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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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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.
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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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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell rejects calls for special prosecutor — Republicans are giving President Donald Trump a pass for his surprise decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, even though a number of GOP senators appeared uncomfortable defending the president's timing amid a brewing investigation into his administration's ties to Russia.
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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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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
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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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's firing of Comey endangers his entire presidency — President Donald Trump has made an enormous bet that takes the entire Republican agenda hostage and could even shorten his time in office. — President Donald Trump has made an enormous bet that takes the entire Republican agenda hostage …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Why James Comey had to go
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway: It's ‘inappropriate’ to question Trump's firing decisions
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Wall Street Journal:
Before James Comey's Dismissal, a Growing Frustration at White House
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
McCain: ‘More shoes to drop’ on Russia investigation
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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Preet Bharara, Sally Yates and James Comey: Fired while investigating Donald Trump
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sessions was told to find reasons to fire Comey: reports
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Comey sought more money for Russia probe days before he was fired by President Trump, officials say
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
A Former Top Official Cited In The DOJ's Comey Memo Calls Firing A “Sham”
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New York Times:
McConnell Defends Trump as Schumer Calls for Special Prosecutor
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Jeffrey Frank / New Yorker:
Comey's Firing Is—and Isn't—Like Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre
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Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP baffled by timing; WH braces for independent probe
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Gen. Michael Hayden / The Hill:
Michael Hayden: When Trump's Washington starts to resemble Nicaragua
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Key to Keeping Trump-Russia Inquiry Alive: 3 Republicans
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Into the Abyss: Trump Fires Comey
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Rudy Giuliani Is Visiting the White House, But He Says It Has Nothing to Do With Comey's Firing
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
FBI agents in tears as news of Comey's firing spread
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Wall Street Journal:
Comey's Deserved Dismissal
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Trump's Firing of James Comey, Echoes of Watergate
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Daniel J. Flynn / Breitbart:
Exclusive-James Comey ‘Threw the Reputation of the FBI Under the Bus,’ Says Bureau's Former Assistant Director
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Rod Rosenstein's letter recommending Comey is fired
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Dems ask Justice Dept, FBI to ‘preserve any and all files’ on Comey firing
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WSAZ-TV:
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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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.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Reporter arrested after repeatedly questioning Health secretary
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Deborah Kilroe / CBO's Publications:
CBO to release estimate for House-passed version of the AHCA early in the week of May 22 — CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation are in the process of preparing a cost estimate for the House-passed version of the American Health Care Act. CBO anticipates being able to release …
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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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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Sandra Lee refused to let Paul Ryan join cooking segment — Sandra Lee refused to let House Speaker Paul Ryan join her cooking segment on Fox News and told him, “I need you to go away.” — The celebrity chef and longtime girlfriend of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat …
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