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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: Politico, Washington Post and ABC News

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.

Discussion: Axios, Washington Post, ABC News, Power Line and Washington Free Beacon

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, Vox, CNN, Hullabaloo, New York Times and USA TODAY College

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 …

Discussion: The Week, Reuters, War in Context, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The Guardian and The BRAD BLOG

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.”

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, twitchy.com and New York Magazine

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

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.

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Vox, The National Interest, The Hill, Motherboard, Mother Jones and The Guardian

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement

Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
These titans of industry just broke with Trump's decision to exit the Paris accords

Discussion: Al Gore, The Hill, CNN, Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, The Daily Caller, New York Times, AOL, War in Context, Axios and Raw Story

Mike Allen / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Trump's Paris decision

Discussion: The Daily Caller

New York Times:
Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord

Discussion: The Guardian, Just Security, CityLab, The Week, Politico, Fast Company, Greentech Media and The Hill

New York Times:
Our Disgraceful Exit From the Paris Accord

Discussion: The Week, Daily Kos, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Washington Post and Media Matters for America

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

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Vox, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, The Verge, Latest from the Office …, Daily Kos and Lawfare

Cameron Joseph / New York Daily News:
Trump says U.S. will withdraw from Paris climate agreement

Discussion: Mediaite and The Big Picture

Rose Garden / The White House:
Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord

Discussion: The Guardian, Outside the Beltway, War in Context and New York Times

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

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: CNBC

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 …

Discussion: RedState, Talking Points Memo, The Week, Politicus USA, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Shareblue, Instapundit and Washington Times

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: Daily Kos, The Week, Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon and New York Times, more at Techmeme »

Brian Ross / ABC News: Lawmakers: Did looming debt leave Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence?

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 …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Week and Political Wire

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Revive Travel Ban

Discussion: Above the Law and NY State of Politics

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump turns to Supreme Court to move forward on travel ban

Discussion: Politico and Axios

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Variety, MichelleMalkin.com, The Daily Caller, Scared Monkeys, Conservative News Today, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit

Zach Seemayer / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Carrey on Kathy Griffin Controversy: Comedians Are ‘Last Line of Defense’ Against Trump

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

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Simple Justice, The Federalist, twitchy.com, AOL, Washington Post and New York Post

Lisa Pemberton / The Olympian:
Evergreen evacuates due to ‘direct threat to campus safety’

Discussion: New York Post, Power Line and Hot Air

Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:

Comey to testify publicly next week — Former FBI Director James Comey will testify publicly before the Senate Intelligence Committee next week, the panel announced Thursday. — Comey will testify next Thursday, June 8, at 10 a.m. during a hearing on Russian election interference, the committee said in a statement.

Discussion: Politico and Just Security

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Russia probe puts witness interviews on hold

Discussion: The Hill and Townhall.com

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?

Discussion: Associated Press, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and The Last Tradition

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

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.

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