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President Donald Trump's top aides apparently have no idea whether he believes humans have a role in climate change or if it's even real. And seemingly won't ask him.

In light of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord, dozens of governors and mayors across the country are pledging to uphold the green fight within their own borders.

President Donald Trump used a Massachusetts Institute of Technology study to back up his departure from the Paris climate agreement on Thursday. But one of the study's authors says the President misinterpreted their data, showing "a complete misunderstanding of the climate problem."

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shrugged off the significance of the Trump administration's decision to pull out of the Paris agreement on Friday, emphasizing the US's "terrific record" on reducing greenhouse gas emissions before the deal was implemented.

Just after 3:30 p.m. ET, on Thursday, President Donald Trump appeared in the Rose Garden to announce the U.S. would formally withdraw from the Paris climate accords. But, before he got to that, Trump spoke about an ongoing story out of the Philippines.

The plane carrying then-vice presidential candidate Mike Pence that skidded off a New York runway last fall was nearly 2,000 feet off the normal touchdown point and skidded off the landing strip at about 45 miles per hour, according to new details released by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Emmanuel Macron, France's youthful president, has only been a world leader for less than three weeks.

Newspapers have never been hotter.

Former presidential adviser David Gergen said Friday he believes top Donald Trump aide Jared Kushner should seriously consider taking a "leave of absence" in the wake of the investigation into possible ties between Trump's associates and Russia.

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is assailing President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, saying that a grassroots movement committed to "a clean future" will rise up against Washington.

Twelve-year-old Ananya Vinay became the nation's latest national spelling champion Thursday when she correctly spelled 35 words in a row, some of which were so obscure as to stump the most educated adult.

CNN's Chris Cuomo exchanged terse words with Republican Rep. Chris Collins Friday over the congressman's stalwart defense of President Donald Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.