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Trump pulls U. S.  out of Paris climate change accord
JUNE 2, 2017, 10:52 A. M. 
Here's our look at the Trump administration and the rest of Washington

President Trump pulls the United States out of the Paris climate change accord
Michael Flynn and Trump's personal lawyer are among seven subpoenaed in Russia investigation
Why Trump might be too optimistic about China's 'handling' of North Korea's missile tests
    
JUNE 2, 2017, 8:09 A. M. 
REPORTING FROM MOSCOW
Putin: Claims of Russian meddling in U. S.  election are 'just some kind of hysteria'
Sabra Ayres	
Russian President Vladimir Putin sparred with NBC’s Megyn Kelly during a wide-ranging panel discussion Friday that at times turned intense and fiery as Putin once again denied that Russia tried to interfere in last year’s U. S.  presidential election. 

“It's just some kind of hysteria, and just doesn’t stop! Someone needs to give you a pill or something!” Putin said in response to Kelly’s question about new allegations that President Trump’s election campaign tried to create back channels of communication with the Kremlin.  “Does someone have a pill? Seriously. ”

Putin’s comments drew laughs from the audience, which had gathered in St.  Petersburg, Russia, for an annual economic forum held over three days.  Kelly moderated Friday’s panel, which also included Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Earlier during Friday’s event, Putin called on a group of senior American business executives to help reverse the worsening of relations between the two countries. 

"Help us restore normal political dialogue," Putin said. 

Kelly directed most of her questions at Putin, asking him to respond to allegations in the ongoing U. S.  investigations of possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign to influence to presidential election. 

Kelly said the U. S.  intelligence community and “even some of your defenders” believe that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails.  “Are they all wrong?” she asked. 

Putin said that evidence presented so far was “nothing concrete, only assumptions. ” When asked about the meetings between Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and members of Trump’s campaign team, Putin appeared frustrated and defensively laughed off the allegations. 

“It's his job, he gets paid for this,” Putin said about Kislyak’s meetings with Trump’s team.  “He must meet, discuss current affairs, negotiate.  That’s what he’s there to do!”

Putin’s intense responses were unusual for the Russian president, who is typically calm and steady in his speech.  The event comes two days before a scheduled airing of Kelly’s one-on-one interview with Putin on Sunday.  

After fielding several questions about Russian involvement in U. S.  elections, Putin fired back and accused the U. S.  of conducting active meddling in Russia’s domestic politics. 

"You should see what your colleagues have been doing here,” he said.  “They poke their nose into our domestic affairs trying to get a foothold in them, and they fuss around and never hesitate to walk over you. "

"We’ve had enough," Putin added. 

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JUNE 2, 2017, 10:52 A. M. 
Watch live: White House briefing with Press Secretary Sean Spicer and EPA chief Scott Pruitt

JUNE 2, 2017, 6:24 A. M. 
REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON
U. S.  job growth stumbles in May, possibly clouding Fed's interest rate decision
 
Jim Puzzanghera
 A worker at the Hollywood Bed Frame Co.  factory in Commerce.  (Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images)
A worker at the Hollywood Bed Frame Co.  factory in Commerce.  (Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images)
Job growth slowed sharply in May to just 138,000, the Labor Department said Friday, an unexpectedly lackluster figure that could give Federal Reserve officials concern about enacting another interest rate hike this month. 

The unemployment rate ticked down a tenth of a percentage point to 4. 3%, the lowest since 2001.  But that was largely for the wrong reason: About 429,000 people dropped out of the labor force. 

The percentage of working-age Americans in the labor force declined last month to 62. 7%, the third-straight monthly decline and near a four-decade low. 
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Congress White House
JUNE 1, 2017, 3:35 P. M. 
Trump's decision to withdraw from Paris climate change accord splits Congress — and serves up a campaign issue
 
Lisa Mascaro
 
Energy issues often create rare bipartisan alliances on Capitol Hill, but reaction to President Trump's decision Thursday to withdraw from the Paris climate change accord broke swiftly along partisan lines and ensured campaign battles to come. 

Republicans are gambling that sticking with Trump will appeal to voters who hope for a resurgence of coal and oil industry jobs, as well as the GOP's traditional deep-pocketed allies, including the billionaire Koch brothers' network, who have railed against former President Obama's signature environmental accomplishment. 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky applauded Trump "for dealing yet another significant blow to the Obama administration’s assault on domestic energy production and jobs. "

Coal-state lawmakers, including Rep.  Alex Mooney (R-W. Va. ), were thrilled to attend the White House announcement at the Rose Garden. 

"President Trump is right to withdraw from this bad deal," said Nathan Nascimento, a vice president at Freedom Partners, a Koch-backed pro-business group. 

But Democrats lambasted the withdrawal as a retreat from the world stage that will have reverberations in economic and foreign policy beyond the immediate climate change debate. 

Sen.  Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, called the decision a "shocking reversal of American global leadership and transparently political, the clearest sign yet he will do whatever he can to dismantle President Obama’s legacy purely for the sake of it. "

Democrats often relied on Trump's own bombastic vocabulary to criticize his move. 

“'Sad, very sad,’" said.  Rep.  John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove), a former deputy secretary of the Interior. 

Since the Obama administration negotiated the global accord, some have suggested it should have been handled as a treaty and submitted to the Senate for ratification. 

Voting to stop the deal could have helped Republicans, who have the majority in Congress, score a political win at a time when they have racked up few major accomplishments, while also pressuring Democrats in red states where Trump remains popular.  

But the White House decided against that approach, and the strategy might not have produced such clear results. 

One red-state Democrat, Sen.  Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, dismissed Trump's decision as "reckless. " Wind energy is a rapidly growing industry alongside oil and gas development in her state. 

“The United States can’t remain an energy leader if we aren’t even at the negotiating table,” Heitkamp said.  “No agreement is perfect. . . .  But abandoning this agreement altogether is a reckless decision that forfeits an opportunity to guarantee a viable future for North Dakota coal, oil and natural gas on the global level. "

And several Republicans, including Rep.  Carlos Curbelo, who represents a swing district in south Florida, and Sen.  Susan Collins, the centrist from Maine, opposed Trump's decision. 

"Climate change requires a global approach," Collins said.  "I'm disappointed. "

One certain outcome is that the decision will be debated into the next election, especially as sought-after younger voters take more interest in the climate change issue. 

“We are appalled and disappointed, but we are not deterred," said Sen.  Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii. ).  "Entering a formal withdrawal would take nearly four years to complete which means climate change is on the ballot for every election until we reverse this immoral action. "

White House
JUNE 1, 2017, 1:23 P. M. 
Reaction to President Trump's decision to pull the U. S.  out of the Paris agreement
Matt Ballinger	
President Trump has announced that he is pulling the United States out of the Paris agreement to combat global climate change.  Here are some reactions from politicians and others. 
The nations that remain in the Paris agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created.   I believe the United States of America should be at the front of the pack.   But even in the absence of American leadership; even as this administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future; I’m confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we’ve got. 
 Former President Obama
In making the announcement, Trump said: “It is time to put Youngstown, Ohio; Detroit, Mich. ; and Pittsburgh, Pa.  … ahead of Paris, France. ”

That prompted a response from the mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris. 

Removing the United States from the Paris agreement is a reckless and indefensible action.  It undermines America's standing in the world and threatens to damage humanity's ability to solve the climate crisis in time. 
 Former Vice President Al Gore
California Gov.  Jerry Brown did not mince words, and Tesla's Elon Musk quit White House advisory panels in protest.  The L. A.  Times editorial board said Trump is "making the United States a force for bad and for wrong in the world. " 

European leaders, meanwhile, issued a joint statement saying the accord cannot be renegotiated. 

But there were supporters of the decision, including Sen.  Rand Paul of Kentucky and the leader of the EPA. 

2:40 p. m. : This article was updated with reaction from the mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris. 

This article was originally published at 1:23 p. m. 
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JUNE 1, 2017, 12:00 P. M. 
Watch live: President Trump's statement on the Paris accord

Media Watch: On the Right
JUNE 1, 2017, 9:29 A. M. 
As Trump prepares to announce Paris agreement decision, conservatives laud an expected exit
 
Kurtis Lee
  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
(Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
The decision looms. 

President Trump is set to announce on Thursday whether the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, an international deal forged among 195 countries to, among other things, gradually reduce emissions that cause climate change. 

Should the United States exit the agreement -- signed under the Obama administration --  it would join Syria, which is entering its sixth year of a civil war, and Nicaragua as the only countries not signed onto the climate accord. 

For Trump, he could boast about upholding a campaign promise.  Throughout 2016, he assailed the agreement and vowed to cancel it should he win the presidency. 

While members of the European Union have urged the president to reconsider, some Republicans have called for Trump to make the exit swift. 

At least some in conservative media seem to agree. 

Here are some of today’s headlines:

How Trump is smashing Obama’s legacy with decision to exit Paris climate deal (Washington Times)

Last year, shortly before the accord took effect, then-President Obama lauded it as “historic … in the fight to protect our planet for future generations. ”

Well, that could change soon as Trump indicates he’s prepared to exit the agreement (and plans an announcement at noon Pacific on Thursday). 

