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    Happy Egg-Shirt DayToday’s the day.
    By Brian Feldman
  2. media
    CNN Hires Preet Bharara, the Former Federal Prosecutor Fired by TrumpNow you can literally “stay tuned.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. The Climate May Be Changing More Slowly Than We’d ThoughtNew data suggests that if humanity gets its act together, we might still be able to cap warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. Ignore Trump’s Words on Climate and the Paris Treaty — Look at What He’s DoingHe has figured out there’s a strategic advantage in appearing open-minded.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  5. extreme weather
    Hurricane Jose May Brush Northeast, New Storm Threatens Irma-Devastated IslandsThis year’s overactive hurricane season isn’t finished.
    By Chas Danner
  7. climate change
    Will Irma Finally Change the Way We Talk About Climate?This summer’s outbreak of extreme weather should force everyone to see climate change for what it is and what it does.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  8. A Brief History of North Korea in 3 Minutes▶️ A condensed history of the troubled nation, from the Japanese annexation in 1910 to present day.
    By Granger Willson
  9. media
    New York Daily News Sold to Publisher TroncThe company, which was formerly known as Tribune Publishing, also owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. More Zoning Wouldn’t Have Protected Houston, But Less Sprawl Would Have HelpedHouston is famous for its hostility to land-use planning. That’s less of a problem than simply too much growth and ever-more frequent storms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. tomorrow
    The Specter of Climate Change Hangs Over Hurricane HarveyThese once-in-a-generation storms will become more frequent, and more expensive.
    By David Wallace-Wells
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    NIH Website Scrubs Mention of Climate ChangeThe word “change” is vanishing from the site.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  13. Exxon Misled the Public About Climate Change for 40 Years, Study SaysIn its internal papers, the company treated climate change as a reality. In its advertisements, it promoted doubt.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. ESPN Removes Announcer Robert Lee From UVA Game Because of His NameThe network didn’t want Robert Lee, the college-football play-by-play guy, to remind anyone of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. Trump’s Rehash of His Charlottesville Remarks Was Deceitful and Self-DestructiveNobody was surprised the president cut loose at a rally in Phoenix. But he showed he can’t drop his losing argument.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. politics
    Trump Administration Disbands Climate-Change Advisory PanelYet more evidence that the White House is uninterested in acknowledging or planning for the threat of climate change.
    By Chas Danner
  17. the national interest
    How Democrats Can Get Trump to Enact a Carbon TaxThe carbon tax actually stands a better chance of happening now than ever before.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. Why Did Bannon Bash His Colleagues, and Trump’s Policy, to a Liberal Journalist?Supposedly he thought the conversation was off the record — but is Trump’s embattled chief strategist really that naive?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. charlottesville
    Trump Lawyer Forwards Email Claiming ‘No Difference’ Between Lee and Washington“Both saved America.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. media
    Mike Cernovich Pivots From Pizzagate to Not-So-Fake NewsThe alt-right favorite is distancing himself from Trump and rebranding as a journalist — “because it really triggers people.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  21. Climate-Change Study Leaked Over Fears That Trump Will Suppress ItThe extensive report, which concludes that human activity is driving climate change, is awaiting final approval by the administration.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. Trump White House Says U.S. Will Join Climate Talks, Despite Leaving Paris DealThe administration reiterated its commitment to exiting the Paris deal on Friday — unless the agreement’s terms become “more favorable” to the U.S.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. The Best Quotes From Trump’s Embarrassing Unpublished WSJ InterviewThe newspaper didn’t release the full transcript of this curious conversation with Trump, so Politico did.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. profile
    Joe and Mika (and Donald): A Beltway Love StoryJoe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  25. climate change
    The Uninhabitable Earth, Annotated EditionThe facts, research, and science behind the climate-change article that explored our planet’s worst-case scenarios.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  26. Climate Scientist James Hansen: ‘The Planet Could Become Ungovernable’ “The progress we’ve had over the last centuries, more people having a higher standard of living — that’s going to go in the other direction.”
    By David Wallace-Wells
  27. Trillion-Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Ice ShelfThe development suggests that the entire ice shelf may eventually collapse, leaving glaciers free to drift off of land and raise sea levels.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Media Now Is Donald Trump Jr. Scooping the Press on His Own Incriminating EmailThat’s just how it works.
