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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: Rice in the Pressure Cooker

Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice denied charges that she used intelligence information for political purposes.
Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

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In an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice charges that she used intelligence information for political purposes. During a press conference, House Speaker Paul Ryan said the push to revive efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is in the “,” but didn’t offer a timeline for a new health-care bill. In a statement, President Trump a chemical weapons attack in northern Syria that killed at least 58 people, including several children, “reprehensible,” and blamed the previous administration for its approach to the conflict. The National Collegiate Athletic Association on holding championship events in North Carolina after the state repealed its so-called “bathroom bill.” Russia’s Investigative Committee Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, a 22-year-old native of Kyrgyzstan, as the attacker behind the explosion on a metro train in St. Petersburg Monday.

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