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Kathy Griffin loses CNN deal after photos with fake severed Trump head
CNN said on Wednesday it has terminated comedian Kathy Griffin's deal to appear on the network's annual New Year's Eve broadcast in the wake of controversy over her posing in photographs with a likeness of President Donald Trump's head.
The decision was announced by CNN in a Twitter post from the network's public relations department hours after Trump said in his own tweet that Griffin "should be ashamed of herself" for the photos showing her with a replica of a severed, bloodied head resembling his.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Chris Reese)
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Global climate change
ReutersThe 2015 Paris Agreement to limit climate change entered into force on Nov. 4, opening a harder phase when countries have to keep their promises for action. -
Musk on Paris climate dealTesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out his support for remaining in the Paris climate agreement:Don't know which way Paris will go, but I've done all I can to advise directly to POTUS, through others in WH & via councils, that we remain1:34 PM - 31 May 2017
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He then added in a reply that he 'will have no choice but to depart councils' in case Trump does decide to leave the Paris climate agreement. -
Trump to broaden exemptions to Obamacare birth control mandate: report
The Trump administration is considering taking steps to broaden the Obamacare limits on claiming a religious or moral exemption from providing health insurance that covers birth control, Vox news reported. -
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Trump's 'covfefe' tweet leaves Internet guessing
A midnight tweet by Donald Trump unleashed a wave of sometimes mocking speculation by Internet users wondering what the U.S. president meant by writing "covfefe" in an apparently unfinished Twitter post that lingered online for hours. -
I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!9:08 AM - 31 May 2017
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Trump pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal: Axios
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Axios news outlet reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources with direct knowledge of the decision. -
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COMMENTARY: In standing up to Trump, Europe gets its mojo back
Here's Peter Apps, Reuters Commentary columnist:
"The speed with which Europe’s new centrist duo – the established Merkel and freshly minted Macron – have demonstrated their newly muscular self-confidence is striking.
Only recently, both France and Germany looked as though they might fall to the far right. That they have not done so appears to have given the political establishment a boost.
Economically, the euro zone is in the best shape it has been for almost a decade, its growth outpacing America’s in the first quarter of this year. The migration crisis has somewhat eased, and with it the political fallout from recent militant attacks.
All of these problems – as well as Europe’s far right – may well return. But for now, the political energy seems to be with the center. Merkel and Macron are determined to take advantage of it.
For the United States, this is a mixed picture at best."
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Trump jump starts search for FBI chief with two interviews
ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday was scheduled to interview two candidates to replace James Comey as head of the FBI, former agency No. 2 James Pistole and former Assistant Attorney General Chris Wray, the White House said. -
Departure of communications aide could be first in Trump shake-up
ReutersPresident Donald Trump's communications director is leaving the job, the White House said on Tuesday, as the president considers wider staff changes to try to contain political damage from probes into Russia and his presidential campaign. -
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White House says Trump and Merkel 'get along very well'
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump views Germany as an important U.S. ally and gets along very well with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the White House said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a news briefing after Trump intensified a dispute with Germany by calling Berlin's trade and spending policies "very bad," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said:
"They get along very well. He has a lot of respect for her. ... And he views not just Germany but the rest of Europe as an important American ally."
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Supreme Court to hear Ohio's bid to revive voter purge policy
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Ohio's appeal of a lower court ruling that blocked the Republican-led state's policy of purging people from voter-registration lists if they do not regularly cast ballots because it violated federal law. -
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Trump's communications director set to leave White House: Trump adviser
ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump's communications director, Mike Dubke, is set to leave after three months in his White House post, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Tuesday. -
China is behaving like a 'bully' in South China Sea: McCain
China is behaving like a "bully" with its militarization of islands in the South China Sea, Republican U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday, activity Washington must confront with its allies to find a peaceful solution. -
German Chancellor and head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel toasts during the Trudering festival in Munich, Germany, May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
WHAT SET MERKEL OFFFor German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who often pulls her rhetorical punches, her weekend message signaling a shift in the post-war order was uncharacteristically blunt.
But growing frustration with U.S. President Donald Trump, a determination to reform Europe with France's incoming leader and political considerations closer to home convinced Merkel to take a stand. Read more.
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We have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change6:40 AM - 30 May 2017
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Senator McCain says Putin bigger threat than ISIS
U.S. Senator John McCain said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to global security than ISIS, and warned that the Senate would push for sanctions against Moscow for its alleged interference in the U.S. election. -
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Exclusive: Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department - sources
ReutersSecretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years. -
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Boehner: Trump has been 'complete disaster'
By Pete Schroeder
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's time in office has been a "complete disaster" aside from foreign affairs, fellow Republican and former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said at an energy conference.
The former Ohio congressman said he has been friends with Trump for 15 years but never thought he would occupy the White House.
And while he praised Trump's aggressive steps to challenge the Islamic State militant group and other moves in international affairs, he was highly critical of the president's other early efforts.
"Everything else he's done has been a complete disaster," Boehner said at the energy conference in Houston on Wednesday, according to the energy publication Rigzone. "He's still learning how to be president."
A spokesman for Boehner confirmed the comments.
Boehner, who resigned from Congress in 2015, was also highly critical of efforts by the administration and his former Republican colleagues in Congress to advance sweeping healthcare and tax reform plans.
He said Republicans should never have tried to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act, even after the House narrowly passed an overhaul measure. The Senate is considering its own version of the package.
And he dismissed tax reform efforts, which form a cornerstone of the Republican policy agenda, as "just a bunch of happy talk."
While Boehner's successor, Speaker Paul Ryan, tries to include a border adjustment tax, a tax on imports, as a key piece of any tax code overhaul, Boehner declared it "deader than a doornail" amid opposition from fellow Republicans and the White House.
Boehner also supported efforts to "get to the bottom" of any potential interactions between Trump associates and the Russian government. However, he described any calls to impeach Trump as the purview of "the crazy left-wing Democratic colleagues of mine."
Democratic Representative Al Green has formally introduced articles of impeachment for Trump, but such an effort has not been embraced by most Democratic lawmakers as the investigation continues.
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Hillary Clinton attacks proposed Trump budget cuts as 'cruelty'
Hillary Clinton assailed the man who beat her to the White House, slamming as "unimaginable cruelty" President Donald Trump's proposal to cut $3.6 trillion in government spending over the next decade in a speech on Friday. -
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Trump son-in-law Kushner under FBI scrutiny in Russia probe: media reports
ReutersPresident Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser, is under scrutiny by the FBI in the Russia probe, the Washington Post and NBC News reported on Thursday. -
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U.S. appeals court largely upholds block on Trump's travel ban
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday to keep largely in place a block on President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban for six Muslim-majority nations.A majority of judges on the appeals court in a 10-3 decision said they were "unconvinced" the travel order had more to do with national security concerns than a "Muslim ban."
The court also found the challengers were likely to suffer "irreparable harm" if the ban were implemented and that it might violate the U.S. Constitution.
(Reporting by Mica Rosenberg, Andrew Chung and Dan Levine; Editing by Chris Reese)
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Sewage tanker bomb kills at least 80, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital
KABUL A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the center of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, police said, killing at least 80 people, wounding hundreds and damaging embassy buildings.