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3:20 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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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.
Mike Allen / Axios:
“Comey's revenge” may be far from over  —  Republicans close to the White House fear that yesterday's revelations could take President Trump into a legal or constitutional realm where his staff and supporters can't save him.  — “A whole new door has opened,” said a well-known Republican operative …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
First Republicans talk possibility of impeachment for Trump  —  Republicans are beginning to talk of the possibility that President Trump could face impeachment after reports that he pressed ousted FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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 …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump to graduates: ‘No politician in history... has been treated worse’  —  New London, Connecticut (CNN)President Donald Trump, amid his own swirling controversies, advised United States Coast Guard Academy graduates that while things aren't always fair, “you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight.”
Washington Examiner:
GOP fears Trump will take the Republican Party down with him
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: No politician has been treated worse by media than me
Discussion: RedState
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Murkowski: ‘May’ Be Time For Independent Probe On Trump-FBI-Russia
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate Intelligence Committee leaders demand Comey memos
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Intel panel asks Comey to testify publicly
Discussion: Politico
The Daily Beast:
Trump Officials on Comey Memo: 'Don't See How Trump Isn't Completely F*cked'
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
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Is the Comey Memo the Beginning of the End for Trump?
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's inexperience contributed to Comey interactions that now cloud his presidency
Jeff Larson / ProPublica:
Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago  —  We tested internet security at four Trump properties.  It's not good.  —  Two weeks ago, on a sparkling spring morning, we went trawling along Florida's coastal waterway.  But not for fish.  —  We parked a 17-foot motor boat in a lagoon …
Discussion: The Week
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Gizmodo:
Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago. We Tested It.
Discussion: Raw Story
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  —  In the House Republicans' conference meeting on Capitol Hill this morning, the mood among members was subdued and somewhat anxious.  One source described members as “shellshocked.”  —  Paul Ryan sought to project steadiness amid …
Discussion: Vox
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
On Ross Douthat and the 25th Amendment
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
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 …
Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
Former Israeli spymasters rip into Trump, say Israel must reassess intel sharing  —  Shabtai Shavit says the US president is like a ‘bull in a china shop’; notes, ‘If tomorrow I were asked to pass information to the CIA, I would do everything I could to not pass it to them’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
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Sarah Wildman / Vox:
Trump gave the Russians Israeli intelligence. That's a uniquely bad country to compromise.
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and The Independent
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Putin offers to provide Congress with details of Trump disclosures to Russian envoys
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.
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Story on DNC staffer's murder dominated conservative media — hours later it fell apart  —  It took only hours for one of the biggest stories in conservative media this week, which some outlets had chosen to focus on over news that President Trump disclosed classified information to senior Russian officials, to fall apart.
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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New York Times:
‘Brutal Attack’ on Anti-Erdogan Demonstrators Injures 9, Police Say
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: Politico, RedState, Hot Air and Shakesville
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CNN:
Once hoped for as a reset, Trump's foreign trip now bogged in White House crises
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
 
 
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The Local:
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Republican state Senate win tests ‘Ossoff effect’
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Partisan Identification Is ‘Sticky,’ but About 10% Switched Parties Over the Past Year
Discussion: Washington Post
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Trump approval rating hits new low
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘huuuuuge’ Caribbean estate is on the market for $28 million, prompting questions
 

 
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