President Donald Trump expressed suspicion regarding the United Nation's new, landmark climate change report, saying that he'll look at the report but he also wants to look at "which group drew it."
Between the lines: Trump announced his intention to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2017 after major players inside the White House and Congress convinced him to fulfill his campaign promise, unraveling years of work the Obama administration previously did on climate change. The United States is currently the only holdout on the agreement, although it can’t formally leave the treaty until 2020.
President Trump told reporters Tuesday that he thinks his daughter, Ivanka Trump, "would be dynamite" as a replacement to UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who resigned this morning, but added that he fears he'd be accused of nepotism if he chose her.
What to watch: Trump also floated Dina Powell, his former deputy national security adviser, as a potential successor.
Update: Ivanka later tweeted, "It is an honor to serve in the White House alongside so many great colleagues and I know that the President will nominate a formidable replacement for Ambassador Haley. That replacement will not be me"
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has resigned and will exit her role at the end of the year.
Why it matters: Widely considered one of the more moderate Republican voices left in Trump's Cabinet, Haley had earned praise from diplomats and politicians across the ideological spectrum during her time as UN ambassador. At a press conference announcing her resignation, President Trump thanked Haley for her service and told her she had "done a fantastic job."
Brett Kavanaugh will hear his first Supreme Court cases this week — involving asbestos, immigration and a 1984 firearm law — with more high-profile cases to come in the future.
What’s next: The Trump administration also wants the Supreme Court to hear cases involving Trump’s attempt to end DACA, the Commerce Department’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census and the White House’s restriction of transgender service members in the U.S. military, reports the LA Times' David Savage.
After announcing her resignation in the Oval Office alongside President Trump, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley praised the Trump family, calling Jared Kushner a "hidden genius that no one understands."
Key quote: Talking about all that Jared and Ivanka do behind the scenes, Haley said, "We're a better country because they're in this administration."
President Trump has accepted Nikki Haley’s resignation as UN Ambassador, the two said Tuesday morning in a public Oval Office meeting. She will exit at the end of the year, Trump said, and he plans to decide on a replacement in the coming weeks.
What we're hearing: Haley discussed her resignation with Trump last week when she visited him at the White House, two sources said. Her news shocked a number of senior foreign policy officials in the Trump administration.
Kanye West will visit the White House on Thursday to have lunch with President Trump and meet Jared Kushner, where he's set to discuss the "manufacturing resurgence in America, prison reform, how to prevent gang violence, and what can be done to reduce violence in Chicago," according to White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. The news was first reported by the New York Times' Maggie Haberman.
The big picture: West, a noted Trump supporter, recently made waves with his appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live, prompting a presidential tweet. His wife, Kim Kardashian West, has visited the White House on multiple occasions this year, influencing the administration's policy on clemency and prison reform.
Hillary Clinton said on CNN on Tuesday that President Trump's swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a "political rally" that "further undermined the image and integrity of the court."
The details: Days after Trump mocked Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s, Clinton said that the president "has insulted, attacked, demeaned women throughout the campaign...and he's continued to do that inside the White House."
President Trump told reporters outside the White House on Monday that he has no plans to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
The big picture: Rosenstein was set to join Trump on Air Force One to travel to Orlando. Florida, per NBC News. The New York Times reported last month that Rosenstein had suggested secretly taping Trump in a meeting and discussed using the 25th Amendment to have him removed from office. Shortly afterward, Axios reported Rosenstein had offered his resignation.
