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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: Putin a Stop to Russian Hacking

The Obama administration is reportedly finalizing its response to Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election.
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President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a to Pearl Harbor to emphasize the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Israel it received “ironclad” information that the United States helped organize last week’s U.N. resolution that declared Israeli settlements in occupied territories illegal, but White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes denied the allegations. of the measures it will use to punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 presidential election and is expected to announce them soon. House Republicans for the next Congress that any lawmaker who takes photos, audio, or video from the House floor will be fined, in an apparent response to House Democrats’ sit-in over gun-control legislation last June. Investigators the flight-data recorder from the Russian military plane that crashed on Sunday, killing all 92 passengers.

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