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11:05 AM ET, June 2, 2017

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Amy Harder / Axios:
To Trump, Paris deal isn't about climate  —  The most revealing moment of President Trump's announcement that he is withdrawing from the Paris climate deal came in an off-hand response of a White House official after Trump's speech.  Asked whether Trump thinks climate change is real, the official said: “Can we stay on topic?”
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and ABC News
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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump misunderstood MIT climate research, university officials say  —  Massachusetts Institute of Technology officials said U.S. President Donald Trump badly misunderstood their research when he cited it on Thursday to justify withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Discussion: The Guardian, USA TODAY College and CNN
Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:
Fox news host Kimberly Guilfoyle - once tipped to be taking Spicer's job - reveals Trump called her for her opinion on Paris Accord before announcing his decision  — Guilfoyle, the co-host of The Five, revealed Trump called her Thursday before making the public announcement to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement
Discussion: Political Wire and Reuters
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Why Trump Actually Pulled Out Of Paris  —  Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement was not really about the climate.  And despite his overheated rhetoric about the “tremendous” and “draconian” burdens the deal would impose on the U.S. economy, Trump's decision wasn't really about that, either.
Foreign Policy:
Why Abandoning Paris Is a Disaster for America … Ever the showman, President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday about his soon-to-be-announced decision on whether or not to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement with the air of a 1950s Las Vegas emcee building up his audience's anticipation for an upcoming act.
Washington Post:
Inside Trump's climate decision: After fiery debate, he 'stayed where he's always been'  —  The pressure on President Trump to remain in the Paris climate accord came from all sides.  —  Silicon Valley titans, such as Apple chief executive Tim Cook and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk …
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.”
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
These titans of industry just broke with Trump's decision to exit the Paris accords
Mike Allen / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Trump's Paris decision
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Washington Post's Fake Conservative Blogger Hated The Paris Deal...Until Trump Agreed With Her
Discussion: USA Today, CNNMoney and Fast Company
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
As Paris Shows, Our Climate Debate Is Impossible to Navigate
Discussion: alicublog and RedState
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House orders agencies to ignore Democrats' oversight requests  —  The White House is telling federal agencies to blow off Democratic lawmakers' oversight requests, as Republicans fear the information could be weaponized against President Donald Trump.  —  At meetings with top officials …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Former Diplomats: Trump Team Sought to Lift Sanctions on Russia  —  The Trump administration was gearing up to lift sanctions on Russia when the president took office, but career diplomats ginned up pressure in Congress to block the move, two senior former State Department officials told NBC News Thursday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNBC
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
How the Trump administration's secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short  —  In the early weeks of the Trump administration, former Obama administration officials and State Department staffers fought an intense, behind-the-scenes battle to head off efforts by incoming officials …
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Lawmakers: Did looming debt leave Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence?  —  Congressional investigators are seeking to determine whether President Trump's son-in-law was vulnerable to Russian influence during and after the campaign because of financial stress facing …
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Bloomberg:   Rose Garden Hug Ends Lewandowski's Year-Long Rift With Kushner
CNN:
Trump admin appeals travel ban case to Supreme Court  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration Thursday night asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its travel ban blocking entry from six Muslim-majority countries.  —  In its filings, the administration asked the nine justices to consider …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Revive Travel Ban
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump turns to Supreme Court to move forward on travel ban
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and Axios
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Franken backtracks, cancels event with comedian Griffin after Trump photo controversy  —  Sen. Al Franken has reversed himself and decided “it would be best” for Kathy Griffin not to attend an event that the Minnesota senator had scheduled with the comedian for July.
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Zach Seemayer / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Carrey on Kathy Griffin Controversy: Comedians Are ‘Last Line of Defense’ Against Trump
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
When the Left Turns on Its Own  —  Bret Weinstein is a biology professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., who supported Bernie Sanders, admiringly retweets Glenn Greenwald and was an outspoken supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  —  You could be forgiven for thinking …
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Lisa Pemberton / The Olympian:
Evergreen evacuates due to ‘direct threat to campus safety’
Discussion: New York Post, Power Line and Hot Air
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Senator Says Deal on Health Care Unlikely This Year  —  Talking Taxes: What's Your Fair Share?  —  Opinion Journal: Did Obama's Team Illegally Spy on Trump?
New York Times:
How to Raise a Feminist Son  —  We raise our girls to fight stereotypes and pursue their dreams, but we don't do the same for our boys.  —  We're now more likely to tell our daughters they can be anything they want to be — an astronaut and a mother, a tomboy and a girlie girl.
Discussion: Althouse
Wayne Allyn Root Review-Journal / Las Vegas Review …:
COMMENTARY: Conspiracy theories and the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer  —  Our country has become a Banana Republic.  Anything minor Trump does is leaked (a crime), taken out of context, hyped through the roof, and then turned into hysterical headlines by the media.
New York Times:
C.I.A. Names New Iran Chief in a Sign of Trump's Hard Line  —  WASHINGTON — He is known as the Dark Prince or Ayatollah Mike, nicknames he earned as the Central Intelligence Agency officer who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the American drone strike campaign that killed thousands …
Discussion: Political Wire
mydaytondailynews:
‘Until we found the treatment that worked for (our sons,) the voice of worry was very loud and it was very scary.’  —  Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor was in Columbus in 2012 when a call from her son Joe caused her to drop everything: he had a drug problem.
The Daily Beast:
McMaster Is ‘Being Used’ for His General's Stars, His Old Military Comrades Say … A growing cadre of former military officers who served with Trump National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster are quietly calling for him to retire from service, worried the embattled Trump administration is tarnishing …
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
 
 
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Fox Business:
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Brandon J. Weichert / American Greatness:
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David Shortell / CNN:
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Russia probe puts witness interviews on hold
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall.com
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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