Weekly Roundup: Thursday, June 1

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 2 June 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

President Trump announces he'll withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord, with an eye toward renegotiation. Why it's not that simple — plus Trump's overseas trip, and the Russian investigation reportedly inching toward Jared Kushner. This episode: host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Scott Detrow, political reporter Vanessa Romo, and editor/correspondent Ron Elving. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is David Sonders from Charlotte, North Carolina.
0:03.4	This podcast was recorded at...
0:05.6	4.52pm on Thursday, June 1st.
0:09.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:11.2	Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage at NPR.org,
0:15.1	or on the NPR1 app and on your local public radio station.
0:19.4	Okay, now for the show.
0:24.9	It's the NPR Politics podcast here
0:27.2	with our weekly roundup of some of this week's political news.
0:30.2	We'll talk about President Trump's decision
0:32.3	on the Paris Climate Accord,
0:34.1	the latest Russia investigation news,
0:36.1	including the potential entanglement of Jared Kushner,
0:39.4	and take a look at the president's big overseas trip,
0:42.2	which I am very happy to be back from now.
0:45.0	I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House for NPR.
0:47.4	I'm Scott Detro, I cover Congress.
0:49.0	I'm Vanessa Romo, political reporter.
0:50.8	And I'm Ron Elving Editor, correspondent.
0:53.1	Nice to have you back within six time zones of us.
0:56.0	It's good to be back.
0:58.4	And Ron, you were away too.
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