<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: Realistic Solutions
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Political Partners: President Trump’s speech at a rally for Marsha Blackburn didn’t focus very closely on the current congresswoman’s Senate campaign. But that might not matter to Blackburn, who appeared to see the event as an opportunity to show she stands with the president. Another one of Trump’s allies in Congress is House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was shot at a congressional baseball practice last summer. Now he’s a contender for speaker of the House. As Elaina Plott writes, he could “enshrine Trumpism as the future of the GOP.”
The Russian journalist and dissident Arkady Babchenko, who had been reported murdered And Bill Browder, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was arrested and released in Spain after Russia to prevent his anti-corruption testimony.
