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4:45 AM ET, May 10, 2017

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CNN:
CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation  —  Washington (CNN)Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election …
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New York Times:
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 …
New York Times:
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.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Behind Comey's firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia  —  President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week.  When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn't call James Comey.  He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver …
Discussion: Mother Jones, CANNONFIRE, The Week and Vox
Bwittes / Lawfare:
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.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
A Former Top Official Cited In The DOJ's Comey Memo Calls Firing A “Sham”  —  Donald Ayer, who served as the deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, told BuzzFeed News that Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation was being used to justify his firing “for a very different reason.”
The Daily Beast:
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 …
mccain.senate.gov:
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 …
Politico:
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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Into the Abyss: Trump Fires Comey  —  Let me add a few more thoughts on the events of the evening.  —  There is a glorious swirl of irony, disingenuousness and bad faith in the vortex of opinions about James Comey and the notional rationale for firing him.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
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.
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Firing of James Comey  —  The American people — not to mention the credibility of the world's oldest democracy — require a thorough, impartial investigation into the extent of Russia's meddling with the 2016 presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump and, crucially …
Dan Merica / CNN:   Who is Keith Schiller, the man Trump sent to fire Comey?
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Comey misstated key Clinton email evidence at hearing, say people close to investigation
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   There's no reason to believe Donald Trump's rationale for firing James Comey
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Flashback: Trump praised Comey for Clinton actions in October
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
FBI Director James Comey has been fired
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer to Trump: Comey firing a ‘big mistake’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Examiner:
GOP senators must demand an independent FBI director
Discussion: Hit & Run
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Fires James Comey as FBI Chief
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Mack / BuzzFeed:   President Trump Has Fired FBI Director James Comey
New York Times:
White House Announces Firing of James Comey
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Trump Hires Law Firm to Fight Suggestions of Russia Business Ties  —  President Donald Trump has hired a Washington law firm to send a letter to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee saying he has no connections to Russia, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
Discussion: NBC News, USA Today and Gizmodo
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Hatch: ‘The public wants every dime they can be given’  —  Washington (CNN)Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch warned Tuesday that efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in the Senate might be complicated because once the public “is on the dole, they'll take every dime they can.”
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
The Senate really, really doesn't want to repeat the House's health care mistakes
Discussion: Politico
Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senators Signal They're On Board With Big Medicaid Cuts
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNN
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Trump team marks 6-month election anniversary by vowing to air video of Clinton campaign's concession call  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's upset November victory never seems to be far from the White House's mind.  —  On Tuesday, Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media …
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
Former ‘Apprentice’ star has a white hot emotional meltdown while defending GOP's all-male healthcare group  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Former “Apprentice” contestant Erin Elmore on Tuesday veered completely off-topic during a discussion on the all-male Senate healthcare group …
Katie Stallard / Sky News:
North Korea ‘not afraid’ as it plans new nuclear test, says ambassador in UK  —  North Korea's ambassador to the UK has told Sky News his country will go ahead with its sixth nuclear test at the time and place of its leader's choosing.  —  In his first interview in the role …
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Reuters:
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Gizmodo:
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