This piece notes that Trump’s exit from the accord is “poised to become another Obama executive action unwound by his successor. ”

“The deal’s defenders in the U. S.  were searching desperately for an option short of withdrawal, fearful that an American opt-out would derail the global accord.  They said withdrawal will harm U. S.  leadership on the issue, and wondered whether Mr.  Trump could instead negotiate an easier emissions target that would allow the country to remain part of the accord.  But the Obama State Department had ruled that option out, saying the targets in the deal were a minimum and could only be negotiated upward. ”

Wall can’t wait: 36 killed in month-long cartel war near Texas (Breitbart)

Is Trump’s base growing upset? Building a wall along the U. S. -Mexico border was Trump’s No.  1 campaign promise and so far it’s gained little traction. 

This Breitbart piece highlights violence on the Mexican side of the border, and calls on the administration to act. 

“Raging violence that continues to take hold of this border city as rival factions of the Gulf Cartel fight for control claimed 36 deaths – including a bystander and one police officer,” the right-wing website reports from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, which is near the border with McAllen, Texas. 

The report by Breitbart, which has staunchly defended Trump but at times has been critical of his progress on immigration since he’s entered the White House, is part of series called the “Cartel Chronicles” the outlet is reporting to highlight violence in Mexico. 

Kathy Griffin is just the tip of the liberal violence iceberg (The Hill)

Some free advice to actors and comedians: Do not pose with what appears to be the decapitated, bloody head of the president. 

Kathy Griffin learned that lesson as CNN and others this week severed (no pun intended) ties with the comedian after an image of her surfaced holding a fake head that looked like Trump's.  As expected, conservatives are homing in on her. 

In this piece, Kristin Tate, an opinion contributor for The Hill, questions “why Griffin thought that such an odious action was acceptable in the first place. ”

“It’s not funny.  It’s not edgy.  It’s just wrong,” she writes.  “Where does the atmosphere of delegitimizing an elected government and brushing violence under the rug get you?”
Russia
JUNE 1, 2017, 9:27 A. M. 
REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON
Former FBI Director James Comey set to testify June 8 on Russia
Associated Press	
 (Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Images)
(Nicholas Kamm / AFP/Getty Images)
Former FBI Director James B.  Comey is set to testify June 8 before the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Russian activities during last year's election. 

The committee said Thursday that Comey would testify in an open session, which would be followed by a closed session.  

The committee's Republican chairman and senior Democrat have said members want to hear from Comey on his role in the development of the U. S.  intelligence agencies' assessment that Russia interfered in last year's election.  

They say they also hope Comey's testimony will answer questions that have arisen since Comey's sudden firing by President Trump.  
JUNE 1, 2017, 9:22 A. M. 
REPORTING FROM BEVERLY HILLS
He helped bring down President Nixon.  He thinks President Trump is even worse. 
 
Mark Z.  Barabak
  (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)
(Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)
John Dean is a connoisseur of coverups, a savant of scandal, so he can more than imagine what it’s like inside the Trump White House right now. 

“It’s a nightmare,” he said, presiding in a high-backed leather wing chair off the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel.  Not just for those in the headlines — political strategist Steve Bannon, jack-of-many-duties Jared Kushner — but for their unsung assistants and secretaries as well. 

“They don’t know what their jeopardy is.  They don’t know what they’re looking at.  They don’t know if they’re a part of a conspiracy that might unfold.  They don’t know whether to hire lawyers or not, how they’re going to pay for them if they do,” Dean said in a crisp law-counsel cadence.  “It’s an unpleasant place. ”

Dean was a central figure in Watergate, the 1970s political scandal against which all others are measured, serving at the tender age of 32 as President Nixon’s White House attorney.  In that capacity Dean worked to thwart investigators after the clumsy break-in at Democratic Party headquarters, then flipped and helped sink Nixon by revealing the president’s involvement in the coverup. 
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White House
JUNE 1, 2017, 9:11 A. M. 
REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON
White House discloses 14 ethics waivers; Bannon can call Breitbart and Conway can contact polling company clients
Associated Press	
A waiver explicitly allows Kellyanne Conway, a senior advisor to Trump, to contact and interact with clients of her political polling company.  (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
A waiver explicitly allows Kellyanne Conway, a senior advisor to Trump, to contact and interact with clients of her political polling company.  (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
Michael Catanzaro, a former oil and gas lobbyist, can help shape the Trump administration's energy policies.  Shahira Knight can weigh in on retirement matters even though she previously worked for Fidelity, a financial company specializing in retirement services.  

The White House late Wednesday posted on its website ethics waivers granted to four ex-lobbyists and numerous others who have joined government.  In all, the White House has granted 14 ethics waivers.  

