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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: The Audacity of 'Dope'

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster reportedly mocked President Trump’s intelligence at a private dinner.
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A second woman Minnesota Senator Al Franken of sexual misconduct, saying he inappropriately touched her during a photo op in 2010. President Trump North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, after the country was removed from the list by the George W. Bush administration. The Trump . Janet Yellen that she will retire from the Federal Reserve after her successor is sworn in, rather than staying on as the federal reserve governor. And the Nebraska Public Service Commission a route through the state for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

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