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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Surveillance and <i>Sesame Street</i>

Wiretap claims, the health-care bill, edible drones, and more.
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Aye, Spy: During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel today, President Trump continued to claim that he’d been wiretapped by the previous administration. Sean Spicer, too, stuck to the story yesterday but offered no evidence, so it seems the White House is simply afraid to. More substantiated spying allegations: The Justice Department four Russian hackers and intelligence agents this week for their role in a cyberattack on Yahoo, and the charges provide insight into the methods—and international advantages—of .

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