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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: Loose Bannon

President Trump fired Steve Bannon, the former <em>Breitbart</em> editor who helped fuel Trump's rise.
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President Trump Steve Bannon, the former editor who helped fuel Trump's rise. Friends of the ousted White House chief strategist he’s “going nuclear.” Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer on taking down a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, saying he will instead push for its immediate removal. In a letter, the members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities announced their from the advisory group, citing Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville. Trump his national-security team at Camp David to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

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