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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.
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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 …
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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
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Trump No Longer Expecting to Visit FBI Headquarters After Comey Firing: Officials — The White House has abandoned the idea of President Trump visiting FBI headquarters after being told he would not be greeted warmly, administration officials tell NBC News.
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Rosenstein Pressed White House to Correct the Record on Comey Firing — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein pressed White House counsel Don McGahn to correct what he felt was an inaccurate White House depiction of the events surrounding FBI Director James Comey's firing.
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Trump Considering Ex-Congressman Mike Rogers for FBI Director, Official Says — President Donald Trump is considering Mike Rogers, a former congressman and FBI agent from Michigan, to replace James Comey as FBI director, a White House official said. — Rogers, 53, a former chairman …
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Rosenstein meets with Senate Intel leaders after Comey firing — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was seen arriving at the Senate Intelligence Committee's secure office spaces Thursday afternoon. Sources told POLITICO Rosenstein had requested to meet with the Intelligence Committee leaders …
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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 …
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Acting F.B.I. director contradicts White House. — The unfolding story over Mr. Trump's abrupt firing of Mr. Comey hung over the hearing, infusing political theater into annual testimony by the nation's top security officials about the biggest threats facing the United States.
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White House: “Oh My God, For The Billionth Time” Spicer Is Not Being Fired — Sources tell BuzzFeed News that press secretary Sean Spicer has drawn Trump's ire, and is sounding out aides and friends about replacing him. The White House pushed back hard on reports that Spicer's job is in danger.
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In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
President Trump just decimated the White House's entire Comey narrative
President Trump just decimated the White House's entire Comey narrative
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Trump himself just confirmed his White House's story about Comey's firing was a lie
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Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
The Comey Firing Proves We Need Two Special Counsels, Not One
The Comey Firing Proves We Need Two Special Counsels, Not One
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Sources: Comey sought to expand Trump-Russia probe of former campaign officials
Sources: Comey sought to expand Trump-Russia probe of former campaign officials
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
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As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Acting FBI Director: Trump-Russia probe “highly significant”
Acting FBI Director: Trump-Russia probe “highly significant”
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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 …
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Trump Official: We ‘Let the Biggest Perpetrator of Fake News into the Oval Office’ … Senior members of the Trump administration are livid that the White House allowed the Russian government to steer the narrative of the president's Wednesday meeting with top Russian diplomats …
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What is Trumponomics and how does it differ from standard Republican economics? — Well it's an interesting question. I don't think it's ever been asked quite that way. But it really has to do with self-respect as a nation. It has to do with trade deals that have to be fair, and somewhat reciprocal, if not fully reciprocal.
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Donald Trump has no idea what health insurance costs
Donald Trump has no idea what health insurance costs
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President Trump launches commission on ‘election integrity’ — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system. — Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary …
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Trump creates voter fraud panel that critics call a ‘sham’
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Trump's Commission on ‘Election Integrity’ Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression
Trump's Commission on ‘Election Integrity’ Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Picks Voter ID Advocate for Election Fraud Panel
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Trump Names Racist to Co-Chair Voter Fraud Commission
Trump Names Racist to Co-Chair Voter Fraud Commission
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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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FBI searching Annapolis GOP fundraising firm
FBI searching Annapolis GOP fundraising firm
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Trump Wants ‘Goddamned Steam,’ Not Digital Catapults on Aircraft Carriers — Navy officials were “blindsided” on Thursday, a spokesman told me, by President Donald Trump's suggestion that he has convinced the Navy to abandon a long-planned digital launching system in favor of steam on its newest aircraft carrier.
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Conway links Anderson Cooper's eye roll to sexism … White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Thursday appeared to accuse CNN's Anderson Cooper of sexism for rolling his eyes during an on-air interview with her. — “I face sexism a lot of times when I show up for interviews like that,” Conway said on “Fox & Friends.”
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Trump Jr. shares tweet linking Clinton's firing of FBI director to death of Vince Foster
Trump Jr. shares tweet linking Clinton's firing of FBI director to death of Vince Foster
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For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey — WASHINGTON — The script should be familiar by now. President Trump takes action that stuns the country, eliciting indignation and disbelief from Democrats and leading them to conclude that the vitality of American democracy is under assault.
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NYU Accidentally Exposed Military Code-breaking Computer Project to Entire Internet — In early December 2016, Adam was doing what he's always doing, somewhere between hobby and profession: looking for things that are on the internet that shouldn't be. That week, he came across a server inside …
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