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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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New York Times:
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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
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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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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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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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey
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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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Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House furious after being trolled with Russia Oval Office photos
White House furious after being trolled with Russia Oval Office photos
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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
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
Washington Post:
How Trump's anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director
How Trump's anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director
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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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New York Times:
An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General
An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General
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Wall Street Journal:
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency
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CNN:
A ‘white hot’ Trump stewed over Comey's fate
A ‘white hot’ Trump stewed over Comey's fate
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Planned to Fire Comey Regardless of Advice
Trump Says He Planned to Fire Comey Regardless of Advice
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Acting FBI chief McCabe says Russia probe continues, despite Comey firing
Acting FBI chief McCabe says Russia probe continues, despite Comey firing
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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 — “In a short period of time,” President Trump recently told Time magazine in an interview about his first months in the White House, “I understood everything there was to know about health care.” — Around the same time, Trump gave another interview, this one to the Economist.
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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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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
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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Washington Post:
Trump creates voter fraud panel that critics call a ‘sham’
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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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
White House launches a commission to study voter fraud and suppression
White House launches a commission to study voter fraud and suppression
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The Atlantic
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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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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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
‘You have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.’ Trump targets the Navy's new aircraft catapult — President Trump set his sights on the Navy in a new interview, calling the service's new digital catapult to launch planes off of aircraft carriers “no good” and saying that the Navy needs to go back to …
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Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Trump Wants ‘Goddamned Steam,’ Not Digital Catapults on Aircraft Carriers