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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: Area Man Frustrated by Traffic

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt reportedly asked to use his vehicle’s lights and sirens to get through traffic in Washington, D.C.
Source: Yuri Gripas / Reuters

Today in 5 Lines

  • The New York Times reports that at least five officials at the Environmental Protection Agency were reassigned or demoted “after they raised concerns about the spending and management” of the agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt.

  • The National Guard in Texas to the U.S.-Mexico border is in “very early planning stages.”

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