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How Trump's anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director — Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.
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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 …
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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:
An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General — Dear Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein: — It's rare that any single person has to bear as much responsibility for safeguarding American democracy as you find yourself carrying now. Even before President Trump's shocking decision …
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Wall Street Journal:
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency — The Justice Department moved on Wednesday to find a temporary successor for fired FBI Director James Comey, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his top deputy interviewed five candidates amid continuing fallout over the controversial dismissal.
David Choi / Business Insider:
Trump's deputy attorney general reportedly threatened to resign after being painted as the mastermind behind Comey's firing — While President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI director James Comey came as a shock for many, one of the alleged architects of the dismissal was also reported …
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The Daily Beast:
White House Lawyers Warned Trump: Stay Away From Michael Flynn … White House lawyers have had to warn President Donald Trump repeatedly against reaching out to his fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, two people familiar with the matter tell The Daily Beast.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Goes Around the Bend on Comey — Associated Press news stories on controversial topics are generally adapted from Democratic National Committee press releases, but when the AP really wants to cut loose it labels its stories “AP Analysis.”
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Easy Tells of Comey's Canning — With Donald Trump, the tells are always easy. — When the president says, “I'm, like, a smart person,” you know he nurses deep insecurities about his intelligence. When he says, “I'm really rich,” you know that he knows that you know that, really, he probably isn't.
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Why Trump expected only applause when he told Comey, 'You're fired.' — Donald Trump has always acted in the moment, with little regard for the past and proud contempt for the way things are usually done. — For half a century, he's believed that by refusing to be weighed down by precedent or procedure …
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Wall Street Journal:
Comey's Firing Came As Investigators Stepped Up Russia Probe — FBI director had been providing updates to top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee — WASHINGTON—In the weeks before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, a federal investigation …
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National Review:
The Comey Ouster — A combination photo of James Comey and Donald Trump (Reuters:Jonathan Ernst/Kevin Lamarque) — President Trump has fired FBI director James Comey, who had made himself eminently fireable. — Last July, Comey took it upon himself to become not only the nation's top policeman …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The White House Story On Comey Just Gets Worse and Worse
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New York Times:
Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation
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Reuters:
Comey infuriated Trump with refusal to preview Senate testimony: aides
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Bbauer / Lawfare:
How It Was Done: The Problem is Not Only That Trump Fired Comey, but How He Did It
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Joshua Keating / Slate:
If It Happened There: Political Chaos as Regime Purges Powerful Security Chief
Shimon Prokupecz / CNN:
First on CNN: Comey sends farewell letter to friends and agents
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New York Times:
How Every Lawmaker Has Reacted to Comey's Firing So Far
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
‘He got tired of him’ — Telling Congress that he was …
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New York Times:
Inside the F.B.I., Stunned Agents Wonder About Future of Russia Inquiry
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More very bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit a bunch of new lows
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
After Comey's firing, acting FBI chief jokes Benghazi controversy was ‘the good ol’ days'
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
After Comey, Justice Must Be Served
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
‘There Is a Real Risk Here Things Will Spin Out of Control’
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP scrambles to shield agenda from Comey fallout
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms — A photographer for a Russian state-owned news agency was allowed into the Oval Office on Wednesday during President Trump's meeting with Russian diplomats, a level of access that was criticized by former U.S. intelligence officials as a potential security breach.
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Russia's Oval Office Victory Dance — When President Donald Trump hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday just hours after firing the FBI director who was overseeing an investigation into whether Trump's team colluded the Russians, he was breaking …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump holds auditions while Spicer's away — Press secretary Sean Spicer's absence from the briefing room on Wednesday comes at a tenuous time, as President Donald Trump has asked senior advisers for weeks if he needs to change the face of his administration, several White House officials and outside advisers to the president said.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sean Spicer ‘spent several minutes hidden in the bushes’
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Anderson Cooper's eyeroll is all of us right now
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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.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Aetna exiting all ACA insurance marketplaces in 2018 — Aetna will complete its withdrawal from Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges for 2018, announcing on Wednesday that lingering financial losses and uncertainty about the marketplaces' future was prompting it to exit two final states.
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Commentator who amplified Macron hacks given White House press access — A U.S. far-right online activist credited with initially sharing on Twitter hacked emails from the French presidential campaign of centrist Emmanuel Macron is the latest conservative media figure to receive White House access from the Trump administration.
sandiegouniontribune.com:
DUI suspect in hit-run crash that left boy, 6, badly hurt was deported 15 times — A Mexican citizen who has been deported 15 times was arrested in a hit-and-run crash that left a boy, 6, badly hurt over the weekend. (Courtesy of Cheryl Lake) — A drunken driving suspect in a hit …
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AJ Willingham / CNN:
Cops: DUI suspect who struck a family returning from Disneyland had been deported 15 times
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