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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Bye, Bill

O'Reilly's ouster, Jason Chaffetz's surprise announcement, Marine Le Pen's prospects, and more
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House Oversight Committee chair Jason Chaffetz that he wouldn’t seek reelection next year in Utah, surprising both his supporters and the critics who say he hasn’t been hard enough on the president (an issue we explored in ). Meanwhile, the special election in Georgia’s sixth congressional district is after Democrat Jon Ossoff didn’t quite beat out Republican Karen Handel—who seems to owe her success in a crowded field partly to . But the lawmakers in Congress now have a more pressing concern: If they can’t strike a bipartisan budget deal, —just as Trump marks

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