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<i>The Atlantic </i> Politics & Policy Daily: Amash in Tears

Representative Justin Amash cried after missing his first vote since arriving to Congress in 2011.
Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

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The White House suggested Donald Trump may not have known that Michael Flynn had lobbied for Turkey, although ahead of the inauguration. A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice said Attorney General Jeff Sessions of 46 attorneys appointed by former President Obama “in order to ensure a uniform transition.” The Labor Department reported that the U.S. economy 235,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate fell from 4.8 percent to 4.7 percent. When asked about Trump’s previous the jobs numbers “may have been phony in the past” but are “very real now.” Representative Justin Amash after he missed a roll-call vote, his first missed vote since arriving to Congress in 2011.

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