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<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: What Does Mueller’s Latest Indictment Reveal?

The hacking charges against 12 Russian intelligence officers. Plus Trump’s visit to the U.K., a student-debt game show, and more.
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Hacking Charges: Twelve Russian intelligence officers have been indicted on charges of hacking into Democratic Party computer systems, as well as those of an unidentified state board of elections, in an attempt to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. According to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment, the Russians attempted to access a server and email accounts used by Hillary Clinton’s campaign on July 27—the same day that Donald Trump Paul Rosenzweig unpacks

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