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10:20 AM ET, May 31, 2017

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal  —  President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the decision.  Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate deal  —  President Donald Trump is planning to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement, according to a White House official, in a move that is certain to infuriate America's allies across the globe and could destabilize the 2015 accord.
New York Times:
Trump Advisers Wage Tug of War Before Decision on Climate Deal  —  WASHINGTON — A divided White House staff, anxious corporate executives, lawmakers and foreign leaders are fiercely competing for President Trump's ear this week as he nears a decision on whether to pull the United States …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's White House bake-off for chief of staff  —  As a long-expected shake-up begins in the West Wing, President Trump has been asking key Republicans for their opinions about two possible replacements as White House chief of staff: Gary Cohn, a moderate voice who's his current economic adviser …
Discussion: Business Insider
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The Hill:
Trump faces shrinking talent pool for new hires  —  President Trump faces serious challenges in restructuring a White House, from getting experienced Washington hands to work for him to whether his own premium for loyalty will block otherwise qualified candidates from working for him.
Discussion: Raw Story
Annie Karni / Politico:
Kushner tries to pretend everything's normal  —  There has been no rallying the troops in the White House, and no open acknowledgment from President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, that he has transformed from behind-the-scenes West Wing power broker to its lead distracting story.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Russia probe scares off potential appointees
Discussion: The Week
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Support for Trump impeachment rises  —  An increasing percentage of voters want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump — even if they don't think Trump has committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” the Constitution requires.  —  Forty-three percent of voters want Congress …
Discussion: Axios and The Week
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘COVFEFE’: Trump's late-night tweet goes viral — TRUMP's ‘cellphone diplomacy’ — BUZZ: White House war room to EEOB — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Romney's retreat schedule — COMING IN SEPT.: London Playbook  —  Listen to the Playbook Audio Briefing http://bit.ly/2rDRgGf ... Subscribe on iTunes http …
Discussion: Washington Post
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Voters Show Growing Appetite for Trump Impeachment
Discussion: Politicus USA
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll- May 2017: The AHCA's Proposed Changes to Health Care  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Liz Hamel, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — With Congress currently discussing the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a plan that would repeal …
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Associated Press:
Republican US Rep. Lance contrasts with Trump, gets applause
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump calls for end to filibuster
TMZ.com:
Kathy Griffin Beheads Donald Trump in Shocking Photo Shoot (PHOTO + VIDEO)  —  Kathy Griffin wants Donald Trump's head ... but she wants it bloody and detached from his body.  —  The comedian posed for the gory shot during a photo session with famed photog Tyler Shields, who's known for edgy, shocking pics.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's ‘covfefe’ heard around the world
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Bloomberg:
Touting Ties to Trump Is the Only Thing That Unites the Feuding Kushners  —  David Kocieniewski, Wenxin Fan and David M. Levitt  —  Heads of the Kushner families' two sides dubbed Cain and Abel  —  Told to stop, Murray Kushner's company blamed others  —  Charles and Murray Kushner …
Discussion: Washington Post, Slate and emptywheel
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Fox News:   Gregg Jarrett: Jared Kushner gets mugged by the media mob
Page Six:
Scott Pelley out of ‘CBS Evening News’ … Scott Pelley is out at “CBS Evening News,” Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  Sources tell us that 'Poison Pelley's' office was being cleared out on Tuesday while the anchor was away on an assignment for the network's news magazine “60 Minutes.”
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Scott Pelley out at ‘CBS Evening News’
Discussion: AOL, The Right Scoop and Mediaite
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump's aides are starting to rival their boss when it comes to praising him  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  To most observers, President Trump's first overseas trip was either a moderate success that was at times overshadowed by viral GIFs …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
What's a ‘Covfefe’?  Trump Tweet Unites a Bewildered Nation  —  WASHINGTON — And on the 132nd day, just after midnight, President Trump had at last delivered the nation to something approaching unity — in bewilderment, if nothing else.  —  The state of our union was ... covfefe.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
GOP taps anti-Clinton strategy to damage Elizabeth Warren early  —  BOSTON  —  Republicans are getting a jump on Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.  —  The Massachusetts Democrat is preparing to run for re-election to the Senate in 2018 and hasn't said yet whether she'll …
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:
America First Doesn't Mean America Alone  —  We are asking a lot of our allies and partners.  But in return the U.S. will once again be a true friend.
Discussion: Instapundit
Bret Weinstein / Wall Street Journal:
The Campus Mob Came for Me—and You, Professor, Could Be Next  —  Whites were asked to leave for a ‘Day of Absence.’ I objected.  Then 50 yelling students crashed my class.
Gareth Davies / Daily Mail:
‘What was your reaction when your father was f***ing Monica Lewinsky?’  Philippines president Duterte hits back at Chelsea Clinton after she criticised his ‘joke’ about troops raping women  —  Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte angrily hit back Wednesday at Chelsea Clinton for criticising remarks …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Post:
Huma Abedin has invited Anthony Weiner back home  —  Just when you thought Huma Abedin finally had enough, the Hillary Clinton aide has invited her admitted sex offender hubby back home again, The Post has learned.  —  SEE ALSO  —  Anthony Weiner's long-suffering wife filed for divorce earlier this month …
Discussion: Mediaite
Todd Shepherd / Washington Examiner:
Carter Page insists on testifying to counteract ‘false information’ from FBI, CIA  —  The former Trump adviser who was reportedly monitored by the FBI to investigate possible contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia says neither the FBI nor the CIA are telling the truth about his role …
Jennifer Gould Keil / New York Post:
Hard times hit Billionaire's Row with luxury condo foreclosure  —  Billionaire's Row is headed for its first foreclosure.  —  The dubious distinction is going to a stunning apartment on the 56th floor of 157 W. 57th St. — the city's first “billionaire's building,” which is home to the Big Apple's only $100 million condo.
CNN:
Trump, home all alone  — Instead of celebrating a victory lap after his trip, Trump returns to a raging controversy over Russia, writes Gloria Borger  —  (CNN)It's not that President Trump was excited about his first foreign trip.  He complained to friends beforehand it was going to be too long …
The Guardian:
Guardian's Ben Jacobs gets new glasses after assault by Montana congressman … Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs replaced his glasses on Tuesday, after they were broken when he was assaulted by Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte.  —  Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault …
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState, IJR and The Daily Caller
 
 
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