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10:00 PM ET, June 1, 2017

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:

Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement — WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Thursday that he will withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, weakening global efforts to combat climate change and siding with conservatives who argued …

Annie Karni / Politico:

After climate loss, Ivanka moves on — During her father's presidential transition, Ivanka Trump hauled Al Gore into Trump Tower to discuss climate change with Donald Trump. She sat down with actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio, who gave her a copy of his climate-change documentary, “Before the Flood.”

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Trump announces U.S. will exit Paris climate deal, sparking criticism at home and abroad — President Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he is withdrawing the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, an extraordinary move that dismayed America's allies and set back the global effort to address the warming planet.

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, ABC News, Politicus USA, CNBC, Mashable, Raw Story, War in Context, Power Line, Axios, Washington Free Beacon and IJR

Rebecca Leber / Mother Jones:

Trump Has No Idea What He Just Did or the Backlash That Awaits — The negotiations leading up to the Paris climate accord involved years of delicate diplomacy and thousands of voices offering guidance. President Donald Trump's handling of the decision to leave was the polar opposite.

Discussion: The Guardian, ThinkProgress, CNN, New York Magazine and Raw Story

Alissa Walker / Curbed:

68 mayors adopt Paris climate accord after U.S. pulls out — “The world cannot wait—and neither will we” — The 68 mayors who previously pledged to ignore President Donald Trump's climate change policies have upped their commitment after he announced his intent to withdraw the U.S …

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, Vox, Chicago Tonight, Mother Jones, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, AOL, Motherboard, The FADER and Curbed NY - All

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Everything Conservatives Said About the Paris Climate Agreement Is Already Wrong — The Trump administration's reportedly forthcoming decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement will not end the global effort to limit the effects of climate change. In the immediate time frame …

Discussion: Vox, Financial Times, CNN and Lawyers, Guns & Money

CNN:
Trump on Paris accord: 'We're getting out'

John Siciliano / Washington Examiner:
Tom Steyer: Trump's Paris exit a ‘traitorous act of war’

Discussion: Hit & Run, Heat Street, The Federalist, Mediaite, IJR, Climate Depot and Watts Up With That?

Climate Mayors / Medium:
ClimateMayors adopt, honor and uphold #ParisAgreement goals

Discussion: Mother Jones, Business Insider, Engadget, CBS New York and CBS Miami

Ezra Klein / Vox: History will not judge 2016's ratio of email coverage to climate coverage kindly

Washington Post: Inside Trump's climate decision: After fiery debate, he 'stayed where he's always been'

Washington Post:
Fact-checking President Trump's claims on the Paris climate change deal

Discussion: Daily Kos and Lawfare

Brian Resnick / Vox:
Trump is pulling the US out of the Paris climate agreement. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Discussion: Foreign Policy, Washington Post, New York Times, The Verge, USA Today, The Guardian, Compass and The Atlantic

Washington Post:
Transcript: President Trump's remarks on leaving the Paris climate deal, annotated

Discussion: Politico, Mashable, No More Mister Nice Blog and Motherboard

Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Vatican would see U.S. Paris deal exit as slap in face: official

Discussion: Raw Story, AOL and Gizmodo

Josh Dawsey / Politico:
How Bannon and Pruitt boxed in Trump on climate pact

Politico:
France, Germany and Italy: Paris deal ‘cannot be renegotiated’

Discussion: Politico, governo.it, UNFCCC, Refinery29 and Business Insider

Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House officials won't say if Trump believes in climate change

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

New GOP TV ad features Kathy Griffin — WASHINGTON — A Republican Super PAC has found a new way to target Democratic candidates: Kathy Griffin. — A new ad uses the controversial comedian to criticize Democrat Jon Ossoff, saying her recent controversial actions are part of a pattern of behavior from …

Discussion: Political Insider blog, john pavlovitz, CNNMoney, Instapundit and NewsBusters

Zach Seemayer / Entertainment Tonight:

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Carrey on Kathy Griffin Controversy: Comedians Are ‘Last Line of Defense’ Against Trump — Jim Carrey has some very strong opinions about whether comedians should speak up about American politics — and he's sharing a provocative “dream” he had about President Trump with ET.

Discussion: People.com, Mediaite, Full Feed, IJR, Mashable, TheBlaze, The Guardian, TMZ.com and The Daily Caller

Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:

WSB poll: Ossoff and Handel locked in a Georgia 6th nail-biter — Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel are separated by less than two points in a poll released Thursday by WSB-TV, the latest survey showing the June 20 runoff for Georgia's 6th District is going to be a nail-biter.

Discussion: Political Wire and RedState

Holly Yan / CNN:

Resorts World Manila: Explosions, gunfire reported in Philippines — (CNN)The popular Filipino tourist site Resorts World Manila is on lockdown after reports of gunfire and explosions. — A masked gunman was on the second floor of one hotel, firing at guests, hotel employees fleeing the scene told CNN Philippines.

