F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has dismissed the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, said Tuesday.  —  “While I greatly appreciate you informing me …

Updates and Reactions to F.B.I. Director Comey's Firing  —  President Trump has fired James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, the White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday.  —  Mr. Comey was delivering a speech in Los Angeles when he learned he had been fired.

President Donald Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey, and Even White House Aides Are Stunned  —  President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.  —  The stunning and sudden removal comes after Comey told Congress in March that the FBI was engaged in an ongoing investigation …

The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Fires Comey, the One Man Who Would Stand Up to Him  —  FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee regarding the Clinton email investigation / CSPAN  —  Make no mistake: The firing of James Comey as FBI director is a stunning event.

Comey misstated key Clinton email evidence at hearing, say people close to investigation  —  FBI Director James B. Comey overstated key findings involving the Hillary Clinton email investigation during testimony to Congress last week, according to people close to the inquiry.

Is This a Constitutional Crisis?  —  As the news broke late this afternoon, the politicos of Washington stared into their smartphones, stunned, struggling with what to make of it.  TV networks cut into their regularly scheduled programming.  Chyrons promising “breaking news” actually delivered it …

FBI agents in tears as news of Comey's firing spread  —  The news of FBI director James Comey's firing struck like a thunderclap at field offices around the country, where agents heard first from TV or the internet that their boss had been dismissed by President Donald J. Trump.

Trump fires Comey as Russia probe intensifies  —  President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey today, saying he'd lost confidence in his ability to manage the Bureau.  This capped a difficult year for Comey, whose handling of the Hillary Clinton emails drew scrutiny from both sides of the aisle.

STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON DISMISSAL OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey:  —  “While the President has the legal authority to remove the Director of the FBI …

There's no reason to believe Donald Trump's rationale for firing James Comey  —  It's past time for Republicans to recognize Trump is dangerous.  —  Donald Trump says he is firing James Comey because of the way Comey mishandled the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.

The Political Isolation of Jim Comey  —  Jim Comey learned Tuesday afternoon the difference between being independent and being out on a limb.  After years of charting his own course in a city that prides itself on loyalty, after marching to the beat of his own drum in a political culture …

Comey was ‘caught flat-footed’ and learned of firing from TV while talking to FBI agents in L.A., source says  —  Former FBI Director James B. Comey testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in July.  (Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency)