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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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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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Washington Post:
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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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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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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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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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Experts on authoritarianism are absolutely terrified by the Comey firing — “Trump has talked like a would-be authoritarian since day one. ... This is the first clear warning sign that he's attempting to [act like one].” — Those are the words not of a Democratic political operative …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey — Vice President Mike Pence has once again delivered the White House line, in the face of growing contradictory evidence, on a charged topic related to Russia's possible connections to the Trump campaign. — In meetings on Capitol Hill …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: Comey sought to expand Trump-Russia probe of former campaign officials — WASHINGTON — The FBI-led probe into whether Russian influence operations helped put Donald Trump in the White House is on a knife's edge and could easily veer into either of two distinct directions.
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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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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Acting FBI Director: Trump-Russia probe “highly significant”
Acting FBI Director: Trump-Russia probe “highly significant”
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey
For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey
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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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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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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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Josh Meyer / Politico:
FBI agent groups dispute Trump's rationale for Comey firing
FBI agent groups dispute Trump's rationale for 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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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Prime Time — The Donald Trump interview with The Economist is ....interesting.
Prime Time — The Donald Trump interview with The Economist is ....interesting.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump tells The Economist he invented the phrase ‘priming the pump’
Trump tells The Economist he invented the phrase ‘priming the pump’
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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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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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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
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump signs executive order creating voter fraud commission
Trump signs executive order creating voter fraud commission
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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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The White House:
Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure — STRENGTHENING THE CYBERSECURITY OF FEDERAL NETWORKS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America …
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Jayne Miller / WBAL:
FBI searching Annapolis GOP fundraising firm — ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The FBI confirms agents are executing a search warrant at an office of a GOP fundraiser/consulting firm in Annapolis, the 11 News I-Team has learned. — The investigation is being run out of Washington, not locally, the I-Team has learned.
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Republicans Feel Heat at Home for the Health-Care Bill — House members are running away from constituents and trying to change the subject. — The early returns are in, and they're bad news for the Republican gamble to pass a flawed health-care alternative to Obamacare.
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