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<em>The Atlantic </em>Politics &amp; Policy Daily: The Kids Aren’t Alright

Sixty-eight chapters of the College Democrats are protesting their party over a new policy to protect incumbents from primary challenges. Plus: Serious threats from Iran?
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It’s Monday, May 6.

‣ More than 370 former federal prosecutors signed a statement asserting that, if he weren’t the president, Donald Trump would have been charged with obstruction based on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings.

‣ Over the weekend, Trump reversed himself to say that Mueller (Trump said last week that it was up to Attorney General William Barr

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