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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump will reportedly not invite the US Women’s World Cup team to the White House – even after they beat the Netherlands 2-0 to win the tournament in France on Sunday – seemingly still bitter about his long-running feud with star winger Megan Rapinoe.
The president has meanwhile launched a surprise attack on Fox News, blasting his favourite media ally for its choice of weekend anchors and for “loading up with Democrats & even using Fake unsourced New York Times as ‘source’ of information” in a series of vicious late night tweets. “Fox News is changing fast, but they forgot the people who got them there!” the president wrote on Twitter.
Elsewhere in Washington, outgoing Republican Justin Amash has called on Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to change her strategy and push for Mr Trump’s impeachment, not ruling out challenging the president with a 2020 run of his own.
Throughout the day on Monday, the White House had been touting a major environmental speech from Mr Trump, and the president delivered on that promise by touting in a long speech in the East Room what he felt was proof of his administration's leadership on the issue.
Environmentalists, meanwhile, called the notion that Mr Trump's administration was leading on the environment or climate change a "fantasy", and pointed to his history of killing regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions.
And, in 2020 news, representative Eric Swalwell became the first to drop out of contention for the Democratic nomination, citing lackluster fundraising and low polls.
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Here's my story on the latest nominee of Donald Trump to face major controversy just before his appointment to the top uniformed post of the US Navy -
Donald Trump is speaking at the White House, beginning with a message celebrating the US military and his Independence Day celebrations in Washington.
The president said part of the administration's national security efforts include environmental protections. "We want the cleanest air, we want crystal clean water," Mr Trump said.
The president said on Monday that Americans have rallied behind environmental causes in a "bipartisan way," while claiming "a strong economy is vital to producing a healthy environment."
Donald Trump is now discussing "reshoring production" from "foreign polluters" and "back to American soil."
He is also lambasting former President Barack Obama for his landmark environmental policies.
Donald Trump referred to Barack Obama's environmental policies as "misguided regulations" and said solar energy "hasn't fully developed" though he believes it has a "good future."
The president is now urging Congress to pass his USMCA trilateral trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
Donald Trump is now attacking the Green New Deal, saying the cost would be "unthinkable" and it's "not even affordable in the best of times."
He said it will kill millions of jobs "and crush the dreams" of Americans nationwide. The president is claiming he will "defend" American jobs by opposing the climate resolution.
Donald Trump is talking about the "trouble" of red tide, a toxic algae covering coastal areas like Florida. The president said he has a way to fix the problem, "and we're going to get it done."
He has now called a fishermen who owns a local business impacted by the issue to explain it to the public.
Donald Trump said he has spoken with the governor of California about the earthquakes and was prepared to provide additional resources if needed.
Andrew Wheeler from the EPA is now at the podium delivering an update about the agency's agenda under Donald Trump.
The EPA official is touting Donald Trump's leadership for a decline in carbon emissions, despite his administration rolling back regulations that allowed those figures to fall.
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