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Trump says states can count on federal cash in emergencies

By KEN THOMAS, Associ- Management Agency, Atlanta that forced the sponse during emergen- to four “major” hurricanes
ated Press where he and members closure of a portion of Inter- cies. Video maps line the with sustained winds of at
WASHINGTON (AP) — of his Cabinet received a state 85. walls to help officials moni- least 111 mph.
Gearing up for the heart of briefing on the summer’s The president spoke a few tor storms, weather condi- Forecasters expect warm-
hurricane season, President hurricane season, which hours before embarking on tions and more. er-than-average waters
Donald Trump said Friday began June 1. “We are his own summer vacation Federal officials predicted across the tropical Atlan-
that states can count on his very strong with respect to at his golf club in Bedmin- in May that the U.S. could tic Ocean and Caribbean
administration to dispense FEMA. FEMA is something ster, New Jersey. face 11 to 17 named Sea this summer.
U.S. emergency funds effi- I’ve been very much in- During his stop at FEMA storms, including five to Tropical Storm Emily
ciently. volved in already.” headquarters, Trump got nine hurricanes. drenched parts of Florida
“We do it quickly. We do Trump cited the administra- a tour of the command The National Oceanic and earlier this week with rain,
it effectively,” Trump said tion’s response to a bridge center, the hub where the Atmospheric Administra- but no hurricanes have
at the Federal Emergency collapse near downtown agency coordinates its re- tion forecast predicted two formed so far.q
Flynn files new financial form reporting ties to data firm

STEPHEN BRAUN describe details of the filing
Associated Press made to the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- The details of Flynn’s role
dent Donald Trump’s for- with SCL weren’t fully laid
mer national security advis- out, the person said, noting
er, Michael Flynn, disclosed that Flynn terminated his
a brief advisory role with a involvement shortly after
firm related to a controver- Trump won the presidency.
sial data analysis company Cambridge Analytica is
that aided the Trump cam- backed by the family of
paign, according to a fil- Robert Mercer, a hedge
ing Flynn submitted to the fund manager who also
White House. supported the campaign
The disclosure of Flynn’s and other conservative
link to Cambridge Analyt- candidates and causes.
ica came in an amended Trump administration chief
public financial filing in strategist Steve Bannon
which the retired U.S. Army was a vice president of
lieutenant general also Cambridge Analytica be-
discloses income that in- fore he joined the Trump
cludes payments from the campaign.
Trump transition team. The Media reports in Britain
filing was made public by and some statements by
the White House on Friday In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks at the White House, leaders involved in the
in response to an Associat- in Washington. Flynn disclosed a brief advisory role with a firm related to a controversial data pro-Brexit campaign had
ed Press reporter’s request. analysis company that aided the Trump campaign, according to a filing Flynn submitted to the linked Cambridge Ana-
White House.
The amended disclosure (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) lytica to the successful ef-
lists Flynn as an adviser fort in 2016 to pull Britain
to SCL Group, a Virginia- out of the European Union.
based company related Trump’s campaign. Flynn agreed to do con- as part of the agreement But the company said in a
to Cambridge Analytica, A person close to Flynn sulting for the firm, but he with SCL Group. The person statement Friday that it did
the data mining and anal- told the AP that just before never performed any work spoke to AP on condition not work on the referen-
ysis firm that worked with the end of the campaign, or accepted any payment of anonymity Thursday to dum campaign. q

US officially tells UN it wants out of Paris climate deal

By SETH BORENSTEIN cision in June to leave the fect on Nov. 4, 2016. change deals. The next Barack Obama. But Trump
AP Science Writer accord. Then the process takes a meeting is in Bonn, Germa- can’t unilaterally change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “The State Department is year. ny, in November. the text of the Paris deal.
Trump administration on Fri- telling that U.N. what the The State Department Trump is “open to re-en- Under Obama,
day officially told the Unit- president already told the cited the same timeline, gaging in the Paris Agree- the U.S. agreed to reduce
ed Nations that the U.S. in- world on June 1 and it has saying it can officially start ment if the United States polluting emissions more
tends to pull out of the 2015 no legal effect,” said Nigel withdrawing as soon as No- can identify terms that are than a quarter from 2005
Paris climate pact. Purvis, vember 2019. more favorable to it, its levels by the year 2025.
But the State Department’s who directed U.S. climate That means the earliest the business, its workers, its peo- There is no climate court.
announcement doesn’t diplomacy during the Bill U.S. can be out of the cli- ple and its taxpayers,” the All that’s required in the
formally start the process Clinton and George W. mate agreement is Nov. 4, department said. agreement is a plan and re-
of the U.S. getting out of Bush administrations. 2020 — the day after the Under the agreement, porting on progress toward
the voluntary agreement. Purvis said countries can’t next presidential election. countries set their own na- reaching self-set goals.
That’s still to come. withdraw from new interna- In a statement, the State tional plans for cutting cli- No matter what the U.S.
Still, the department de- tional agreements, includ- Department said the U.S. mate emissions. does, the Paris agreement
scribed its communication ing the Paris climate one, will continue to participate That means Trump can remains in effect because
as a “strong message” to until three years after they in international meetings come up with different tar- enough other countries rat-
the world, following Presi- go into effect. The Paris and negotiations on cur- gets for the United States ified it.q
dent Donald Trump’s de- agreement went into ef- rent and future climate than those set by President