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8:00 AM ET, June 2, 2017

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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: Axios and twitchy.com
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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 …
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 …
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.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
These titans of industry just broke with Trump's decision to exit the Paris accords  —  Thirty states and scores of companies said Thursday that they would press ahead with their climate policies and pursue lower greenhouse gas emissions, breaking sharply with President Trump's decision to exit the historic Paris climate accord.
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:
Fact-checking President Trump's claims on the Paris climate change deal  —  In his speech announcing his decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord on climate change, President Trump frequently relied on dubious facts and unbalanced claims to make his case that the agreement would hurt the U.S. economy.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Lawfare
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 and Politico
Politico:
France, Germany and Italy: Paris deal ‘cannot be renegotiated’  —  Trump said he would renegotiate the deal ‘on terms that are fair to the U.S.’  —  France, Germany and Italy have no intention of renegotiating the Paris climate agreement, their leaders said Thursday in response …
New York Times:
Trump Hands the Chinese a Gift: The Chance for Global Leadership
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Washington Post:
As U.S. backs away from climate pledges, India and China step up
Discussion: IJR and Los Angeles Times
Alissa Walker / Curbed:
68 mayors adopt Paris climate accord after U.S. pulls out
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
As Paris Shows, Our Climate Debate Is Impossible to Navigate
Discussion: RedState and alicublog
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump announces U.S. will exit Paris climate deal, sparking criticism at home and abroad
Ezra Klein / Vox:
History will not judge 2016's ratio of email coverage to climate coverage kindly
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNN:
Trump on Paris accord: 'We're getting out'
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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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump turns to Supreme Court to move forward on travel ban  —  The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to let it move forward with the president's plan to temporarily ban citizens from six mostly Muslim countries, elevating a divisive legal battle involving national security …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Tom Kutsch / ABC News:
Trump administration appeals travel ban to Supreme Court
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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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
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Russia probe puts witness interviews on hold  —  The embattled House investigation into Russia's election meddling is once again beset by sniping and strategy disagreements, with Democrats now blocking key witness interviews, according to two sources familiar with the probe.
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall.com
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 and The Week
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
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 …
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Tom Price Bought Drug Stocks.  Then He Pushed Pharma's Agenda in Australia.  —  In the spring before the 2016 presidential election, the Obama administration's 12-nation trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, was still alive.  Negotiators worked on details as Congress considered whether to ratify the pact.
Discussion: STAT and New York Magazine
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.
David Shortell / CNN:
Secret Service relaxes marijuana policy in bid to swell ranks  —  (CNN)Thirty-eight days into the job, the new director of the US Secret Service, Randolph Alles, is getting to know his agency.  —  Alles told reporters Thursday that he's working to grow the Secret Service, including by relaxing the agency's drug policy on marijuana.
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
McMaster Is ‘Being Used’ for His General's Stars, His Old Military Comrades Say
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House orders agencies to ignore Democrats' oversight requests
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Really bad '80s nostalgia: Donald Trump's misguided war on crime and immigration may undo years of bipartisan progress
Discussion: Curbed, Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Gun Deal in Jeopardy for Turkish Guards Who Beat Protesters
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Whoopi Goldberg, Joy: Christians Opposed to Contraception Mandate Akin to ‘Taliban’
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
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Discussion: Mashable, Hit & Run and Eschaton
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
WSB poll: Ossoff and Handel locked in a Georgia 6th nail-biter
Discussion: Political Wire and RedState
Kyle Smith / National Review:
At the New York Times, a Public Execution
Discussion: Instapundit
James Downie / Washington Post:
Why does Trump keep getting basic facts wrong?
Discussion: National Review
Holly Yan / CNN:
Resorts World Manila: Explosions, gunfire reported in Philippines
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Maybe Private Russian Hackers Meddled in Election, Putin Says