other lawsuits facing the president. President Trump has made similar appeals for presidential exemption with regard to his numerous business interests, including his financial stake in the Trump Hotel—a Washington, D.C., property that .

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