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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 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.
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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 …
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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.
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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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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump calls for end to filibuster
Trump calls for end to filibuster
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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’
Scott Pelley out at ‘CBS Evening News’
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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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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Spicer's ‘middle finger’ to the press
Spicer's ‘middle finger’ to the press
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
What Is the Washington Post Hiding About Its Jared Kushner Story? — The Washington Post editors refuse to publicly release the smoking gun “anonymous letter” that serves as the foundation of their sensational charge that White House advisor Jared Kushner sought a secret, back-channel to Russian officials.
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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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Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Kathy Griffin ‘Sorry’ for Trump ‘Beheading’ Photo: ‘I Went Too Far, I Was Wrong’
Kathy Griffin ‘Sorry’ for Trump ‘Beheading’ Photo: ‘I Went Too Far, I Was Wrong’
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Roger Ailes' last wish: Out-foxing Fox — Before Roger Ailes' death on May 18, he expressed a final wish to some of his few remaining confidants: to get back in the game, with a conservative network that would position itself to the right of Fox News, as his baby became more moderate under the next generation of Murdoch leadership.
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A 2016 Review: Why Key State Polls Were Wrong About Trump — Nearly seven months after the presidential election, pollsters are still trying to answer a question that has rattled trust in their profession: Why did pre-election polls show Hillary Clinton leading Donald J. Trump in the battleground states that decided the presidency?
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