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7:30 PM ET, May 10, 2017

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New York Times:
Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the Justice Department for a significant increase in money and personnel for the bureau's investigation into Russia's interference …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Source close to Comey says there were 2 reasons the FBI director was fired  —  Washington (CNN)There are two reasons why President Donald Trump fired James Comey, according to a source close to the now-former FBI director:  — Comey never provided the President with any assurance of personal loyalty.
New York Times:
‘Enough Was Enough’: How Festering Anger at Comey Ended in His Firing  —  WASHINGTON — The countdown to President Trump's dismissal of James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, began last weekend, which the president spent stewing over Mr. Comey's testimony to Congress last week in which he provided …
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
After Trump fired Comey, White House staff scrambled to explain why  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer wrapped up his brief interview with Fox Business from the White House grounds late Tuesday night and then disappeared into the shadows, huddling with his staff behind a tall hedge.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sean Spicer ‘spent several minutes hidden in the bushes’  —  There are plenty of popular political television shows set in Washington, D.C. - “Scandal,” “House of Cards,” “Madam Secretary,” etc. - and for people who've never worked in Beltway politics, it's only natural to wonder which shows best capture real life.
Discussion: Washington Post
John Hayward / Breitbart:
Gorka: Trump Fired FBI Director to Make a Statement After Comey's Latest Testimony  —  On Wednesday's Breitbart News Daily, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to President Trump, said the firing of FBI Director James Comey was an example of how “incredibly decisive” the president is.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
By firing James Comey, Trump has put impeachment on the table  —  A whiff of obstruction of justice is in the air.  —  The old saw that the cover-up is worse than the crime often obscures more than it reveals.  But in the case of President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, it carries an important element of truth.
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
‘There Is a Real Risk Here Things Will Spin Out of Control’  —  As news of FBI Director James Comey's firing unfolded Tuesday night, it took on all the hallmarks of a distinctively Trumpian drama.  In Los Angeles, news choppers chased Comey's SUV down a freeway.
New York Times:
Inside the F.B.I., Stunned Agents Wonder About Future of Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — These are not happy times at the F.B.I.  —  Morale at the country's premier law enforcement agency plummeted months ago, after James B. Comey, its director, revived the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Firing FBI director Comey is already backfiring on Trump.  It's only going to get worse.  —  THE BIG IDEA: After the president fired James Comey, the cloud hanging over the White House just got bigger and darker.  — Donald Trump has surrounded himself with sycophants …
Discussion: CNBC and Washington Monthly
Bloomberg:
Russia's Lavrov Visits White House After Trump Fires Comey  —  Russian government releases photos of private meeting  —  FBI's Comey had led probe of Russian meddling in U.S. election  —  Donald Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on Wednesday …
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:   Russia's Oval Office Victory Dance
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Exclusive: Oval Office meeting led to fire Comey recommendation
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
To fire Comey, Trump team waited for Rosenstein
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Anderson Cooper's eyeroll is all of us right now
Discussion: Mediaite and The Root
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP scrambles to shield agenda from Comey fallout
Discussion: Politicus USA
CNNMoney:
Sean Spicer under fire during crucial week for Trump
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas Flynn
Discussion: Axios
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Dershowitz: Comey Firing ‘Appropriate,’ No Special Prosecutor
CNBC:
Russia probe: Senate requests Trump documents from agency that monitors money laundering
Discussion: IJR
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
John McCain on Comey firing: ‘There will be more shoes to drop’
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill, CNN and RedState
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In the wake of Trump's brazen firing of Comey, it's time to go nuclear. Here's how.
Jessica Bakeman / Politico:
Graduating seniors boo Betsy DeVos at commencement in Florida  —  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hundreds of graduating seniors of a historically black university here booed and turned their backs on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as she struggled to deliver their commencement address over the raucous crowd.
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CNN:
Bethune-Cookman grads boo Betsy DeVos at commencement
Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Massive student resistance brings Betsy DeVos commencement speech to a halt
Discussion: Mediaite
Clive Irving / The Daily Beast:
U.S. to Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe … The Department of Homeland Security will ban laptops in the cabins of all flights from Europe to the United States, European security officials told The Daily Beast.  The announcement is expected Thursday.
GQ:
Dwayne Johnson for President!  —  No one gets up earlier than Dwayne Johnson.  Or goes to bed later.  Or is more awake during the hours in between.  No one in Hollywood is more buff, more driven, or gets paid better.  The man has so much charisma and ambition he can do anything.
Andrew Joseph / STAT:
Tom Price commends West Virginia officers who arrested journalist asking questions  —  ONCORD, N.H. — Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price on Wednesday commended police in West Virginia for “doing what they thought was appropriate” in arresting a journalist who shouted questions at him …
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
West Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary Tom Price a question
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More very bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit a bunch of new lows  —  President Trump is dealing with a budding scandal after firing FBI Director James B. Comey on Tuesday.  —  But even before that, he appears to have hit a new low with the American people.
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over funding of 2020 count  —  The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is resigning, leaving the agency leaderless at a time when it faces a crisis over funding for the 2020 decennial count of the U.S. population and beyond.
 
 
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