President Donald Trump honored the victims of 9/11 at the White House’s “Steel Across America” event, standing alongside a 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s South Tower.
Mexican Ambassador to the United States Roberto Lazzeri emphasized Mexico’s sovereignty in response to a social media post by President Donald Trump depicting the country covered by the American flag. On Morning Joe, Lazzeri, who is in New York for “Mexico Investment Week,” says Mexico “should focus on building a bilateral relationship that actually works for our national plan.”
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As climate change makes extreme heat more frequent and dangerous, states are building systems to manage a hazard they weren't historically built to handle. The big picture: In a growing number of states, officials are appointing heat officers, writing statewide plans, setting worker protections, funding cooling infrastructure, and coordinating responses across agencies. Driving the news: July was the hottest month ever measured in the contiguous U.S., with every Lower 48 state above its 20th-century average. - The speed at which states have ramped up their response to extreme heat has been "stunning," V. Kelly Turner, associate director of heat research at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, told Axios. - "Heat's everywhere, but…
As climate change makes extreme heat more frequent and dangerous, states are building systems to manage a hazard they weren't historically built to handle. The big picture: In a growing number of states, officials are appointing heat officers, writing statewide plans, setting worker protections, funding cooling infrastructure, and coordinating responses across agencies. Driving the news: July was the hottest month ever measured in the contiguous U.S., with every Lower 48 state above its 20th-century average. - The speed at which states have ramped up their response to extreme heat has been "stunning," V. Kelly Turner, associate director of heat research at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, told Axios. - "Heat's everywhere, but…Open