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Pittsburgh's mayor took to Twitter to reinforce his city's commitment to the Donald Trump made reference to the city while announcing his decision to withdraw the U.S.

In his announcement Thursday that the U.S. will leave the Paris Agreement, European Geosciences Union. It's difficult to say for sure how Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement will impact the climate but several scientific groups have published projections.

Former FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill next Thursday, June 8, before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election and any potential coordination between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government. The senators will likely hone in on discussions between Comey and President Donald Trump about the Russia investigation, and whether the president improperly sought Comey’s loyalty. But Trump could try to

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — President Trump has called for a new global arms race, and the Pentagon is ready. It has a nuclear weapon on the drawing board that the military considers essential but that critics fear could put the United States on the inside lane to Armageddon. The new weapon is the planned update of the Air Force’s nuclear cruise missile. Price tag: at least $20 billion.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Critics say the Pentagon’s plan for an air-launched nuclear cruise missile makes the unimaginable more likely.  The president tweeted before it was clear whether the incidents in London were over.  “I’ve always been compelled by things that make you slow down and pay attention to Mother Nature’s schedule rather than your own,” the former governor said.

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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Roxbury has been designated a cultural district by the state, after a years-long effort to attract people seeking out authentic slices of Boston’s ethnic mosaic.  Capital Source The mayor’s campaign boasted that it had collected 38,521 signatures.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Critics say the Pentagon’s plan for an air-launched nuclear cruise missile makes the unimaginable more likely.  The president tweeted before it was clear whether the incidents in London were over.  “I’ve always been compelled by things that make you slow down and pay attention to Mother Nature’s schedule rather than your own,” the former governor said.

Posted at 5:30 pm on June 2, 2017 by Susan Wright And these are the outrageous, otherwise overlooked things that went on in 2016, but because of one poorly planned publicity stunt, they’re suddenly oozing up from the mire and getting new attention. If you saw any of comedian Kathy Griffin’s tearful press conference today, you saw her play the victim, insisting that she never intended to hurt Barron Trump with the horrific image of what appeared to be

Joliphant //&nbsp Posted at 7:02 pm on June 2, 2017 by Joliphant With yesterday’s withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Accord, I thought it might be nice to have a quick guide to just how well climate doom predictions have gone over the last 50 years or so. These are just the highlights. I left out things like the U.S. coastline being scoured to seafloor by hurricanes and the interior being destroyed by tornadoes. *Technically we are in an ice age, and that would be a glacial period