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7:35 AM ET, May 18, 2017

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Pamela Brown / CNN:
Comey prepped responses ahead of Trump discussions  —  (CNN)Ahead of discussions with President Donald Trump, Former FBI Director James Comey prepped with his team on ways to respond to anticipated questions so that he would not come across as confrontational during the ongoing Russia probe, according to an official close to Comey.
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NBC News:
Flynn, Manafort Are Key Figures In Russia Probe Mueller Will Lead  —  Former Trump aides Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort have emerged as key figures in the FBI's investigation into Russian campaign interference, which has just been taken over by a special counsel, four law enforcement officials told NBC News.
Wall Street Journal:
The Special Counsel Mistake  —  Rosenstein bends to political pressure, and here we go again.
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Jchong / Lawfare:
Initial Reactions on the Appointment of Robert Mueller As Special Counsel  —  FBI Director Robert Mueller leads a briefing for President Obama on the Boston Marathon bombings, April 2013 / Official White House Photo by Pete Souza  —  There's a lot of reason to be cheered this evening …
Discussion: New York Times, CNN and Vox
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 …
Cecilia Vega / ABC News:
Trump reaction to special counsel measured, says White House  —  Just prior to the Department of Justice's public announcement that former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to continue the investigation into Russian election interference, a group of senior White House …
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
CNN:
Inside an embattled Trump's most consequential evening of turmoil yet  —  Washington (CNN)No one inside the West Wing had to ask how the President's mood was on Wednesday afternoon as aides awaited his return from delivering the commencement address to the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut.
New York Times:
How Trump learned of the special counsel
Discussion: Politico
Matea Gold / Washington Post:   New special counsel Robert Mueller has history of standing up to the White House
About / GotNews:
BREAKING: FBI Director James Comey Testified Under Oath May 3rd That The Trump Administration …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation
Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
GOP blocks House vote on independent Russia-Trump investigation
Discussion: twitchy.com
Philip Shenon / Politico:
Trump's Worst Nightmare Comes True
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump considering Joe Lieberman for FBI director
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
First Republicans talk possibility of impeachment for Trump
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump turns to ex-campaign aides as scandals pile up
Discussion: Mediaite and Associated Press
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Under the Obama Precedent, No Trump Obstruction of Justice
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Comey Memo Fallout: Mueller Is Named Special Counsel
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Justice names special counsel for Russia investigation
Discussion: Axios, RedState and ABC News
New York Times:
Trump Team Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation Before He Came to White House  —  WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn told President Trump's transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign …
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Vera Bergengruen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Flynn stopped military plan Turkey opposed - after being paid as its agent  —  WASHINGTON  —  One of the Trump administration's first decisions about the fight against the Islamic State was made by Michael Flynn weeks before he was fired - and it conformed to the wishes of Turkey …
Adam Entous / Washington Post:
House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump  —  KIEV, Ukraine — A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians - sources  —  Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump's campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race …
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Conservatives begin to whisper: President Pence  —  Not since the release of the Access Hollywood tape, in which Donald Trump bragged about groping women by the genitals, have some conservatives thought so seriously, if a bit wistfully, about two words: President Pence.
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Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Pence Takes Steps to Build War Chest as White House Stumbles
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Politico:
Democratic leaders seek to stifle impeachment talk
Discussion: RedState
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column Dear Vice President Pence: What are you thinking?
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Israeli Source Seen as Key to Countering Islamic State Threat  —  The classified information that President Donald Trump shared with Russian officials last week came from an Israeli source described by multiple U.S. officials as the most valuable source of information on external plotting by Islamic State.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
‘The Flight 93 Election’ Crashes Again  —  In case you've had the pleasure of forgetting, “The Flight 93 Election” was the title of a portentous essay, published last September under a Roman pseudonym in The Claremont Review of Books, that declared the stakes for the United States in 2016 thus: “Charge the cockpit or you die.”
Discussion: BarbWire.com
Michelle Kosinski:
This is How Your Government Responds to Unfavorable News Coverage  —  Monday night, as the story of the President giving classified information to the Russians was in full evolution, I get a call from this guy:  —  RC Hammond, the State Department's communications advisor, who had his facts wrong about what was reported and by whom.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Fox Stands By DNC Murder Conspiracy Theory Even After Main Source Changes Story  —  Fox News reporter Malia Zimmerman says she spent 10 months working on her story.  —  Fox News and its Washington, D.C., affiliate, Fox 5, are standing by their conspiracy-mongering reports …
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Pat Buchanan: It Isn't Watergate Yet, But How Long Can This Sustain?
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Koch network to launch major campaign for tax reform
Discussion: Politico
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Worried about fallout, Dems poised to poll-test impeachment
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
James Comey's memo has shaken a presidency. Here's why memos have always mattered.
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Salon
Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
Student who stabbed boyfriend may avoid jail as it would ‘damage her career’
Amy Harder / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's plan to slash renewables 70%
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
All This Impeachment Talk Is Pure Trump Derangement Syndrome
Discussion: Breitbart, Hot Air and CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Trump's first full education budget: Deep cuts to public school programs in pursuit of school choice
Discussion: Mother Jones, The Week and Raw Story
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
American Trees Are Moving West, and No One Knows Why
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
A Creationist Sues the Grand Canyon for Religious Discrimination
Discussion: Althouse
Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
Why liberal democracy only dies when conservatives help
Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Rule Out Moving Israel Embassy to Jerusalem
 

 
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Paresh Dave / Wired:
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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