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<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics &amp; Policy Daily: On This Day in June

It’s Juneteenth. Cory Booker,<strong> </strong>Ta-Nehisi Coates, and others testified about reparations at a House hearing. Plus: Joe Biden faces heat for remarks about two segregationist senators.
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It’s Wednesday, June 19.

‣ The Environmental Protection Agency rolled back a Barack Obama–era regulation and announced that states can now set their own carbon-emissions standards for coal-fired power plants.

‣ Several members of the House Judiciary Committee criticized Hope Hicks, the former communications director for President Donald Trump, during her closed-door meeting

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