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Nick Juliano / Politico:
Trump campaign plans ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally to cheer climate deal exit  —  President Donald Trump's campaign announced a “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally across from the White House on Saturday to celebrate the United States' withdrawal from a global climate agreement.
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New York Times:
Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord  —  Representatives of American cities, states and companies are preparing to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to meet the United States' greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Paris climate accord …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
White House Protesters Shame Donald Trump Over Paris Climate Deal
Discussion: Raw Story, TheBlaze and Politicus USA
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Why did Trump withdraw from Paris? To appease his base
Discussion: Mother Jones and CNBC
Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump misunderstood MIT climate research, university officials say
Hannah Parry / Daily Mail:
Fox news host Kimberly Guilfoyle …
Discussion: Political Wire and Reuters
Lauretta Brown / Townhall.com:
Rand Paul Blasts Climate Alarmism in Debate with Jake Tapper: ‘Mass Extinction, Really?’
Discussion: The Resurgent
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Trump's continued search for new FBI chief seen as chaotic: sources  —  President Donald Trump is still looking for a new FBI director more than three weeks after he fired James Comey, and sources familiar with the recruiting process say it has been chaotic and that job interviews led by Trump have been brief.
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Bill O'Neil / WXII-TV:
Sen. Burr on Russia investigation: 'There's no truth to Vladimir Putin's words'
Discussion: CNBC and Talking Points Memo
Reuters:
Will Trump block Comey testimony? White House does not know yet
Discussion: RedState and rubber hose
New York Times:
Trump Administration Starts Returning Copies of C.I.A. Torture Report to Congress  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun returning copies of a voluminous 2014 Senate report about the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and interrogation program to Congress …
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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 …
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
The New York Times Just Outed The CIA's Top Iran Spy  —  In an article published Friday, The New York Times outed the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) top spy overseeing the organization's efforts in Iran.  The paper justified its outing of the undercover CIA spy and his role within …
CBS News:
California Senate backs longshot single-payer health care bill  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Senate voted Thursday to advance a longshot single-payer health care plan that would replace insurance companies with government-funded health care for everyone in the state.
Discussion: CBS San Francisco and Hot Air
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
At raucous town hall, GOP Rep. Knight takes heat over repeal vote
Discussion: RedState and Daily Kos
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
GOP senator: Healthcare deal unlikely this year
Discussion: Vox
Madeline Conway / Politico:
GOP senators offer downbeat predictions on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: The Hill
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Still Has a Job Because Washington Only Fears Republicans  —  Photo: Olivier Douliery/Press Pool via Bloomberg News/Getty Images  —  We don't know the reality underlying recent reporting about Jared Kushner's meetings this past December with the Russian ambassador to the U.S …
Discussion: NBC News and Daily Kos
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Scarborough fingers Bannon as leaker: He's been ‘bragging’ he would sideline Kushner on Russia
Discussion: The Root
Daily Mail:
President Steve Bannon? …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Lawmakers: Did looming debt leave Jared Kushner vulnerable to Russian influence?
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 …
MJ Lee / CNN:
God and the Don  —  Presidents often turn to faith in times of crisis.  That seems unlikely for Trump.  —  Two days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump greeted a pair of visitors at his office in Trump Tower.  —  As a swarm of reporters waited in the gilded lobby …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Q&A What would California's proposed single-payer healthcare system mean for me?  —  The prospect of a universal single-payer healthcare system in California — in which the state covers all residents' healthcare costs — has enthralled liberal activists, exasperated business interests …
Discussion: Instapundit and KTLA
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David Lat / Above the Law:
Wachtell Lipton Partner George Conway Withdraws From Justice Department Consideration  —  Conway cited family reasons as the basis for his decision, but other considerations might have played a role.  —  On Wednesday evening, George T. Conway III — leading litigator, longtime partner at Wachtell Lipton …
Alex Dobuzinskis / Reuters:
Comedian Kathy Griffin says her career is over after gory Trump photo  —  Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that she felt her career was now over and that Trump “broke” her.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Daily Mail:
Kathy Griffin claims Trump family ruined her life
Discussion: Daily Wire
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Vladimir Putin to Megyn Kelly: Even Children Could Hack an Election  —  LONDON — Vladimir Putin again denied that Russia interfered in last year's U.S. election, joking to NBC News' Megyn Kelly on Friday that even her “underage daughter” could have been behind the hacking.
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The Public Editor Signs Off  —  There probably hasn't been a time in recent American history when the role of the media was more important than now.  The Trump administration is drowning in scandal, the country is calcified into two partisan halves.  And large newsrooms are faced with a choice …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn's Turkey ties  —  Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to include a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, three sources told Reuters.
Kaila White / USA Today:
Arizona man wears colander in driver's license photo in name of religious freedom … PHOENIX — After years of trying and getting turned away, an Arizona man has finally received his official state driver's license bearing a photo of him wearing a spaghetti strainer on his head.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Ethics office will press White House on undated conflict-of-interest waivers  —  The Office of Government Ethics plans to press the White House to clarify when it issued a slew of ethics waivers giving its staffers permission to interact with their former employers or clients …
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
CNN Misspells ‘Chief’ on Chyron During Segment Ripping Trump for ‘Covfefe’  —  Wednesday on “Anderson Cooper 360” on CNN during a discussion about President Donald Trump's apparent errant tweet that had “covfefe” instead of the word coverage.  —  However, during that segment …
James Hill / ABC News:
Trump travel ban: Where things go after the Supreme Court appeal  —  The Trump administration late Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the President's revised travel ban that temporarily bars citizens from six predominately Muslim countries from entering the United States …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Associated Press:
Democrats worry GOP trying to bury torture report
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg:
Births in Japan Fall to Record Low in 2016
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Don Trump Jr. Is a Sucker for a Good Conspiracy Theory—Or Any Theory, Really
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Said to Pick Nominees for 2 Positions on Fed Board
Discussion: Business Insider
David Crow / Financial Times:
Pfizer raises US prices of 91 drugs by 20% in 2017
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Marcin Goettig / Reuters:
Poland finds other body parts in coffin of president killed in 2010 crash: prosecutors
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
White House ‘Muslim Ban’ Man Pushes for Even More Power
 Earlier Items: 
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
How a short letter in a prestigious journal contributed to the opioid crisis
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
May nonfarm payrolls total 138,000 vs 185,000 expected
Discussion: New York Times and Forbes
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The News You Didn't Hear  —  Reporters only want to talk about Russia …
Discussion: Instapundit
Bloomberg:
Mnuchin and Mulvaney Are at Odds on Debt Ceiling Strategy
Jonathan Goldsmith / Politico:
How the World's Most Interesting Man Befriended the World's Most Powerful Man
Discussion: Raw Story
Jocelyn McClurg / USA Today:
Hillary Clinton: Writing new memoir has been ‘painful’
Discussion: Daily Wire, Shakesville and IJR
New York Post:
Dad overdoses on heroin to teach his addict son a lesson
Discussion: AOL and The Daily Caller
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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