All Hat, No Cattle: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who rode into town on a horse, is out on his ass.
With a slew of investigations surrounding Zinke’s spending and behavior at Interior, at least one of them referred to the Justice Department, President Trump asked for his resignation. Zinke said in a statement that, “After 30 years of public service, I cannot justify spending thousands of dollars defending myself and my family against false allegations.”
The 57-year-old Zinke, like some other cabinet secretaries, was hired to dismantle the powers of the agency he runs. He has promoted fossil fuel production while presiding  over the largest rollbacks in federal land protections in US history, as well as opening coastal waters for drilling.
It’s not going to change with Zinke’s departure. He was following Trump policy and his interim replacement will be his deputy, David Bernhardt, a former oil lobbyist.
Senate minority leader Chick Schumer said, “Ryan Zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet in the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the government like it was his personal honey pot.”
President Trump has had unprecedented turnover in less than two years in office, and it’s not over. The short list of other members of the administration with targets on their chests includes Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen.
Paris: Diplomats from nearly 200 countries reached a deal  yesterday to keep the Paris climate agreement alive. The new agreement calls on countries to step up plans to cut emissions ahead of another big meeting in 2020.
It took all night to strike the deal. Ultimately, every country in the world will be required to follow a uniform set of standards for measuring their planet-warming emissions and tracking their climate policies.
Donald Trump, of course, has pulled the US out of the Paris accord.
Beauty and the Brain: Miss Spain, Angela Ponce, 27, rocked the runway last night in a light purple bikini, which isn’t unusual. But she is the first openly transgender contestant in the 66-year history of the Miss Universe pageant.
“I always say: Having a vagina didn’t transform me into a woman,” she told reporters as the pageant got underway last week in Bangkok. “I am a woman, already before birth, because my identity is here,” she said, gesturing to her head.
Saturday Night, Still Alive:  Saturday Night Live’s troubled Pete Davidson appeared only briefly last night after posting an alarming message on Instagram. He said, “I don’t really want to be on this earth anymore. I’m doing my best to stay here for you but I actually don’t know how much longer I can last. All I’ve ever tried to do was help people. Just remember I told you so [heart emoji].”
Davidson has joked about being diagnosed with borderline personality. He had a whirlwind engagement and breakup with the singer Ariana Grande earlier this year. The New York police sent officers to the NBC studios in New York yesterday afternoon to check on Davidson’s welfare.
Medium Rare: Israeli scientists say they have created the first steak not taken from a slaughtered cow. Slaughter-free beef could help alleviate the air and ground pollution created by cattle-raising. Lab workers grew cells taken from a live animal until they had a New York cut. They say they have to work on the taste.
Shoot the Messenger: With scandal and a tightening Russia investigation surrounding him, President Trump tweeted, “Never in the history of our Country has the “press” been more dishonest than it is today. Stories that should be good, are bad. Stories that should be bad, are horrible. Many stories, like with the REAL story on Russia, Clinton & the DNC, seldom get reported. Too bad!”

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