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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
White House ‘systems failed’ with Comey firing, but Trump pushed the buttons — In deciding to abruptly fire FBI Director James B. Comey, President Trump characteristically let himself be guided by his own instincts — fueled by his creeping anger and sense of victimhood about a probe …
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Politico, Axios, New York Times, ABC News and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Trump denies he asked Comey for loyalty, threatens to cancel press briefings — Donald Trump is denying recent reports that he asked for former FBI Director James Comey's loyalty a few days after he was sworn in as president. — Sources told ABC News that Trump posed the question to Comey …
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Axios and Associated Press
CNN:
Isolated and agitated, Trump rattles White House from within — Many in Trump's circle now view the past four days as the worst stretch of Trump's presidency so far — Pence wasn't fully briefed on the President's reasoning for firing Comey before he went in front of cameras, an aide said
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New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Hot Air, IJR and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »
Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Democratic Rep.: ‘Very strong case’ for obstruction of justice against Trump
Democratic Rep.: ‘Very strong case’ for obstruction of justice against Trump
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Raw Story, Daily Mail, AOL and IJR
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Cutout of Sean Spicer in the bushes becomes Internet meme
Cutout of Sean Spicer in the bushes becomes Internet meme
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CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, NPR, Daily Kos, Business Insider and The Daily Beast
Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
Former Employees of Donald Trump Say They Saw Him Tape Conversations — Three former employees say they saw Mr. Trump tape phone calls in Trump Tower before he was president — A tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday suggesting that he might have taped phone conversations …
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Axios, PolitiFact, Salon, Business Insider, Power Line, CNN and Fox News Insider
Jose Pagliery / CNN:
Russian money-laundering details remain in the dark as US settles fraud case — US officials feared for Russian witness — New York (CNN)A major US investigation into Russian money laundering has come to an abrupt end. — The case aimed to expose how Russian mobsters allegedly stole $230 million …
Washington Post:
THE PAINFUL TRUTH ABOUT TEETH … SALISBURY, Md. — Two hours before sunrise, Dee Matello joined the line outside the Wicomico Civic Center, where hundreds of people in hoodies, heavy coats and wool blankets braced against a bitter wind. — Inside, reclining dental chairs were arrayed in neat rows across the arena's vast floor.
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Daily Kos
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up — At the urging of longtime friends and outside advisers, most of whom he consults after dark, President Trump is considering a “huge reboot” that could take out everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon …
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John Podesta / Washington Post:
Trump's top aides must go
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Comey's 9-year-old neighbor baked him cookies after he was fired: report — Former FBI Director James Comey's nine-year-old neighbor reportedly baked and hand delivered chocolate chip cookies to him after he was fired by President Trump this week. — A reporter for NPR recounted a text she received from the little girl's mom.
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RedState, Mashable and twitchy.com
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patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Sealed Indictment granted against Donald Trump — Separate sources with links to the intelligence and justice communities have stated that a sealed indictment has been granted against Donald Trump. — While it is understood that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution means that …
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CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Why working class Americans voted with their middle finger — MORE FROM: … 'We're voting with our middle finger," a Trump supporter in South Carolina told a reporter last fall. No doubt. — Many a liberal observer saw the Trump vote as a rageful taunt aimed at racial and sexual minorities.
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Instapundit
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Ann Coulter Tweet About Alleged Illegal Immigrant Rape Flagged as ‘Hate Speech’ by Twitter — Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter had a tweet linking to a recent article flagged as “hate speech” by Twitter. — Ann Coulter posted a link to a recent article on her website titled “To Say, ‘Stop Raping Me!’
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Reuters:
North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue — North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons program, days after a new leader in its old rival South Korea came to power pledging to engage it in dialogue.
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BBC, Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Week, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and CBS New York
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump at Liberty University Bashes ‘Critics’ in First Commencement Address — LYNCHBURG, Va. — President Donald Trump wasn't in Washington, but the politics the nation's capital embodies wasn't far from his mind after a week of uproar engulfing his administration.
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Trump: ‘In America We Do Not Worship Government, We Worship God’
Trump: ‘In America We Do Not Worship Government, We Worship God’
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Mother Jones
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
A Top Trump Official Just Flunked The Jimmy Kimmel Test — It's fine to pay for sick kids, Mulvaney says, but diabetics are another story. — You've heard of the undeserving poor? Get ready for the undeserving sick. — A top Trump administration official defended the American Health Care Act …
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ThinkProgress and Axios
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