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6:40 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.
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.
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.
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 …
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
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sean Spicer ‘spent several minutes hidden in the bushes’
Discussion: Washington Post and Shakesville
New York Times:
Inside the F.B.I., Stunned Agents Wonder About Future of Russia Inquiry
Discussion: Business Insider
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Exclusive: Oval Office meeting led to fire Comey recommendation
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
John McCain on Comey firing: ‘There will be more shoes to drop’
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico, The Hill and CNN
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
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Dershowitz: Comey Firing ‘Appropriate,’ No Special Prosecutor
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In the wake of Trump's brazen firing of Comey, it's time to go nuclear. Here's how.
Austin Wright / Politico:
Comey invited to testify before Senate panel
Discussion: Axios
Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Lavrov mocks America's “humiliating” situation
Discussion: Mediaite
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Key moments from first White House briefing after Comey's firing
Discussion: ABC News
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Trump surrogates are trying to explain Comey's firing. It's not going well.
Discussion: Business Insider and TheBlaze
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.
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  —  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.
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.
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:
Passengers get into fistfight aboard Southwest flight  —  Los Angeles (CNN)Two passengers got into a fight on a Southwest flight shortly after the plane landed in Burbank, California.  —  Southwest flight 2530 had traveled from Dallas and was on a short layover at Hollywood Burbank Airport before continuing on to Oakland.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Root
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Violence erupts on Southwest Airlines flight
Discussion: KTLA
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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Their Lines Are Softening  —  This is just a gut feel.  But I have the sense that the White House is losing control of this story.  —  The explanations are transparently ridiculous.  Everyone sees that.  But that's far from a sufficient condition for Republicans to break ranks.
 
 
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