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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: Weekend at Bedminster

President Trump will spend the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey
Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

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On Twitter, President Trump, who is spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, “everybody” has better health care than the United States, but that “our healthcare will soon be great.” The Senate Intelligence Committee a number of Trump campaign aides to turn over records of their communications with Russian officials as part of its investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election. Angella the post. A U.S. Navy SEAL in Somalia, the first American combat death in the country since 1993. The U.S. economy 211,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent.

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