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Preet Bharara / Washington Post:
Are there still public servants who will say no to the president? — Preet Bharara, a scholar in residence at New York University Law School, was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 until this March. — The most dramatic hearing I helped to arrange as chief counsel …
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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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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.
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New York Times:
Senators Voice Concerns About Trump's Threat of Taped Conversations — President Trump's abrupt dismissal last week of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and his subsequent allusion to taped conversations with Mr. Comey continued to roil Washington on Sunday as lawmakers in both parties …
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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Opinion on Trump Stable Despite Tumult Over Comey Firing, Poll Finds
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senators, Pulling Away From Trump, Have ‘a Lot Less Fear of Him’
G.O.P. Senators, Pulling Away From Trump, Have ‘a Lot Less Fear of Him’
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Schumer: No new FBI director without a special counsel on Russia
Schumer: No new FBI director without a special counsel on Russia
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Fox News:
Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Lee on replacing James Comey at the FBI
Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Lee on replacing James Comey at the FBI
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The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo
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.
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Firing Comey Was a Grave Abuse of Power
Chris Willman / Variety:
With a New Collaborations Album, Todd Rundgren Talks About Loving Reznor, Fagen and Robyn... and Loathing Trump — Todd Rundgren's new album, “White Knight,” is a grab-bag of collaborations with fellow artists — among them, Trent Reznor, Daryl Hall, Bettye LaVette, Robyn, Donald Fagen …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Songwriter: 'If you're a Trump supporter, don't come to my show' — Todd Rundgren, a singer and songwriter, warned fans not to attend his concerts if they are Donald Trump — supporters, saying “buyer beware.” — “If I had the power, I'd say: If you're a Trump supporter, don't come to my show …
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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 …
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Republicans getting nervous about Dem recruitment — I'm beginning to hear senior Republicans fret about Democrats recruiting unusually high quality House candidates for the 2018 midterms. They worry that with Trump in turmoil, accomplished progressives view next year as a their best chance in ages to win a congressional seat.
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.
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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 …
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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. …
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Political chaos in Washington is a return on investment for Moscow — Russia has yet to collect much of what it hoped for from the Trump administration, including the lifting of U.S. sanctions and recognition of its annexation of Crimea. — But the Kremlin has gotten a different return …
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Washington Free Beacon
David Wright / All Things Nuclear:
North Korea's Missile in New Test Would Have 4,500 km Range — North Korea launched a missile in a test early in the morning of May 14, North Korean time. If the information that has been reported about the test are correct, the missile has considerably longer range than its current missiles.
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Reuters:
North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue
North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Nikki Haley: Trump is ‘CEO of the country,’ can ‘fire anyone he wants’
Nikki Haley: Trump is ‘CEO of the country,’ can ‘fire anyone he wants’
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Politico
Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
The need for urgent collective action to keep people safe online: Lessons from last week's cyberattack — Early Friday morning the world experienced the year's latest cyberattack. — Starting first in the United Kingdom and Spain, the malicious “WannaCrypt” software quickly spread globally …
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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 …
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.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor
Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor
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Political Wire