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9:55 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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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.
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.
Bwittes / Lawfare:
Et Tu Rod?  Why The Deputy Attorney General Must Resign  —  President Trump speaks with Lester Holt on Comey's firing / NBC News  —  “He made—he made a recommendation,” Donald Trump said yesterday of his Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein in an interview with NBC News.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Building walls — around Trump  —  White House officials talk freely about putting “fences” around President Trump and his decision-making to protect him from his self-indulgent instincts.  —  The wall strategy has worked pretty well so far on national security.
Discussion: Politico
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Warns Comey and Says He May Cancel Press Briefings  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday warned James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director he fired this week, if Mr. Comey leaks anything negative about the president and warned the news media that he may cancel all future White House briefings.
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 …
CBS News:
Source: There is “whole lot of interfering” in Russia investigation
Discussion: Politicus USA
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates his press shop but loves Sanders
Discussion: Politico and The Week
HuffPost:
Donald Trump Has Compromised Every Major Investigation Into Alleged Russian Interference
Discussion: Daily Kos
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Trump Interview With Lester Holt: President Asked Comey If He Was Under Investigation
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters divided on Comey firing
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
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed his federal prosecutors Thursday to charge defendants with the most serious, provable crimes carrying the most severe penalties.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sessions moves to lengthen drug sentences  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reversing one of the central elements of the Obama administration's criminal justice reform agenda: a Justice Department policy that led to prosecutors in drug cases often filing charges in a way that avoided …
Discussion: Axios and No More Mister Nice Blog
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
AG Sessions paves way for stricter sentencing in criminal cases  — Sessions formally rescinded prior guidance aimed at reducing the number of harsh mandatory minimum sentences  — Under Sessions' memo, prosecutors must charge and pursue the “most serious, readily provable offense”
Discussion: Political Wire
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Why James Comey Had to Go  —  The FBI head's sense of perfect virtue led him to ignore his own enormous conflicts.
Discussion: Instapundit
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Barry Blitt's “Ejected”  —  “It's probably a bit of a leap,” Barry Blitt says, about his cover of the May 22, 2017, issue.  “James Comey is six feet eight—he probably would have been happy to give up his seat in a cramped cabin.”  —  Françoise Mouly has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993.
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.
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:
Aetna CEO in private meeting: “Single-payer, I think we should have that debate”  —  A top insurance executive signals openness to government-financed health care.  —  The chief executive of one of the country's largest health insurance companies says he is open to having a single-payer debate.
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
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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Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House furious after being trolled with Russia Oval Office photos
 
 
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
The not-so-viral Comey firing
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
One GOP lawmaker's plan to save money: Turning non-English-speaking kids over to ICE
Discussion: New York Magazine
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Republicans misstate, again and again on TV and at town halls, what's in their health-care bill
Discussion: Consumerist
Bloomberg:
Mnuchin Said to Start Review That Could Ease Volcker Rule's Bite
Discussion: CNBC
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
Furor Over Philosopher's Comments on Violence Against White People
Discussion: Leiter Reports
Laylan Connelly / Orange County Register:
15 sharks spotted by OC Sheriff's helicopter near beachgoers prompts warning from the sky …
Discussion: Washington Post, Mashable, CNN and AOL
Jonathan S. Tobin / National Review:
Against a Special Prosecutor  —  Obama was right to resist …
Discussion: The Fiscal Times, US News and Hot Air
Associated Press:
China, US reach agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Rosenstein role in Comey firing raises more questions than answers
Dan Snierson / EW.com:
Kellyanne Conway mocked in Family Guy Emmy campaign
Fox News:
Ex-Rep. Corrine Brown guilty on fraud, tax evasion charges
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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