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<i>The Atlantic</i> Politics & Policy Daily: Tax on Deck

Republicans finalized their tax plan, and secured support from Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker, keeping them on track for a floor vote next week.
Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

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President Trump that he would rebuild the FBI, after he criticized the agency’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The president also left the door open to pardoning former National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Republicans their tax plan, and secured support from Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker, keeping them on track for it’s investigating Democratic Representative Ruben Kihuen of Nevada amid allegations of sexual harassment.

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