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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Policy Preservation

Trump’s decision on Iran, an attack on Obamacare, the future of coal, and more
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The Iran Deal: President Trump said the U.S. would stay in the nuclear accord with Iran for now, but declined to certify it, sending the legislation that covers the multilateral deal to Congress for review. Here’s how the process will go from here. America’s European allies criticized Trump’s decision, expressing concern that the U.S. could undermine the strength of the deal and asserting their own commitment to stay in the pact. Decertification could give the U.S. a chance to fix some key flaws of the deal. Yet as David Frum writes, Trump’s volatility makes it hard to trust that he’ll execute on the policy he’s set out.

The federal government to help reduce the costs of health care for poor customers covered under the Affordable on its long-promised replacement for the ACA. Indeed, some senators say they’re —but it’s still not clear whether they can pull off the agreement.

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