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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump to interview Joe Lieberman, 3 others for FBI post — President Donald Trump is scheduled to interview former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman to be his FBI director on Wednesday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said. — Trump will also interview Frank Keating …
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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.”
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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New York Times:
Comey Memo Fallout: Senate Committee Invites Comey to Testify — The Senate Intelligence Committee invited the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey to testify on reports that President Trump asked him to scuttle the investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser.
New York Times:
The Criminal President? — After the revelations of the past 24 hours …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
“Comey's revenge” may be far from over
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Trump Has Really Screwed Himself This Time
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Washington Examiner:
GOP fears Trump will take the Republican Party down with him
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The scariest thought: What if Donald Trump just doesn't know what he's doing?
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump considering Joe Lieberman for FBI director
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Is the Comey Memo the Beginning of the End for Trump?
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump claims ‘no politician in history’ has been ‘treated worse or more unfairly’
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: No politician has been treated worse by media than me
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Trump Presidency Falls Apart
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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 …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke accepts job in Department of Homeland Security — Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. will leave office next month to accept a federal appointment as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Sheriff David Clarke lands job at Homeland Security
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Natalie Johnson / Washington Free Beacon:
Sheriff David Clarke Says He's Joining DHS
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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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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
The Media Elite Is Indulging Dangerous Fantasies About Removing Trump From Office
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’
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
A New Goal for President Trump's First Foreign Trip: Damage Control
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Sarah Wildman / Vox:
Trump gave the Russians Israeli intelligence. That's a uniquely bad country to compromise.
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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 …
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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
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Rule Out Moving Israel Embassy to Jerusalem — The embassy will remain in Tel Aviv for now, official says — Administration seeks to avoid provoking Palestinians — President Donald Trump has decided not to immediately move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem …
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Washington Post:
Deputy attorney general appoints special counsel to oversee probe of Russian interference in election — The Justice Department has decided to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible coordination between Trump associates and Russian officials seeking to meddle in last year's election …
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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.
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David Montero / Los Angeles Times:
Alex Jones settles Chobani lawsuit and retracts comments about refugees in Twin Falls, Idaho — Inside the Chobani Yogurt factory in Twin Falls, Idaho. — Alex Jones backed down. Again. — The far-right conspiracy theorist agreed Wednesday to settle a defamation lawsuit filed against him by Greek yogurt manufacturer Chobani.
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Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
Why liberal democracy only dies when conservatives help — Liberal democracy is not dead, but it's not well. From Hungary to Poland to even the United States, far-right populists have won power, and, in a few cases, are busy consolidating it. — In some sense, it shouldn't be too surprising …
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