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The White House press secretary refused to provide President Trump’s position on climate change.
Source: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt President Trump’s position on climate change. European Council President Donald Tusk Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement a “big mistake” and touted new agreements between China and Europe as demonstrating “solidarity with future generations and responsibility for the whole planet.” National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn the administration expects to provide Congress with a tax-reform plan later this year. Reuters that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is taking over the federal investigation into former National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s lobbying deals with Turkey. The U.S. economy 138,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, the lowest since 2001.

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