Discussion: New York Daily News, Telegraph, The Guardian, Reuters, New York Magazine, Sputnik International, CBS San Francisco, The Gateway Pundit, CBS New York, France 24 and The Daily Caller

Fox News:
Resorts World Manila in Philippines on ‘lockdown’ over reports of gunfire, hotel says

Discussion: The Guardian, New York Times, Breaking Christian News Source, Bearing Arms, Conservative News Today and twitchy.com

Reuters:
Gunman spreads panic at Philippines casino, robbery suspected: police

Discussion: Daily Wire and CBS Miami

Maryse Godden / The Sun:
HOTEL UNDER ATTACK Manila hotel shooting sees ‘ISIS’ …

Discussion: TheBlaze, Hot Air, The Right Scoop and The Jawa Report

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Ex-DNC aide hits back hard at Clinton, says her campaign ignored data on Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin — Hillary Clinton has found plenty of non-Hillary Clinton things to blame for her 2016 loss, including Russia, James B. Comey, debate moderators and misogyny.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill, Fast Company and Epolitics.com

Chris Cillizza / CNN:
In election blame game, it's time for Hillary Clinton to take her share

Discussion: Esquire, Patterico's Pontifications, IJR, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Shakesville, Althouse, Liberal Values, Outside the Beltway, RedState, Betsy's Page, Vox, Recode and Scared Monkeys

Lisa Pemberton / The Olympian:

Evergreen evacuates due to ‘direct threat to campus safety’ — Officials at The Evergreen State College in Olympia evacuated the campus late Thursday morning due to a threat. — “In response to a direct threat to campus safety, the college is closing immediately for the day,” college officials posted on Evergreen's website.

Discussion: New York Post, Power Line and Hot Air

Bari Weiss / New York Times:
When the Left Turns on Its Own

Discussion: New York Post, USA TODAY College, twitchy.com, Washington Post, AOL and Heat Street

The Guardian:

Nigel Farage is ‘person of interest’ in FBI investigation into Trump and Russia — Exclusive: FBI interested in former Ukip leader's ties with people connected to US president and WikiLeaks' Julian Assange … Nigel Farage is a “person of interest” in the US counter-intelligence investigation …

Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:

A Pro-Trump Writer Just Sued A Fusion Reporter For Accusing Her Of Making A “White Supremacist” Gesture — A pro-Trump journalist and political activist sued a Fusion reporter in federal court in Washington, D.C. Thursday, the most serious action yet in the emerging conflict between mainstream news outlets …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:

First on CNN: Senators asked Comey to investigate AG Jeff Sessions for possible perjury — CNN previously reported congressional investigators are seeking information on whether there were any encounters between now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russia's ambassador at a Trump campaign event

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, AOL, Common Dreams, Boing Boing and Political Wire

Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Did Trump, Kushner, Sessions Have An Undisclosed Meeting With Russian?

Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Politicus USA

Washington Post:

Explanations for Kushner's meeting with head of Kremlin-linked bank don't match up — ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The White House and a Russian state-owned bank have very different explanations for why the bank's chief executive and Jared Kushner held a secret meeting during the presidential transition in December.

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:

White House Waivers May Have Violated Ethics Rules — The Trump administration may have skirted federal ethics rules by retroactively granting a blanket exemption that allows Stephen K. Bannon, the senior White House strategist, to communicate with editors at Breitbart News, where he was recently an executive.

Discussion: The Nation, Vox, Raw Story, Above the Law, Common Dreams, The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, New York Magazine and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Andrew Higgins / New York Times:

Maybe Private Russian Hackers Meddled in Election, Putin Says — MOSCOW — Shifting from his previous blanket denials, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia suggested on Thursday that “patriotically minded” private Russian hackers could have been involved in cyberattacks last year that meddled …

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo, Hot Air, RedState, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Althouse, Boing Boing, Political Wire, The Week, Balloon Juice, Fast Company and War in Context, more at Techmeme »

Kyle Smith / National Review:

At the New York Times, a Public Execution — The paper fires its public editor for resisting the Resistance. — emocracy dies in darkness," declares the Washington Post, in a line that Dean Baquet, editor of the rival New York Times said, not inaccurately, “sounds like the next Batman movie.

Discussion: Instapundit

Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:

After Putin Visit, Tillerson Snubbed Top EU Official — Another day, another diplomatic blunder as U.S.-EU relations take a turn for the worse under Trump. — Trans-Atlantic relations hit new lows after President Donald Trump's gaffe-filled visit to Europe last week.

Discussion: Raw Story, Vox and Brookings Institution

Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:

White House Sources: Reince Priebus's Departure is Imminent — I think many conservatives have failed to appreciate having a committed Christian in the White House Chief of Staff's Office. Reince Priebus was unappreciated as Chairman of the RNC by many on the right and often blamed for things not in his control.

Discussion: Daily Wire, Power Line, The Right Scoop, RedState and Hot Air

Maureen Callahan / New York Post:

Why ‘Wonder Woman’ is less American than ever — MORE FROM: … The long-awaited “Wonder Woman” has generated more buzz than any movie this year, and rightly so. She's the most beloved and iconic female superhero ever, yet it's taken decades — the film's been in development since 1996 — for a Wonder Woman movie.