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White House Pressed for NOAA to Disavow Forecasters’ Tweet Contradicting Trump

Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney asked Commerce Secretary to fix the situation, official says

WASHINGTON—President Trump told aides he wanted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to “clarify” a tweet contradicting his claim that Hurricane Dorian likely posed a threat to Alabama, prompting his acting chief of staff to ask the Commerce Secretary to fix the situation, according to people familiar with the matter.

Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney’s call to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross followed days of complaining by the president, the people said, and resulted in the scientific agency issuing a rare...