Thursday, June 14
Climate Facts Win: Top U.S. Regulators Don’t Back Claim that Grid Faces Emergency (Bloomberg)
In response, Mike Bloomberg tweeted: “Good for them. Administration regulators refuse to back the Administration’s false claim that closing down coal plants is a national security emergency.”
Economy Watch: China’s Economy is Slowing Just as Trump Readies a Trade Beating (Bloomberg)
Euro Politics Update: Europe’s Fragile Unity Crumbles as Migration Quarrel Spills Over (Bloomberg)
Cue the Tweets: Trump to Receive Briefing Today on Inspector General’s Clinton Email Report Before it Goes Public (Washington Post)
Important Development: Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fixer, Parting with Lawyers as Federal Investigation Continues (New York Times)
QuickTake: Why Are Disney and Comcast Battling Over Fox and Sky? (From QUICK <GO> on the Bloomberg Terminal)
Future of Travel: Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Train Bid to O’Hare (Bloomberg)
World Cup Seating Chart Alert: If You’re Afraid of Heights and Going to World Cup, Don’t Sit Here (New York Times)
Headlines from around the world.
Times of India: India and China forming an oil buyers’ club to counter OPEC
Bloomberg Businessweek cover: Investing in North Korea Is Not for the Faint of Heart
The Guardian (UK): Grenfell Tower memorial events mark one year after fire
China Daily: US invents bizarre ‘China-threat’ theory
Best of late night.
From The New York Times:
“This week Trump met with Kim Jun Un… it was weird, but flirtatious enough to warrant a second date.”
— Samantha Bee
“In a recent tweet, Ivanka Trump misattributed a quote from an American newspaper as a Chinese proverb — which is weird, because usually she takes things that are Chinese and passes them off as American.”
— Seth Meyers, showing a collection of handbags produced by Ivanka Trump’s brand
“Tomorrow, Trump turns 72. But he doesn’t tweet a day over 12.”
— Jimmy Fallon