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7:15 PM ET, May 16, 2017

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
A Preview of Our Interview with Sally Yates  —  Last Thursday morning, I sat down with Sally Yates, the former acting Attorney General, whom President Trump fired on January 30th, after she refused to defend his original executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Washington Post:
Notes made by former FBI Director Comey say Trump pressured him to end Flynn probe  —  President Trump asked the FBI to drop its investigation into his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and urged the FBI director James B. Comey instead to pursue reporters in leak investigations …
New York Times:
At a Besieged White House, Tempers Flare and Confusion Swirls  —  WASHINGTON — The disclosure that President Trump divulged classified intelligence to two high-ranking Russian officials was a new blow to an already dispirited and besieged White House staff still recovering from the uproar …
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New York Times:
Israel Was Source of Secret Intelligence That Trump Gave to Russians, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The classified intelligence that President Trump disclosed in a meeting last week with Russian officials at the White House was provided by Israel, according to a current …
Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:
Israeli Official: Trump Sharing Intelligence With Russia Is “Worst Fears Confirmed”  —  Two Israeli officials tell BuzzFeed News that the intelligence shared by Trump “syncs up” with intelligence Israel shared with its US counterparts.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Two Israeli intelligence officials confirmed …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Amid Trump controversies, GOP picks compartmentalization, not confrontation
Discussion: The Guardian, Bloomberg and CNBC
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Translating McMaster's rhetoric on the Russia-leak story
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump aides eager to hitch ride on foreign trip
Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, Daily Kos and RedState
Bloomberg:
McConnell Won't Guarantee All Tax Cuts Stay in Health-Care Bill
Discussion: Morning Consult
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
FLASHBACK: Obama's CIA Director Leaked Top Secret Bin Laden Raid Intel To Hollywood  —  In an anonymously sourced article published Monday afternoon, The Washington Post claimed that Donald Trump leaked classified information during a meeting with Russian officials earlier this month.
Discussion: NBC News
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Inside the US effort to keep laptop bomb intel secret
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Shep Smith skewers Trump's hypocrisy: His actions ‘far more dangerous’ than what he accused Hillary of
Discussion: The Week
Congresswoman Barbara Comstock:
Rep. Comstock Statement On Reports That The President Shared Sensitive Intelligence With Russian Officials
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Hill Republicans alarmed by Trump disclosure to Russians
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Tips For Reading Washington Post Stories About Trump Based On Anonymous Leaks
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller and Politico
Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
Exclusive: Kimberly Guilfoyle says she's talking with Trump administration about press secretary job  —  The Fox News host and former First Lady of San Francisco tells the Bay Area News Group: 'I'm a patriot, and it would be an honor to serve the country.'  —  NEW YORK — Kimberly Guilfoyle …
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
I Know One of the Sources  —  I tend to take these stories about the President with a grain of salt.  We have seen key details of a number of salacious stories retracted within 48 hours.  The media hates the President so much that they'll run a negative story about him without very much provocation.
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Gingrich urges Trump to shut down White House press room  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump should “close down the White House press briefing room.”  —  “I am personally offended by the American news media.  I think it is destructive and disgusting.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Huckabee blasts 'SNL's' ‘sexist,’ ‘misogynist’ portrayal of daughter
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Julia Limitone / Fox Business:   Sarah Huckabee Sanders's Dad Mike Huckabee Blasts SNL Parody
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Senate Dems: “This is not normal”
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Seth Rich, slain DNC staffer, had contact with WikiLeaks, say multiple sources  —  The Democratic National Committee staffer who was gunned down on July 10 on a Washington, D.C., street just steps from his home had leaked thousands of internal emails to WikiLeaks, law enforcement sources told Fox News.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
DNC Staffer's Murder Draws Fresh Conspiracy Theories  —  A spokesman for the family of a young Democratic National Committee staffer who was murdered last year said Tuesday that a conservative businessman had paid for a private investigation into the unsolved slaying that has ignited right-wing conspiracy theories.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Health Care Puts House in Play  —  PPP's new national poll finds that Republicans are facing significant backlash over the health care bill that's having the effect of firing up Democrats and putting them in position to make major gains in the House next year.
Alex Tizon / The Atlantic:
My Family's Slave … T  —  he ashes filled a black plastic box about the size of a toaster.  It weighed three and a half pounds.  I put it in a canvas tote bag and packed it in my suitcase this past July for the transpacific flight to Manila.  From there I would travel by car to a rural village.
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Provided Intelligence Trump Shared With Russia, Officials Say  —  Israel provided the U.S. with the classified information that President Trump shared last week with Russian officials, according to officials with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
WH: Trump didn't know source of intel he gave to Russia
Discussion: ABC News
Jan M. Olsen / Associated Press:
THE LATEST: EUROPEAN COUNTRY MIGHT HALT US INTEL-SHARING
Jonathan Tilove / politics.blog.mystatesman.com:
Roger Stone and Alex Jones warn of attempt to remove Trump claiming he has Alzheimer's  —  Good morning Austin:  —  Yesterday, in the dark of night, out on Second Street, in front of the Corner Restaurant and Bar at the JW Marriott Hotel, Alex Jones and Roger Stone made a 15-minute video …
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Steven Levy / Wired:
Inside Apple's Insanely Great (or Just Insane) New Mothership  —  On June 7, 2011, a local businessman addressed a meeting of the Cupertino City Council.  He had not been on the agenda, but his presence wasn't a total surprise.  Earlier in the year the man had expressed his intention to attend …
The Intercept:
The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI's Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family … Ryan Bundy seemed uneasy as he settled into a white leather chair in a private suite at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.  As the eldest son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who had become a national figure for his armed standoff …
Discussion: twitchy.com and The Week
 
 
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The Buffalo News:
Congressional ethics investigators interview Collins' investment partners
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Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Michael Moore's In-Secret ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Movie Acquired By Weinsteins
Martine Powers / Washington Post:
A Union Station ad screen played PornHub videos Monday night
Discussion: Gizmodo and DCist
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
EPA asked the public which regulations to gut — and got an earful about leaving them alone
Discussion: Common Dreams
Jenna Clarke / Sydney Morning Herald:
Chanel regrets ‘some may have felt offended’ at new $1900 boomerang
Discussion: WREG-TV and The Daily Caller
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Cruz, Paul want to go ‘nuclear’ on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Atrios / Eschaton:
Because I Am Not Serious  —  Trump is a senile old man …
Discussion: Raw Story and bradford-delong.com
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
MSNBC Ending Lawrence O'Donnell “The Last Word” Show Despite Top Ratings (Exclusive)
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Samantha Smith / Pew Research Center:
In Trump era, women's views of nation's prospects take a negative turn
Discussion: Washington Post and NPR
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Dems propose scrapping law GOP used to overturn regulations
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ori Lewis / Reuters:
Israel wants White House to explain U.S. official's Western Wall comment
Discussion: The Resurgent and Politico
Associated Press:
Group seeks probe into congressman over note to critic's job
Discussion: Politico
Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Nancy Pelosi Gets Completely Destroyed by Questioner in CNN Town Hall
Discussion: IJR
David S. Cohen / New York Times:
How Trump Hurts the Spying Business
Discussion: Axios
 

 
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