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3:35 AM ET, May 12, 2017

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
In a Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty.  Comey Demurred.  —  WASHINGTON — Only seven days after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president, James B. Comey has told associates, the F.B.I. director was summoned to the White House for a one-on-one dinner with the new commander in chief.
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump's attempt to fix the Comey crisis made it worse  —  President Donald Trump spent many of the first 48 hours after he fired his FBI director grumbling to friends and associates about his lousy media coverage — and about the shortcomings of his senior aides.
CNN:
White House: Removing Comey will help bring Russia investigation to end  —  (CNN)The White House said Thursday that removing FBI Director James Comey from his post may hasten the agency's investigation into Russian meddling.  —  “We want this to come to its conclusion …
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Trump Interview With Lester Holt: President Asked Comey If He Was Under Investigation  —  President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview Thursday with NBC News' Lester Holt, called ousted FBI chief James Comey a “showboat” and revealed he asked Comey whether he was under investigation for alleged ties to Russia.
CBS News:
Source: There is “whole lot of interfering” in Russia investigation  —  Although President Trump has now stated and written that fired FBI Director James Comey told him on three separate occasions that he was not the subject of an investigation, sources cast doubt on that claim.
Discussion: HuffPost and Politicus USA
NBC News:
My Dinner With Comey: Current and Former FBI Officials Dispute Trump Account of Meeting With FBI Director  —  Despite what President Donald Trump said earlier in the day, James Comey did not seek a dinner with the president to retain his job, one current and one former FBI official close to Comey told NBC News Thursday evening.
WJLA-TV:
Deputy AG Rosenstein: 'I'm not quitting,' didn't threaten to quit over Comey firing  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Thursday, May 11, 2017 that he's not quitting, nor did he threaten to quit over his role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey.  (Sinclair Broadcast Group)  —  AA
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates his press shop but loves Sanders  —  President Trump has found someone other than himself to blame for the bungled firing of James Comey: his press shop.  —  Trump believes the communications team let him down badly on Tuesday evening in the minutes and hours after his decision …
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House furious after being trolled with Russia Oval Office photos  —  Washington (CNN)The White House did not anticipate that the Russian government would allow its state news agency to post photographs of an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:   Rosenstein role in Comey firing raises more questions than answers
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
White House: “Oh My God, For The Billionth Time” Spicer Is Not Being Fired
Discussion: The Week, IJR and RedState
NBC Nightly News:
Watch Lester Holt's Extended Interview With President Trump
Discussion: Shareblue and Business Insider
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump said he was thinking of Russia controversy when he decided to fire Comey
Discussion: Axios, Politico and Balloon Juice
Madeline Conway / Politico:
White House: It wasn't inappropriate for Trump to ask Comey about investigation
Discussion: Politicaldog101.Com
Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
The Comey Firing Proves We Need Two Special Counsels, Not One
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Rosenstein meets with Senate Intel leaders after Comey firing
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump wants ‘goddamned steam’ catapults on new aircraft carriers  —  President Trump said he has told the Navy to return to decades-old steam-powered catapult technology to launch aircraft from the new Gerald Ford-class aircraft carriers, rather than use a new digital launch system.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
‘You have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.’ Trump targets the Navy's new aircraft catapult
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Donald Trump has no idea what health insurance costs
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:   Trump Wants ‘Goddamned Steam,’ Not Digital Catapults on Aircraft Carriers
Dan Snierson / EW.com:
Kellyanne Conway mocked in Family Guy Emmy campaign  —  Family Guy is campaigning for the Emmys in its traditional manner: by going on the offensive.  —  In a new for-your-consideration mailer that was sent to Emmy voters this week, Peter Griffin is doing his best impression of White House counselor …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Conway links Anderson Cooper's eye roll to sexism
capitalgazette.com:
FBI raids office of Republican campaign consultant in Annapolis  —  The Baltimore Sun  —  The FBI raided the office of a Republican campaign consultant in Annapolis on Thursday, part of an investigation the firm's president said was tied to the 2013 Virginia governor's race.
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The Feds have ‘Trump tapes’ akin to Nixon's ‘Watergate tapes’  —  With President Trump acting increasingly like former President Nixon during the Watergate scandal coverup, there is one similarity between the two scandals that is not receiving the media attention it deserves.
TIME.com:
From where the 45th President works, eats and sleeps, everything is going just great.  Now if only everyone else would see it that way.  A TIME exclusive  —  PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENJAMIN RASMUSSEN FOR TIME  —  In a few minutes, President Donald Trump will release a new set of tweets …
Scott Wartman / Cincinnati.com:
9 victims alleged in sex charges against Tim Nolan  —  The Enquirer/Cara Owsley The Enquirer/Cara Owsley  —  A human trafficking and rape case against a former Northern Kentucky judge grew more bizarre at a tense arraignment and bond hearing Wednesday in Kenton County.  —  It started normally.
Discussion: Raw Story
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
Trump Names Racist to Co-Chair Voter Fraud Commission  —  On paper, Kris Kobach is the kind of guy you'd like to marry your daughter.  An Eagle Scout who graduated summa cum laude and first in his department at Harvard, went on to get M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from Oxford and a law degree from Yale …
Discussion: New York Times and Hullabaloo
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Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
Fewest workers getting unemployment benefits in 28 years
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
China, US reach agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas
Discussion: Axios
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
NYU Accidentally Exposed Military Code-breaking Computer Project to Entire Internet
Discussion: Engadget
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Official: We ‘Let the Biggest Perpetrator of Fake News into the Oval Office’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
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