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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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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 …
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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.
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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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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Exclusive: Oval Office meeting led to fire Comey recommendation — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his new deputy, Rod Rosenstein, arrived at the Oval Office Monday with a message for President Donald Trump: His embattled FBI Director James Comey needed to be fired.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In the wake of Trump's brazen firing of Comey, it's time to go nuclear. Here's how. — THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump's Tuesday Night Massacre — his firing of FBI director James Comey — was such a brazen power play in the context of the FBI's ongoing Russia probe that even some Republicans are troubled by it.
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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 …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the WH scramble to defend Trump on Comey — Sources at the White House described scenes of confusion in the hours following news of Trump firing Comey. Internally, at least at a fairly senior level, people were scrambling to figure out what happened.
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.
Keven Ann Willey / Dallas Morning News:
Pete Sessions: Comey should have been removed ‘in a more gracious way’ — Texas GOP Rep. Pete Sessions of Dallas, whose father was the last FBI director ousted by a president, said Wednesday that James Comey should have been allowed “to exit in a more gracious way.”
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
John McCain on Comey firing: ‘There will be more shoes to drop’ — President Trump's sudden firing of FBI Director James B. Comey is bad for the country and will not be the end of the Trump-Russia affair, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told a group of foreign diplomats and experts Tuesday night.
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Stephen Colbert Corrects Audience for Cheering News of Comey Firing — Late Show host Stephen Colbert was surprised on Tuesday when his audience cheered lustily as he informed them that President Donald Trump had fired FBI director James Comey. — Evidently the left-leaning Colbert fans …
Wall Street Journal:
Before James Comey's Dismissal, a Growing Frustration at White House — In the months before James Comey's dismissal, frustration was growing among top associates of President Donald Trump that the FBI director wouldn't publicly tamp down questions about possible collusion with Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race.
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CBS News:
Putin reacts to Comey firing: “We have nothing to do with that”
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New York Times:
Inside the F.B.I., Stunned Agents Wonder About Future of Russia Inquiry
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Lying Again, Now About James Comey
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Lavrov mocks America's “humiliating” situation
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell rejects calls for special prosecutor
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Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP baffled by timing; WH braces for independent probe
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
By firing James Comey, Trump has put impeachment on the table
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
To fire Comey, Trump team waited for Rosenstein
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sessions was told to find reasons to fire Comey: reports
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Key moments from first White House briefing after Comey's firing
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
From Fox News to the Senate floor, Republicans close ranks behind Trump firing Comey
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway: It's ‘inappropriate’ to question Trump's firing decisions
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Wall Street Journal:
Comey's Deserved Dismissal
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
McCain: ‘More shoes to drop’ on Russia investigation
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Gen. Michael Hayden / The Hill:
Michael Hayden: When Trump's Washington starts to resemble Nicaragua
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Elizabeth Drew / Politico:
OK, NOW Is It Watergate? — President Donald Trump's astonishing …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Comey sought more resources for Russia probe days before he was fired by President Trump, officials say
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Preet Bharara, Sally Yates and James Comey: Fired while investigating Donald Trump
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BBC:
Rod Rosenstein's letter recommending Comey is fired
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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.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
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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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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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Meeting With Russian Officials Was Closed To Media — Except Gov't — President Donald Trump's meeting Wednesday morning with two top Russian officials was closed to all press — except, apparently, official government photographers. — Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
News outlets shut out of Trump meeting with Russians
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Violence erupts on Southwest Airlines flight … Violence erupted on a Southwest Airlines flight Sunday, in the latest chaotic scene involving airline passengers to emerge on social media. — A fight broke out between two passengers as they were deplaning a Southwest flight from Dallas …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The Comey Divide — I had an interesting conversation last night with a fellow critic of President Trump's. He was irritated that I had insisted that those watching the Comey situation remain “skeptical but not hysterical.” Now, he said, is “the time to be hysterical.”
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