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Mark Murray / NBC News:

NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump's Firing of James Comey — Just 29 percent of Americans say they approve of President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, while 38 percent disapprove, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
U.S. Checks and Balances ‘Under Assault’ by Trump, Clapper Says

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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Warner: I will ‘absolutely’ subpoena tapes between Comey and Trump if they exist

Discussion: Hot Air and ABC News

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:

Republicans and Democrats agree: If Trump has tapes, he'll need to turn them over to Congress — Lawmakers in both parties said Sunday that President Trump will need to hand over any recordings of conversations in the White House if such a taping system does exist.

Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story

Eli Watkins / CNN:
Schumer: No new FBI director without a special counsel on Russia

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Ayesha Rascoe / Reuters:
U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to turn over any Comey tapes

Discussion: The Hill and The Week

Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:

At 3 a.m., NC Senate GOP strips education funding from Democrats' districts — N.C. Senate Republicans were visibly upset with Democrats for prolonging the budget debate with amendments during an after-midnight session Friday morning. — As the clock approached 1 a.m. …

Discussion: Washington Post, ThinkProgress and Raw Story

Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:

Dead man lying — Unyielding dishonesty and belligerence have landed Trump one investigation away from impeachment — We've reached a magical time in the great story unfolding before us, the time when everybody knows that Trump is guilty, but the verdict is not yet in.

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:

Firing Comey Was a Grave Abuse of Power — In 1974, Republicans put country before Party and told Nixon it was time to go. Today's G.O.P. seems unlikely to live up to its predecessor's example. — On August 7, 1974, a trio of Republican politicians made a sombre journey from Capitol Hill to the White House.

Daily Progress:

Torch-wielding protesters gather at Lee Park — Several dozen torch-wielding protesters gathered in Charlottesville's Lee Park just after 9 p.m. Saturday, chanting “You will not replace us,” “Russia is our friend” and “Blood and soil.” — After about 10 minutes, Charlottesville police arrived …

Discussion: The Hill, ABC News, Washington Post, AOL, Canada - The Huffington Post, NPR, ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo, The Root and The Week

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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Wall Street Journal:

Senate Conservatives Look to Cut Medicaid — Conservative Senate Republicans are weighing faster and steeper cuts to Medicaid that could drop millions of people from coverage and mark the biggest changes to the program in its 52-year history.

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mother Jones

Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor

Discussion: Political Wire

CNN:

Callista Gingrich set to be named ambassador to the Vatican — Washington (CNN)Callista Gingrich, the wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is the preferred nominee to be the next ambassador to the Vatican. — The White House hopes to announce her nomination before President Donald Trump meets …

Discussion: Political Wire, The Daily Caller and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: RedState, twitchy.com, Raw Story and CANNONFIRE

Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:

Nikki Haley: Trump is ‘CEO of the country,’ can ‘fire anyone he wants’ — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley defended President Trump's firing of former FBI director James Comey, saying that he can “fire anyone he wants.” — “The president is the CEO of the country,” …

Discussion: Politico

Reuters:
North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue

Discussion: The Atlantic, BBC, Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CBS New York, Politico, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit

Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Launches a Missile, Its First Test After an Election in the South

Discussion: Gizmodo, Outside the Beltway and Washington Monthly

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

The Widening Blast Radius of the Fox News Scandal — While the growing chorus of allegations from former employees are making Rupert Murdoch's cable news network sound more like a malevolent bachelor party in Las Vegas, what happens at Fox News is not staying at Fox News.

Discussion: Axios and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »

Eli Watkins / CNN:

Clapper: US institutions ‘under assault’ — Clapper: US institutions under assault by Trump — Washington (CNN)Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a stern warning Sunday about the state of the US government after President Donald Trump's decision …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, The Week and Political Wire

Ben Terris / Washington Post:

George Conway is the man at the center of everything — If it weren't for George Conway, the nation might never have met Monica Lewinsky, and Donald Trump might never have met Kellyanne. — In the 1990s, George was a quiet but critical presence in what Hillary Clinton would dub …

David Frum / The Atlantic:

A Special Prosecutor Is Not the Answer — Careful what you wish for. — In the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, many are demanding a special prosecutor into the Trump-Russia connection. It's not appreciated enough that such an appointment could well turn into a shield for wrongdoing.

Fox News:

Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Lee on replacing James Comey at the FBI — This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” May 14, 2017. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. — CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: I'm Chris Wallace. — Today, the Comey controversy …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller

Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:

Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body's ‘finite’ energy — President Trump reportedly eschews exercise because he believes it drains the body's “finite” energy resources, but experts say this argument is flawed because the human body actually becomes stronger with exercise.

Discussion: Political Wire