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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.
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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 …
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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
NBC News:
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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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
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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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
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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Ali Watkins / Politico:
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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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
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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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.
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New York Times:
Acting F.B.I. director contradicts White House.
Acting F.B.I. director contradicts White House.
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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
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
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Dara Lind / Vox:
Trump himself just confirmed his White House's story about Comey's firing was a lie
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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National Review, Hot Air, Above the Law and Washington Post
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
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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Washington Post and Hot Air
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Acting FBI Director: Trump-Russia probe “highly significant”
Acting FBI Director: Trump-Russia probe “highly significant”
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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 …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
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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Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Economist:
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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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Donald Trump has no idea what health insurance costs
Donald Trump has no idea what health insurance costs
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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 …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
President Trump launches commission on ‘election integrity’
President Trump launches commission on ‘election integrity’
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump creates voter-fraud panel that critics label a ‘sham’
Trump creates voter-fraud panel that critics label 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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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump signs order launching voter fraud investigation
Trump signs order launching voter fraud investigation
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Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
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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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump wants ‘goddamned steam’ catapults on new aircraft carriers
Trump wants ‘goddamned steam’ catapults on new aircraft carriers
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
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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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
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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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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Jayne Miller / WBAL:
FBI searching Annapolis GOP fundraising firm
FBI searching Annapolis GOP fundraising firm
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP health-care bill is a complete political dud — the likes of which we've rarely seen — Republicans failed to pass an Obamacare replacement bill in March. So they made some changes and cobbled together enough votes to squeeze it through the House. Then they celebrated.
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Republicans Feel Heat at Home for the Health-Care Bill
Republicans Feel Heat at Home for the Health-Care Bill
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