<em>The Atlantic </em>Politics & Policy Daily: These Boots Were Made for Walking Away
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It’s Thursday, February 28. The Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, to be the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Michael Cohen also returned to the Hill—this time testifying behind closed doors to the House Intelligence Committee.
President Donald Trump’s talks with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, on Thursday, reportedly after Kim insisted that he wanted international sanctions lifted in exchange for dismantling only his Yongbyon nuclear-facilities Trump also said that he would “take [Kim Jong Un] at his word” that he knew nothing about Otto Warmbier, the American student detained in North Korea who died shortly after being returned to the U.S. Some Republican lawmakers have subsequently on Trump’s remarks. However, one party actually got what it wanted out of the summit—
