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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: A Man’s Home Is His Manafort

FBI agents raided a home owned by Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, in late July.
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Tensions between the United States and North Korea continued to escalate on Wednesday: President Trump on Twitter that the U.S. nuclear arsenal is “stronger and more powerful than ever before,” and Defense Secretary James Mattis that Pyongyang’s actions could lead to “the end of its regime and the destruction of its people.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson struck a different tone, that Americans should “sleep well at night.” FBI agents , Trump’s former campaign chairman, in late July. Trump Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Twitter for not following through on the party’s promise to repeal Obamacare, two days after McConnell said the president had “excessive expectations” on health care.

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