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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?”
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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
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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.
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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 …
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.
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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.
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Washington Post:
Inside Trump's climate decision: After fiery debate, he 'stayed where he's always been'
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Annie Karni / Politico:
After climate loss, Ivanka moves on
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Lauretta Brown / Townhall.com:
Rand Paul Blasts Climate Alarmism in Debate with Jake Tapper: ‘Mass Extinction, Really?’
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The Resurgent
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Macron responds to Trump: ‘Make our planet great again’
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
These titans of industry just broke with Trump's decision to exit the Paris accords
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Washington Post:
Fact-checking President Trump's claims on the Paris climate change deal
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New York Times:
Our Disgraceful Exit From the Paris Accord
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement
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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.
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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 …
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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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Revive Travel Ban — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court late Thursday to revive its revised ban that limits travelers visiting the United States from six mostly Muslim countries. — The move sets the stage …
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Trump admin appeals travel ban case to Supreme Court
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump turns to Supreme Court to move forward on travel ban
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Bloomberg:
Mnuchin and Mulvaney Are at Odds on Debt Ceiling Strategy — Mulvaney, Cohn counter Mnuchin's request for clean bill — Budget director has downplayed risks of U.S. default — President Donald Trump's chief economic adviser said Friday that Congress has no choice but to vote to raise …
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Mulvaney favors attaching spending reforms to increase in debt ceiling
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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.
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Jocelyn McClurg / USA Today:
Hillary Clinton: Writing new memoir has been ‘painful’ — NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton is still deciding on a title for her new memoir, which will be published this fall. — Cheryl Strayed thinks she has one. “Really Wild,” the author of best-seller Wild suggested Thursday evening …
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Data Gurus to Hillary: The Numbers Didn't Lose, You Did
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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 …
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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?
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New York Post:
Dad overdoses on heroin to teach his addict son a lesson — Mykal Gnatovskiy (left) and Sergey Gnatovskiy inside their living room where Sergey took an almost deadly dose of son Mykal's heroin. — Dennis A. Clark — A Sheepshead Bay father was so angry when he found his heroin addict son's stash …
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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.
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Althouse
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.
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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