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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: It Goes Down in the DM

In private communications, WikiLeaks asked Donald Trump Jr. for his father’s tax returns, and urged the Trump campaign to challenge the election results.
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President Trump former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Lawmakers to withdraw their endorsements of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore in light of allegations that Moore pursued teenage girls when he was in his 30s. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Moore to drop out Moore of sexual assaulting her when she was 16. The White House Trump “briefly” touched on human rights during a private meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, but a spokesman for Duterte said human rights were not discussed.

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