China Draws North Korea Closer

Above, Tina Turner performs, Better Be Good To Me. A goddess returned to the gods this week. The Rectification of Names presents the State of the Hostage Situation. News Corpse appreciates the succinct clarity of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Buttermilk Sky finds one book that the Gundamentalists won't ban from the elementary school library. Cassandra's Grandson makes a bet.

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The "agreement in principle" clinched by House Republicans and the White House late Saturday to raise the nation's borrowing limit was the culmination of mad-dash negotiations over the course of the past week that regularly stretched late into the night.

This story was originally published by the Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Writing clean energy policies and implementing them is hard. It takes experts. Those people serve on task forces, stay up late writing policy briefs and fret over the details. In an era when many states are making rapid progress to reduce emissions, the experts are working harder than ever—and they’re tired. Autumn Proudlove, associate director of the NC Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University, has heard others refer to this as “stakeholder fatigue.” She wonders if the overwork of subject-matter experts may limit how much states can accomplish on clean energy policy.

The many fans of Clarice Feldman's Sunday feature article, "Clarice's Pieces," will have to wait until June 11 for their next treat. Clarice is taking a well-deserved vacation and traveling.

Mesa police officers are investigating four separate shootings that left three people dead and one person recovering in the hospital.