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2:00 PM ET, May 17, 2017

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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
First Republican raises impeachment for Trump  —  (R-Mich.) on Wednesday said reports that President Trump pressed ousted FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation would merit impeachment if true, becoming the first Republican lawmaker to broach the idea.
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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 …
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House on edge: ‘We are kind of helpless’  —  It was, in the words of one senior White House official, the worst day of Trump's presidency.  —  White House officials spent early Tuesday wondering who was leaking details of President Donald Trump's classified conversations with Russian officials …
USA Today:
Pretend Clinton did what Trump has done  —  Republicans in Congress and conservative media would be clamoring for investigations, if not impeachment: Our view  —  Imagine what would have happened had a President Hillary Clinton abruptly fired the man overseeing an investigation of her campaign's ties to a hostile foreign government.
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Trump Has Really Screwed Himself This Time  —  He suggested he taped conversations with James Comey.  Now, a memo by the former FBI director reveals damaging details about those conversations.  —  Last Friday, several days after firing FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump tweeted something …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Trump Presidency Falls Apart  —  After an astonishing week of revelations, Donald Trump's presidency appears to be on the verge of collapse.  —  Consider what has happened just in the last 10 days: a string of damaging stories about a president unprecedented since at least the Nixon administration.
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 …
Washington Examiner:
GOP fears Trump will take the Republican Party down with him  —  Republicans in Congress fear President Trump could torpedo their majorities if he doesn't save his White House from constant crisis and pivot to the issues voters elected him to deal with.  —  Trump has been besieged by his handling …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
New York Times:
The Criminal President?  —  After the revelations of the past 24 hours …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Washington Post
Fox News:
Gregg Jarrett: Comey's revenge is a gun without powder
Evan Perez / CNN:   Comey and the art of the well-timed leak
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Jack Welch: Impeachment of Trump would ‘blow the market away’
Discussion: Washington Post
Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Senate Intel panel asks Comey to testify publicly
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Is the Comey Memo the Beginning of the End for Trump?
Discussion: Politico, The Week, CNN and Political Wire
NBC News:
Trump Gave Russians Secrets News Orgs Are Being Asked To Withhold  —  Some of the intelligence President Trump provided to Russian officials is so secret that American news organizations are still being asked not to report it, two U.S. officials told NBC News.
Discussion: NBC News
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Trump's disclosure endangered spy placed inside ISIS by Israel, officials say
Wall Street Journal:
Russian State-Run Bank Financed Deal Involving Trump Hotel Partner  —  A Russian-Canadian developer put money into a Donald Trump hotel project in Toronto after receiving hundreds of millions from a deal involving Russian state-run bank VEB.
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Jimmy Fallon Was on Top of the World.  Then Came Trump.  —  Ambling onto the Art Deco set of “The Tonight Show” for his monologue rehearsal one Monday afternoon, Jimmy Fallon gave the crowd here at Studio 6B a warm, practiced welcome before trying out a new batch of jokes about the French election …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The 25th Amendment Solution for Removing Trump  —  It was just three days and a lifetime ago that I wrote a column about Donald Trump's unfitness for the presidency that affected a world-weary tone.  Nothing about this White House's chaos was surprising given the style of Trump's campaign, I argued.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Behind closed doors, House GOP “shellshocked” by Comey
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
On Ross Douthat and the 25th Amendment
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
What Does Barack Obama Really Think of Donald Trump?  'He's Nothing But a Bullsh-ter'  —  She packs her own lunch, and he still isn't allowed to drive.  Subscribe now for all about Michelle and Barack Obama's lives after moving out of the White House - only in PEOPLE
Austin American-Statesman:
‘THIS IS CRAZY’: Austin man sues date for texting during movie  —  A man is suing a Round Rock woman for texting during a movie date at the Barton Creek Square theater, according to a petition filed in small claims court in Travis County.  —  Brandon Vezmar, 37, of Austin filed the claim Thursday against his date.
The Guardian:
'Erdoan's bodyguards' in violent clash with protesters in Washington DC  —  Nine people hurt and two arrests made during the altercation at the Turkish ambassador's residence in the US capital … Nine people were hurt and two arrests were made during an altercation at the Turkish ambassador's residence …
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Tom Roussey / WJLA-TV:
Officials: 9 people hurt, 2 arrested after large fight in DC
Discussion: Politico, Common Dreams and TheBlaze
Stephen Ohlemacher / AP News:
NC senator collapses during race, taken away in ambulance  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina collapsed during a Washington, D.C., race Wednesday morning and was taken away by ambulance.  —  Tillis, 57, was seen on the ground being administered CPR by bystanders …
Discussion: Hot Air, TheBlaze and Political Wire
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump to unveil plans for an ‘Arab NATO’ in Saudi Arabia  —  When President Trump arrives in Riyadh this week, he will lay out his vision for a new regional security architecture White House officials call an “Arab NATO,” to guide the fight against terrorism and push back against Iran.
Discussion: RedState
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CNN:
Once hoped for as a reset, Trump's foreign trip now bogged in White House crises
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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The Local:
TV presenter allowed to called AfD leader ‘Nazi slut’, court rules
Discussion: RT
BuzzFeed:
Trump Waives Nuclear-Related Sanctions On Iran But Imposes New Ballistic Missile Sanctions
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Republican state Senate win tests ‘Ossoff effect’
Discussion: Washington Post
Anatoly Kurmanaev / Wall Street Journal:
Riot Police on Venezuela's Front Lines Seek a Way Out
Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
Former Israeli spymasters rip into Trump, say Israel must reassess intel sharing
Discussion: The Week
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Partisan Identification Is ‘Sticky,’ but About 10% Switched Parties Over the Past Year
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump approval rating hits new low
Discussion: The Week
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘huuuuuge’ Caribbean estate is on the market for $28 million, prompting questions
Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
House GOP not sold on Ryan's tax reform plan
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Right pushes Trump to make staff, press changes
Discussion: Raw Story and The Other McCain
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Loose Lips Sink Presidencies
 

 
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