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  • President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2017.
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    After days of build-up, President Trump finally made it official: The U.S. is pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” Trump said. That’s true! But not for nothing, moving away from coal and steel has made that city’s economy strong again. Plus, with the U.S. taking a seat on the sidelines of the fight to control global warming, it’s also sitting out big investment opportunities that China and the E.U. are promising to grab. Then: There’s something of a tug-of-war going on within the Trump administration over the debt ceiling. We’ll tell you what you need to know. Plus, the latest installment of our series “My Economy” visits a stay-at-home mom in Texas.

  • President Trump doesn't need approval from the Senate to pull the U.S. from the Paris Agreement.
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    We’re still waiting on the official word out of the White House on whether President Trump will pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. It’s looking likely, but some of the news around Trump’s decision today indicate businesses are still planning on climate change no matter what. Then: Goldman Sachs is taking heat for nearly $3 billion worth of Venezuelan bonds it bought from a state-owned oil company via a broker. It stands to profit handsomely, but protesters are ripping the bank for making money from a country that’s facing food shortages. We’ll explain everything you need to know about the so-called “hunger bonds.” Plus: A look at how one airport is enlisting drones to get things moving more efficiently.

  • President Trump holds a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 17, 2017.
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    Donald Trump is back in the country, and his Twitter account is making up for lost time. The President ripped the “MASSIVE” and “very bad” trade gap between the U.S. and Germany. But reality check: it’s not nearly as scary as it sounds. Then according to data released this morning, consumer spending rose last month. Home prices are up too, and the average American FICO score hit 700 last month, the highest it’s been in over a decade. So how’d we get here, and what’s it mean for the economy? Plus, a visit to the schools of Erie, Pennsylvania for our series “The Big Promise.”

  • Visitors take a selfie in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
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    You might be spending the long weekend relaxing with family, paying respect to fallen servicemembers, or getting outside. But if you’re enjoying a national park this weekend, maybe think twice about pulling out your smartphone. 2016 was the third record-breaking year in a row for the National Park Service, but all that extra traffic from selfie-snapping tourists can harm the places they visit. Plus: What’s at stake of the U.S. pulls out of the Paris climate agreement. Then: California’s drought has all but ended, but some wells are still dry, forcing some of the state’s poorest people to pay a premium on water.

  • Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner.
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    The European leg of President Trump’s trip abroad got off to a rocky start yesterday when, in a meeting with G7 officials, the president was reportedly critical of Germany’s trade practices. The main gripe, it seems, was about the number of German cars sold here, but that’s just one slice of a pretty huge trade relationship. We’ll talk about it, plus the drama back home at the Department of Education, which is considering handing some of its student loan business to the Treasury. Plus: A look at Kushner Companies, the family real estate business where Jared Kushner worked before taking a role in the White House.

  • 05/25/2017: What, me worry?
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    We’ve talked a lot about the economic anxiety normal Americans face every day, but today we’re casting and eye toward economic anxiety in and about Washington. First, the White House’s budget. There are some assumptions that don’t quite add up, but today Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reiterated his confidence that tax cuts, deregulation and trade policy will ratchet up economic growth. But what if it doesn’t? Then: Mnuchin and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney both testified on Capitol Hill this week to sound the alarm about the deb limit. They’re worried Congress might have to raise it sooner than expected. We’ll explain what’s going on. Plus: a California prison town’s big bet on pot to save its economy.

  • Tom Price was confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary today. He is a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act.
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    The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the American Health Care Act today. That’s the revised version, passed by the House already. The CBO says this bill will leave 23 million people without insurance by 2026, while reducing the deficit by $119 billion. The last version scored by the CBO came out to a million more uninsured, but a steeper deficit reduction. We’ll get some initial analysis from Vox’s Sarah Kliff. Then, we’ll return to Pennsylvania for our series The Big Promise, exploring how health care is propping up Erie’s faltering manufacturing economy. Plus, a conversation with PayPal CEO Dan Schulman. 

  • Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney arrives for a news conference to discuss the Trump Administration's proposed federal budget in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House May 23, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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    They call it “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” we just call it the White House budget proposal. Whatever you want to call it, Trump’s budget guy Mick Mulvaney presented it today with a focus on three percent economic growth. We talked to several experts who say the whole plan is based on assumptions and math that doesn’t quite add up, not to mention a tax plan that isn’t done yet. Then, we’ll dig into the White House’s proposed cuts to the USDA and Obamacare. Plus: how the mess at Penn Station ripples through the economy of the entire East Coast.

  • President Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, today.
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    With President Trump abroad this week, the business news agenda was set early this week by Ford. The American car maker announced over the weekend that CEO Mark Fields will be replaced by Jim Hackett, who most recently headed the company anonymous car division. We’ll talk with executive chairman Bill Ford about it, plus we’ll get some perspective from the Wall Street Journal’s car critic. Then: Trump’s clubs and resorts are exclusive and pricey, but if you’re a hacker it’s easy to get in and that could create a big national security problem. Plus, could you name the only bank in this country indicted for mortgage fraud after the financial crisis? You’ve probably never heard of them, because they weren’t too big to fail.

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