memeorandum: Inside the US effort to keep laptop bomb intel secret (Evan Perez/CNN)

9:10 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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The Daily Beast:

Trump Officials on Comey Memo: 'Don't See How Trump Isn't Completely F*cked' … If you come at James Comey, you best not miss. — The former FBI director—who President Donald Trump fired and then later threatened on Twitter last week—reportedly kept notes of their conversations …

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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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Vox, New York Magazine, Raw Story and Daily Kos

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

New York Times Oversells 'Comey's Revenge' Story — The New York Times reported Tuesday evening that President Donald Trump had a private conversation with former FBI director James Comey in which the president allegedly expressed his “hope” that Comey would “let go” of the investigation …

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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.

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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
White House rocked by allegation Trump tried to shut down FBI's Flynn probe

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CNN:
Sources: Comey wrote in memo that Trump asked to end Flynn investigation

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CNN:
Chaffetz: I'm ready to subpoena for Comey memo

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Austin Wright / Politico:
Graham invites Comey to testify before Senate panel

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Congressional Dems making early calls for Trump's impeachment

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Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Sally Yates: Russians had ‘real leverage’ over Michael Flynn

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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
McConnell Calls for ‘Less Drama’ From Trump's White House

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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 …

Brian Ross / ABC News:

Trump's disclosure endangered spy placed inside ISIS by Israel, officials say — The life of a spy placed by Israel inside ISIS is at risk tonight, according to current and former U.S. officials, after President Donald Trump reportedly disclosed classified information in a meeting with Russian officials last week.

Discussion: Axios, Political Wire and Mediaite

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 …

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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.

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Evan Perez / CNN:

Inside the US effort to keep laptop bomb intel secret — McMaster: President did not compromise sources — Washington (CNN)The intelligence behind the US ban on laptops and other electronics is considered so highly classified that CNN, at the request of US government officials …

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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: Breitbart and Politico

Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:
In 2006 H.R. McMaster was mad at me, as I'm sure he is at the Washington Post now — and why that worries me a lot

Discussion: Politico, neo-neocon and Washington Post

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock:
Rep. Comstock Statement On Reports That The President Shared Sensitive Intelligence With Russian Officials

Discussion: Political Wire, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump aides eager to hitch ride on foreign trip

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Amid Trump controversies, GOP picks compartmentalization, not confrontation

Discussion: The Atlantic

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Translating McMaster's rhetoric on the Russia-leak story

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Bloomberg:
McConnell Won't Guarantee All Tax Cuts Stay in Health-Care Bill

Discussion: Politico and Morning Consult

Jonathan Tilove / politics.blog.mystatesman.com: Roger Stone and Alex Jones warn of attempt to remove Trump claiming he has Alzheimer's

Media Matters for America:
After Trump Gave Russia Classified Intel, Roger Stone Offers Multiple Assurances Of The President's Mental State

Discussion: Washington Post

NBC News:
National Security Adviser McMaster: Trump's Revelations to Russians ‘Wholly Appropriate’

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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
The Real Story in the Washington Post is not the 'Fake News," But the Leaks

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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 …

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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.

Paulina Firozi / The Hill: Huckabee blasts 'SNL's' ‘sexist,’ ‘misogynist’ portrayal of daughter

Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Senate Dems: “This is not normal”

Discussion: The Hill 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

Discussion: Media Matters for America, DCist and Mediaite

Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:

Michael Moore, Harvey Weinstein to Reteam on Trump Doc ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ — Directed by the liberal firebrand, the film refers to Nov. 9, 2016, the day that Trump became president-elect of the United States. — Michael Moore and Harvey Weinstein are set to reteam for the first time since …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mashable

Patrick Hipes / Deadline: Michael Moore's In-Secret ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Movie Acquired By Weinsteins

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.

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.

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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 …

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