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10:55 AM ET, June 3, 2017

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Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Small Businesses Cheer ‘New Sheriff in Town’ After Climate Pact Exit  —  As news that President Trump was pulling out of the Paris climate accord hit at a luncheon for small-business owners in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday, an already happy crowd suddenly turned euphoric.
Discussion: Axios
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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:   A California-led alliance of cities and states vows to keep the Paris climate accord intact
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Does Donald Trump Still Think Climate Change Is a Hoax? No One Can Say
Nick Juliano / Politico:
Trump campaign plans ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally to cheer climate deal exit
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Appears Unlikely to Hinder Comey's Testimony About Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege to try to prevent James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, from providing potentially damaging testimony to Congress on statements the president …
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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.
Robert Charles / Fox News:
Donald Trump - miracle worker  —  The world from which President Trump returns on his historic trip to Muslim Saudi Arabia, Jewish Israel, Christian Vatican, and agnostic Brussels, is different from the world prior to his trip.  Hope exists where it did not, because of this trip.  This is not rhetoric.
Associated Press:
THE LATEST: SPECIAL COUNSEL'S TRUMP PROBE ADDS MANAFORT CASE  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on ongoing investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election (all times local):  —  The Associated Press has learned that the special counsel running the U.S. investigation …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
David Goldman / CNNMoney:
Trump says his tax bill is ‘moving along.’ Except it doesn't exist  —  Why tax reform is so hard  —  President Trump says Congress is working hard to pass his tax reform bill.  —  “Our tax bill is moving along in Congress, and I believe it's doing very well,” he said at a Rose Garden speech on Thursday.
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump needs quick wins, but Congress not poised to deliver
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
'I'm A House N*gga': Did Bill Maher Cross a Line During Ben Sasse Interview?  —  Is the “n-word” offensive, in any context?  —  That question will be put to the test in the next few days after Real Time host Bill Maher jokingly said tonight “I'm a house nigga” after guest Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse suggested …
Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Nunes-led House Intelligence Committee asked for ‘unmaskings’ of Americans  —  The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee asked U.S. spy agencies late last year to reveal the names of U.S. individuals or organizations contained in classified intelligence on Russia's meddling in the 2016 election …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Ted Cruz crushes bizarre attack on Paris withdrawal  —  It is beyond my power of discernment to identify the most over-the-top comment criticizing President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord.  But this tweet by a Harvard professor named Joyce Chaplin is surely a contender:
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
The Problem With Jared Kushner  —  What are we supposed to make of the news that Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser, met with the Russian ambassador in December to discuss establishing a back channel between the incoming Trump administration and the Kremlin, using Russian diplomatic facilities?
Brendan Meyer / Dallas Morning News:
At age 111, America's oldest veteran is still smoking cigars, drinking whiskey and loving life  —  AUSTIN — Richard Overton is right where he wants to be.  —  He's sitting in a lawn chair on the front porch of the Austin home he built nearly 70 years ago, working on his fifth Tampa Sweet cigar on a 91-degree sunny day.
Associated Press:
Trump to nominate Richard Spencer for Navy secretary  —  President Donald Trump says he's found a new candidate for the civilian post of Navy secretary.  —  His name is Richard Spencer, and he's a former financial industry executive.  Spencer is also a former Marine Corps captain.
Discussion: Politico
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump to nominate Richard Spencer for Navy secretary
Discussion: Mediaite
Annie Karni / Politico:
America's CEOs fall out of love with Trump  —  NEW YORK - The relationship between corporate America and Donald Trump's White House has chilled.  —  The regular parades of business titans into the West Wing are gone.  A gathering of executives led by Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman initially planned …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: IJR and Balloon Juice
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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Lawyer, expected to head Justice Department civil division, withdraws
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Vladimir Putin Tells Megyn Kelly: U.S. Hackers Could Have Framed Russia  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin found himself on the defensive Friday when asked by NBC News' Megyn Kelly to explain his earlier claim that private “patriotic” hackers could have interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump's tangle with Europe leads the continent to find partners elsewhere  —  BRUSSELS — A day after President Trump pulled out of a key climate agreement, declaring he was fighting for “Pittsburgh, not Paris,” an international realignment was already taking shape on Friday …
Daniel Nussbaum / Breitbart:
Flashback - Kathy Griffin: ‘Happy to Deliver Beat Down’ to Barron Trump  —  During Kathy Griffin's press conference to discuss the firestorm surrounding her Donald Trump “beheading” photo Friday morning, the comedian was asked about an interview she gave to Vulture in December in which she said was happy to …
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Daily Mail:
Kathy Griffin claims Trump family ruined her life
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Minnesota measles outbreak exceeds last year's nationwide numbers  — “Many of the cases could have been prevented if people had gotten vaccinated,” a state health official says  —  (CNN)There are now more measles cases in Minnesota than there were in the entire United States last year.
Discussion: The Verge and Refinery29
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
PENTAGON CHIEF SAYS NKOREA'S NUCLEAR PURSUITS A ‘DANGER’  —  SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the United States regards North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons a “clear and present danger.”  —  In remarks at an international security conference in Singapore …
 
 
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Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
To Be Great, America Must Be Good
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CNN:
Former Penn State President Spanier gets jail time in Sandusky case
Ed O'Loughlin / New York Times:
Gay Lawmaker, Leo Varadkar, Is in Line to Be Ireland's Prime Minister
Discussion: The Guardian and Mediaite
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Large Majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans Want Continued Federal Funding for Medicaid Expansion
Discussion: Mother Jones and Politicus USA
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Pelosi Goes Full Theocrat
James Hill / ABC News:
Trump travel ban: Where things go after the Supreme Court appeal
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Ethics office will press White House on undated conflict-of-interest waivers
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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
MJ Lee / CNN:
God and the Don  —  Presidents often turn to faith in times of crisis.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Starts Returning Copies of C.I.A. Torture Report to Congress
 

 
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