    By Brian Feldman
  29. Scientist Michael Mann on ‘Low-Probability But Catastrophic’ Climate ScenariosAn unedited Q&A with the prominent climatologist, who took issue with New York’s latest cover story for being overly “doomist.”
    By David Wallace-Wells
  30. The Man Who Coined ‘Global Warming’ on the Worst-Case Scenario for Earth“We’re going to have to do something that we probably never dreamed we’d do.”
    By David Wallace-Wells
  31. climate change
    When Will the Planet Be Too Hot for Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they’re not being cautious, fear could be our future.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  32. The Next Multi-Million-Dollar Special Election Is in SeattleMoney and partisan passions are pouring into a special-election contest in Washington that will determine control of the state Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. What Really Happened Between Trump, Morning Joe, and the National EnquirerThe high-stakes tabloid showdown brokered by Jared Kushner.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  34. media
    White House Reimagines Press Briefing As Opportunity to Scold JournalistsJudging by today’s performance, they’re still interested in holding live daily briefings — if the press is in the hot seat.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  35. Forests and Oceans Seem to Be Absorbing Less Carbon Than They Used ToMeanwhile, coal production is on the rise.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. What Is the Doomsday Clock, and What Makes It Tick?▶️ After the election of Donald Trump, the 70-year-old clock has been set at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.
    By Jared T. Miller
  37. media
    Reporters Say Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel Banned Them From Campaign EventsOn the eve of Georgia’s special election, two journalists claim the campaigns denied them access, hours after they published unflattering stories.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. media
    Megyn Kelly’s Alex Jones Interview Was Less Controversial Than ExpectedCritics said the edited version offered a decent overview of the Infowars host but still had journalistic shortcomings.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Charles Thacker, Designer of First Modern PC, Passes AwayThacker designed the Xerox Alto in 1973, which led directly to the Mac and Windows.
    By Jake Swearingen
  40. Register Your Megyn Kelly Complaints With the White HouseIn 2017, being a journalist means interviewing people close to power whose ideas might be reprehensible or flat-out insane.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  41. media
    Gianforte Apologizes for Assaulting Journalist Who Asked Him a QuestionHe’s agreed to donate $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists as part of a settlement agreement, but he still faces criminal charges.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. Acting U.S. Ambassador to China Quits Over Trump’s Climate PolicyDavid Rank said that as a “parent, patriot and a Christian” he could not support the new U.S. policy.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. GOP to Make Media-Bashing a Big Thing in 2018It makes sense for Republicans to try to mobilize their pro-Trump base with attacks on the press. But they may be tempted to take it too far.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    Scott Pruitt Is As Insanely Wrong About Coal Jobs As He Is About Climate ChangeTrump’s EPA Director: “We’ve had over 50,000 jobs since last quarter — coal jobs, mining jobs — created in this country.” Uh, no.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. Despite Megyn Kelly’s Efforts, Putin Still Won’t Confess to Election MeddlingHe denies having Trump kompromat, though his admitting that would have been a great way to start Kelly’s NBC show.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. the national interest
    Why the Administration Won’t Say Whether President Trump Accepts Climate Science“For some reason or another, this issue of climate change has emerged as a paramount issue,” says Mike Pence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. Haley Claims That Trump ‘Believes the Climate Is Changing’After days of White House officials avoiding the question of whether the president thinks that climate change is real.
    By Caroline Bankoff
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    The ‘Anti-Business’ Paris Agreement Sure Seems Popular in the Tech IndustryTrump knows what American business wants — he’s just not listening.
    By Paris Martineau
  49. Trump Sees Alienating Our European Allies As an End in ItselfAnd four other frightening lessons from the president’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. What Quitting the Paris Climate Accord Will Do to the U.S., and the PlanetTrump’s decision may have serious consequences for the environment, the economy, and public health.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. the national interest
    No, President Trump, Paris Does Not Let China and India Steal Our Coal JobsA wildly false speech reveals a president unable to grasp a problem that isn’t zero-sum.
    By Jonathan Chait
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