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<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: What’s Missing From the White House Transcript of the Trump-Putin Press Conference?

As Trump walks back his comments, the meaning of an explosive exchange remains in question. Plus what DNA tests can reveal, how not to annoy your friends on Instagram, and more.
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President Trump he gave at claiming that he intended to say he saw no reason why Russia be the culprit of election interference and had mistakenly used the word . While Trump’s response to the controversy focused on this “key sentence in my remarks,” video of the press conference included an even more explosive exchange related to Putin’s support for Trump. That exchange is partly omitted

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