Friday 2 June 2017

Evening Edition: Exit from Paris pact threatens U.S. global stature, European officials say

France's Macron flexes newfound international star power; Paris withdrawal is the visceral expression of Trump's worldview; Analysis: Trump's Paris speech had some serious inconsistencies; EPA chief Scott Pruitt moves to the power center of the Trump administration; Trump keeps focus squarely on his most devoted supporters: Working-class Americans; Ethics office will press White House on undated conflict-of-interest waivers; In Trump's America, Black Lives Matter activists grow wary of their smartphones; One family. Four generations of disability benefits. Will it continue?; Former Penn State president sentenced to jail for child endangerment in Jerry Sandusky abuse case; 'He broke me': A defiant, tearful Kathy Griffin slams attacks by Trump and his family; Evergreen State, caught up in racial turmoil, remains closed after threat of violence; Does Sean Spicer know anything anymore?; Conservative Heritage Foundation wants to use public money to fund private education for 800,000 military kids; 10,000 people falsely claim to have been at the Manchester attack to see Ariana Grande for free, Ticketmaster says; Megyn Kelly asked the Indian prime minister if he uses Twitter. His 30 million followers responded.; When your daughter wants to bring her boyfriend home from college — for a sleepover;
 
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Exit from Paris pact threatens U.S. global stature, European officials say
The European Union is looking to deepen its ties with China, signaling a turning point in transatlantic relations. Many European officials say they are steeling themselves for years of conflict with President Trump, and they are searching for other partners in areas such as climate change where the United States has become a roadblock.
France's Macron flexes newfound international star power
President Emmanuel Macron has become the principal spokesman of political moderates around the world, squaring off against Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. But does antagonizing these leaders work for or against his country's interests?
 
The Take | Analysis
Paris withdrawal is the visceral expression of Trump's worldview
The president's decision was cast in the context of repairing the economic disadvantages of a generation of global agreements that he has railed against for decades.
 
Analysis: Trump's Paris speech had some serious inconsistencies
Many of the reasons Trump gave for withdrawing seemed at their best strained and at their worst unfounded. Here are some of the claims we struggled with.
 
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EPA chief Scott Pruitt moves to the power center of the Trump administration
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency played a decisive role in president's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate deal and has emerged as one of the most influential policy architects in the Cabinet, a skilled and sometimes brash lawyer who is methodically taking apart a slew of regulations and agreements.
 
Trump keeps focus squarely on his most devoted supporters: Working-class Americans
The announcement on climate change was just the latest in a series of actions orchestrated by the White House to buoy Trump's political base at a time when he remains historically unpopular for this point in his presidency.
 
Ethics office will press White House on undated conflict-of-interest waivers
One such blanket waiver that ethics experts have flagged allows White House appointees to communicate with media organizations where they previously worked — an exemption that appears to have been tailored for chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, who previously ran the conservative Breitbart News.
 
In Trump's America, Black Lives Matter activists grow wary of their smartphones
A movement born on social media begins to fear that the technology that allows it to organize and communicate may make activists vulnerable to surveillance.
 
Disabled America
One family. Four generations of disability benefits. Will it continue?
Talk of medications, of diagnoses, of monthly checks that never seem to cover every need — these are the constants in households like this one, composed of multiple generations of people living on disability. Little-studied and largely unreported, such families have become familiar in rural communities reshaped by a decades-long surge.
 
Former Penn State president sentenced to jail for child endangerment in Jerry Sandusky abuse case
Graham Spanier was sentenced to serve two months in jail and an additional two to 10 months of house arrest for failing to alert authorities about a 2001 incident involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and a boy in a campus shower. Two other former university administrators were also sentenced Friday.
 
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'He broke me': A defiant, tearful Kathy Griffin slams attacks by Trump and his family
The comic said she regretted the photo of herself holding a mask that looked like President Trump's bloody severed head, but she said she will keep criticizing the president and will fight for others to do the same.
 
Evergreen State, caught up in racial turmoil, remains closed after threat of violence
The public liberal arts college in Washington state was closed today after an anonymous threat was made Thursday. Campus unrest and protests over race involved students of color demanding the firing of a professor.
 
The Fix | Analysis
Does Sean Spicer know anything anymore?
The White House press secretary seemed to be having even more trouble than usual giving a direct answer during the daily briefing as he repeatedly said, "I don't know."
 
Conservative Heritage Foundation wants to use public money to fund private education for 800,000 military kids
The proposal to redirect $1.3 billion is from an organization that has had a key role in shaping administration policy ideas and comes as President Trump seeks to make good on his promise to dramatically expand school choice nationwide.
 
10,000 people falsely claim to have been at the Manchester attack to see Ariana Grande for free, Ticketmaster says
Organizers of the One Love Manchester fundraiser had set aside a substantial number of free tickets for people who were at the pop star's show last month. But fraudulent claims are slowing planning for Sunday's concert.
 
Megyn Kelly asked the Indian prime minister if he uses Twitter. His 30 million followers responded.
Narendra Modi also has popular Facebook and Instagram accounts. Despite Kelly's name recognition in the United States, the broadcaster has 2.32 million Twitter followers — a fraction of Modi's reach.
 
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When your daughter wants to bring her boyfriend home from college — for a sleepover
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax weighs in on your relationship questions.
 
 
     
 
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