Evening Edition: Trump administration deeply divided over Paris climate deal

These experts say it may actually be best if the U.S. left the Paris climate agreement; Perspective: The planet loses, but U.S. is the bigger loser if it withdraws from Paris climate agreement; Financial firms lead shareholder rebellion against ExxonMobil climate change policies; How Jared Kushner built a luxury skyscraper using loans meant for job-starved areas; Massive blast in heart of Kabul's diplomatic quarter kills at least 80 ; Watch the exact moment a ‘kill vehicle’ takes out a mock ballistic missile; CBS makes one thing clear in yanking Scott Pelley: It's all about the ratings; How a Supreme Court ruling on printer cartridges changes what it means to buy almost anything; The Obamas just bought their rental home in Washington; CNN cuts ties with Kathy Griffin amid controversy over a gruesome anti-Trump photo; ‘Something fishy’ is going on with Trump’s Twitter account, researchers say; After months of trolling Trump, Merriam-Webster has no words about ‘covfefe’; Blood in the water: The birth of modern shark mania; Google breaks down what Americans don't know how to spell, state by state;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The day's most important stories   Trump administration deeply divided over Paris climate deal Ivanka Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have urged the president to remain in the deal, and White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt have been pushing for a withdrawal. By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis  •  Read more » These experts say it may actually be best if the U.S. left the Paris climate agreement It's clear that the Trump administration will fail to meet climate goals established by the Obama administration, the experts said. And remaining in the accord while ignoring this commitment could do more damage than simply leaving. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Perspective: The planet loses, but U.S. is the bigger loser if it withdraws from Paris climate agreement The withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement would place the world in a highly uncertain geopolitical situation, which could play out in a number of ways. By Benjamin Sanderson  •  Read more »   Financial firms lead shareholder rebellion against ExxonMobil climate change policies ExxonMobil management was defeated by a shareholder rebellion over climate change, as investors voted to instruct the oil giant to report on the impact of global measures designed to keep climate change to 2 degrees centigrade. By Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   How Jared Kushner built a luxury skyscraper using loans meant for job-starved areas The partners secured $50 million in low-cost financing through a federal program with a creative solution: They worked with New Jersey officials to draw a map that defined the area around 65 Bay Street in Jersey City as being in an area with extraordinarily high unemployment. The tactic — critics liken it to the gerrymandering — is legal, but it illustrates how the president's son-in-law exploited a loophole that lawmakers say has been plagued by fraud and abuse. By Shawn Boburg  •  Read more »   Massive blast in heart of Kabul's diplomatic quarter kills at least 80 Explosives hidden in a tanker truck detonated during the morning rush hour and injured more than 460 people, officials said. An entire city block was decimated, with office buildings left in rubble and charred vehicles strewn across the road in one of the deadliest single attacks to hit Kabul. By Sayed Salahuddin and Pamela Constable  •  Read more »   Watch the exact moment a ‘kill vehicle’ takes out a mock ballistic missile Video, released by the Pentagon, appears to show the destruction of the target missile, designed to simulate what might be launched by North Korea or Iran. "All our systems performed exactly as designed," said Vice Adm. Jim Syring, head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff  •  Read more »   Perspective CBS makes one thing clear in yanking Scott Pelley: It's all about the ratings The Evening News anchor brought intelligence and edge, but the numbers weren't enough. By Margaret Sullivan  •  Read more »   The Switch | Analysis How a Supreme Court ruling on printer cartridges changes what it means to buy almost anything The case, in which Lexmark tried to stop other companies from reselling used laser printer toner cartridges, has huge implications for the way we think about technology ownership in America. By Brian Fung  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Obamas just bought their rental home in Washington The former first couple purchased the stately eight-bedroom home in the city's Kalorama neighborhod for $8.1 million. They had been leasing it from Joe Lockhart, a press secretary for the Clinton White House. By Krissah Thompson, Kathy Orton and Emily Heil  •  Read more »   CNN cuts ties with Kathy Griffin amid controversy over a gruesome anti-Trump photo The comedian apologized for the photo that showed her holding a prop of the president's blood-covered head, saying: "I beg for your forgiveness." Earlier, the president said she "should be ashamed." By Herman Wong  •  Read more »   The Switch ‘Something fishy’ is going on with Trump’s Twitter account, researchers say The president has an unusually high number of "egg followers." But researchers don't know if they're bots, or newer members who joined just to browse Donald Trump's account. By Craig Timberg  •  Read more »   After months of trolling Trump, Merriam-Webster has no words about ‘covfefe’ The dictionary for once didn't jab at the president. Instead, at around 1 a.m. Wednesday, after the baffling tweet was posted, it replied: "Regrets checking Twitter. Goes back to bed." By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   Blood in the water: The birth of modern shark mania A century ago, a series of deadly shark attacks by the "Matawan Man-Eater" shook New Jersey and prompted President Wilson to declare war on sharks. By Steve Hendrix  •  Read more »   Google breaks down what Americans don't know how to spell, state by state People in Wisconsin, according to the search engine, most frequently searched for how to spell Wisconsin. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071