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Nov 5, 2019: Trump Exits Paris Accord
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

The Trump administration officially begins pulling the United States out of the Paris climate Agreement today.

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders calls Apple’s $2.5 billion home program a distraction from the hundreds of billions of dollars in tax avoidance that created the California housing crisis.

And lastly, an aide for billionaire presidential candidate Tom Steyer resigns after he was caught stealing data from the Kamala Harris campaign.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told House impeachment investigators last month that EU ambassador Gordon Sondland told her she should tweet out support or praise for Donald Trump if she wanted to save her job, according to a transcript obtained by the New York Times.

From Bloomberg News; Luxury developers in New York City are fighting a proposed tax on second homes that cost $5 million or more — calling the plan "class warfare on the rich"

USA Today reports that a Cameroonian migrant detained by ICE was removed from life support after his family asked that he continue to receive medical care.

And lastly, YouTube has banned Sebastian Gorka from its platform, apparently because the former Trump White House adviser refused to stop playing songs from pop rock band Imagine Dragons on episodes of his radio show that were later uploaded to the site.