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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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Political Wire and Reuters
Lauretta Brown / Townhall.com:
Rand Paul Blasts Climate Alarmism in Debate with Jake Tapper: ‘Mass Extinction, Really?’
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The Resurgent
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
White House Protesters Shame Donald Trump Over Paris Climate Deal
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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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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
These titans of industry just broke with Trump's decision to exit the Paris accords
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Al Gore, CNN, The Hill, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, Politico, The Daily Caller, New York Times, AOL, War in Context, Axios and Raw Story
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Obama's harsh words for Trump after Paris withdrawal
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Macron responds to Trump: ‘Make our planet great again’
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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 …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Scarborough fingers Bannon as leaker: He's been ‘bragging’ he would sideline Kushner on Russia — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough on Friday revealed that some of his sources within the White House have hinted that White House chief political …
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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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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Right Scoop, The Week and IJR
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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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
May nonfarm payrolls total 138,000 vs 185,000 expected — Job creation fell sharply in May with just 138,000 new positions created, while the unemployment rate declined to 4.3 percent, according to Labor Department data released Friday. — Economists surveyed by Reuters expected nonfarm payrolls …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Rip roaring or rip snoring? Only 138,000 jobs added in May
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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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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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Power Line, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
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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Andrew Bahl / Yahoo:
Franken: Clinton should ‘move on’ from election loss
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Washington Times
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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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Trump's Paris decision — The “debate” was mostly a charade. A source who spends a lot of time with President Trump has never heard him say a positive thing about the Paris climate accord. — Ivanka Trump was optimistic to the end that she could change her father's mind.
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The Daily Caller
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Annie Karni / Politico:
After climate loss, Ivanka moves on
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Jonathan Goldsmith / Politico:
How the World's Most Interesting Man Befriended the World's Most Powerful Man — “Damn,” he said in a half-hushed whisper. “This guy's good.” — I could hear President Obama as he walked up the path behind me and spied the multiple arrows I had placed, undetected, in the bull's-eye.
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Raw Story
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Senators Weigh Taxing Employer-Health Plans — Senate Republicans set on reworking the Affordable Care Act are considering taxing employer-sponsored health insurance plans, a move that would meet stiff resistance from companies and potentially raise taxes on millions of people who get coverage on the job.
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ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The News You Didn't Hear — Reporters only want to talk about Russia, instead of what Team Trump is getting done.
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