The disclosures come after a tussle between the Office of Government Ethics and White House lawyers.  Other executive branch agencies and departments, such as Treasury, State and Defense, are expected to share similar information with OGE by Thursday.  The Office of Management and Budget responded to the OGE's request for data last week by saying it had issued zero waivers  

As part of his pledge to “drain the swamp” of Washington, President Donald Trump prohibits senior officials hired into the executive branch from working on “particular” government matters that involve their former clients or employers for two years.  But he has waived that prohibition for some.  President Obama placed similar restrictions on his employees and granted ethics waivers.  His White House posted those exceptions on its website.  

The Trump administration waivers include four for former registered lobbyists.  The rest are for other employees whose new government duties may overlap with their previous private jobs.  Several are “blanket” waivers for groups of employees.  

The White House waivers were vetted by White House counsel Don McGahn and Stefan Passantino, the chief ethics officer.  The White House says it only grants waivers if those lawyers find it's too impractical for the person to recuse from the ethics issues triggered by their past work.  

“To the furthest extent possible, counsel worked with each staffer to recuse from conflicting conduct rather than being granted waivers, which has led to the limited number of waivers being issued,” White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said.  

Some waivers cover the highest-profile White House employees.  

For example, there's a “blanket” waiver saying all presidential appointees “may participate in communications and meetings with news organizations regarding broad policy matters. ” That clears the way for Steve Bannon, Breitbart's former chief executive and now Trump's chief strategist, to ring up reporters at the news site.  

That's important because Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington — a liberal-funded pro-transparency group that has lodged many complaints against the Trump administration — had argued in a complaint that Bannon was violating the ethics pledge by speaking with his former employees.  

Another waiver explicitly allows Kellyanne Conway, a senior advisor to Trump, to contact and interact with clients of her political polling company.  

Joshua Pitcock, who had been Indiana's sole lobbyist in Washington and now serves as Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, is permitted under a waiver to stay in the room when matters involving Indiana arise.  

“It is important that you be able to communicate and meet with the State of Indiana, and disqualification from such meetings or communications would limit the ability of the Office of the Vice President to effectively carry out Administration priorities,” his waiver says.  

Catanzaro and Knight have drawn some of the most intense scrutiny of government watchdogs because their new jobs seem to closely align with their private-sector lobbying.  That raised questions about how they were able to circumvent Trump's ethics rules.  

The answer is spelled out in the new documents: They obtained waivers.  

As a lobbyist for CGCN Group, Catanzaro's clients included Devon Energy, an oil and gas company based in Oklahoma, and other energy providers.  In the Trump administration, he's a special assistant to the president, focusing on energy policies.  

Catanzaro's duties can include “broad policy matters and particular matters of general applicability relating to energy and environmental policy issues,” according to his waiver.  “The Administration has an interest in you working on covered matters due to your experience and expertise on these issues. ” 
JUNE 1, 2017, 7:08 A. M. 
WASHINGTON
Trump waives law requiring U. S.  move its embassy to Jerusalem
Tracy Wilkinson and Brian Bennett	
 (AFP/Getty)
(AFP/Getty)
With an eye toward a potential peace deal, President Trump issued a wavier Thursday that delays moving the U. S.  Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem for at least six months, a decision in keeping with previous administrations. 

During the presidential campaign, Trump had vowed to swiftly move the embassy from Tel Aviv, where it has always been located, to Jerusalem.  Other candidates have made the same promise, but no president has ever followed through. 

Israel considers Jerusalem its capital but the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem for their capital in a future state.  No country keeps its embassy in Jerusalem because of the dispute. 

In a statement, the White House said Trump made this decision "to maximize the chances of successfully negotiating a deal between Israel and the Palestinians. "

It added, "But as he has repeatedly stated his intention to move the embassy, the question is not if that move happens, but only when. "

After Trump took office, Jordan's King Abdullah and other Arab leaders warned the White House that moving the embassy would enrage Arab communities, especially the Palestinians, and severely complicate any potential peace talks. 

Since then, Trump has stopped talking about it publicly.  During his visit to the Middle East last month, he met with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders and called for a resumption of negotiations. 

Under  a law passed by Congress in 1995, Trump was facing a Thursday deadline to renew the waiver or see the State Department lose half its funding for its overseas facilities.  Presidents of both parties have renewed the waiver every six months since the law was passed. 

U. S.  foreign policy traditionally has said the status of Jerusalem should be settled in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.  Moving the U. S.  Embassy would signal a rejection of that policy. 

Trump's new ambassador to Israel, his former bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, had vowed to live in Jerusalem, about 30 miles from Tel Aviv. 
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