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The Trump Administration Just Can’t Quit Signal

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By Michael Scherer Verified, Missy Ryan Verified, Nancy Youssef Verified, Shane Harris Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
President Trump drew a simple lesson after his top national security advisers accidentally texted war plans to The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, last year. “I think we learned: Maybe don’t use Signal, okay?” he told Goldberg and others in the Oval Office on April 24, more than a month later. “If you want to know the truth. I would frankly tell these people not to use Signal.” But Trump’s top advisers did not heed his advice.
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The White House Considers Granting 250 Pardons for the Nation’s Birthday

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By Sarah Fitzpatrick Verified, Michael Scherer Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
Presidents have generally treated their pardon power like an embarrassing secret, closely held among only a few trusted aides and exercised quietly in the final days of an administration. Some have signed clemency warrants just hours before boarding Marine One for their final flight. But not Donald Trump. Since returning to the White House for his second term, Trump has wielded his authority to grant clemency with abandon.
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A White House Makeover, Brought to You by Struggling National Parks

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By Michael Scherer Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
The pathway that connects the White House residence to the Oval Office has long been paved in Tennessee flagstone. Every president since Harry Truman made the 45-second commute, and made it without complaint, until Donald Trump. The dun rock would not do. Instead, Trump wanted polished African granite, carved in Italy, with a flamed-finish stripe—slightly raised, to prevent slips—running down the middle.
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