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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 …
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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 …


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.
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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.
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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 …
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Donald Trump Is Lying Again, Now About James Comey — The president of the United States is lying again. — He is lying about the reason he fired James Comey, the F.B.I. director. Trump claimed that he was doing so because Comey bungled the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email …
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Why James Comey had to go — MORE FROM: … A curious belief in some circles of journalism holds that if both sides are equally unhappy with your story, you've done a good job. I never subscribed to that approach, and thankfully, President Trump didn't when it came to the performance of James Comey.
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Sessions was told to find reasons to fire Comey: reports — President Trump's decision Tuesday to fire FBI Director James Comey has been in the works since at least last week, according to multiple media reports. — Senior officials at the White House and Justice Department were working …
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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.”
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Key to Keeping Trump-Russia Inquiry Alive: 3 Republicans — To force Trump's hand on investigating Russia, all it takes is 3 of the 52 Senate Republicans to work with the 48 Democrats. — As I write, we don't really have any idea why Donald Trump decided to fire FBI Director James Comey …
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Comey's Deserved Dismissal — The FBI chief forfeited his credibility with his 2016 interventions. — President Trump fired James Comey late Tuesday, and better now than never. These columns opposed Mr. Comey's nomination by Barack Obama, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Director …
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The Note: Trump's credibility on the line with Comey's ouster — NOTABLES —ANALYSIS - ABC's RICK KLEIN: In a presidency defined by the unprecedented, this is a big deal, bigger even than politics itself. These are republic-defining, Constitution-preserving stakes …
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FBI agents in tears as news of Comey's firing spread
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Stephen Colbert Corrects Audience for Cheering News of Comey Firing
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GOP baffled by timing; WH braces for independent probe
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Before James Comey's Dismissal, a Growing Frustration at White House
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Trump Hires Law Firm to Fight Suggestions of Russia Business Ties
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Dems ask Justice Dept, FBI to ‘preserve any and all files’ on Comey firing
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Rudy Giuliani Is Visiting the White House, But He Says It Has Nothing to Do With Comey's Firing
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The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Fires Comey, the One Man Who Would Stand Up to Him
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STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON DISMISSAL OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY
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Behind the scenes of James Comey's epic firing
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In Trump's Firing of James Comey, Echoes of Watergate
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Is This a Constitutional Crisis? — As the news broke late …
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Trump pulls from Nixon's playbook
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The Comey debacle only magnifies the Russia mystery
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Donald Trump's Firing of James Comey
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Into the Abyss: Trump Fires Comey
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Comey's Firing Is a Crisis of American Rule of Law
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Comey's Firing Is—and Isn't—Like Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre
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President Donald Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey, and Even White House Aides Are Stunned
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Giuliani Says He's Not a Candidate for FBI Director
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Schumer: No confidence in Comey
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Schumer to Trump: Comey firing a ‘big mistake’
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James Comey firing was inevitable
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Trump and Comey: An Abrupt Ending That Was a Year in the Making
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FBI Director Comey fired amid Russia probe
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Reporter arrested at W.Va. Capitol during visit from Conway and Price — CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A reporter was arrested Tuesday at the West Virginia Capitol for allegedly causing a disturbance and yelling questions at federal leaders in town, court records show.
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West Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary Tom Price a question — As Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price walked through a hallway Tuesday in the West Virginia state capitol, veteran reporter Dan Heyman followed alongside him, holding up his phone to Price while attempting to ask him a question.
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Reporter arrested after repeatedly questioning Health secretary … Dan Heyman, a reporter for Public News Service, said he was arrested at the West Virginia State Capitol after trying to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a question about the House-passed healthcare bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare.


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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