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10:10 AM ET, May 20, 2017

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New York Times:
Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on him, according to a document summarizing the meeting.
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
White House looking at ethics rule to weaken special investigation: sources  —  The Trump administration is exploring whether it can use an obscure ethics rule to undermine the special counsel investigation into ties between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia, two people familiar with White House thinking said on Friday.
Washington Post:
Russia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say  —  The law enforcement investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign has identified a current White House official as a significant person of interest, showing that the probe …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Officials: ‘He Looks More and More Like a Complete Moron’ … Donald Trump and his senior staffers were headed across the Atlantic when news broke that the president had trash-talked former FBI director James Comey in a meeting with Russian government officials—a meeting …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Comey agrees to testify in public as Trump-Russia probe heats up  —  WASHINGTON  —  Investigators into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential elections are now authorized to probe whether White House officials have engaged in a cover-up, according to members of Congress who were briefed Friday …
Wall Street Journal:
Fired FBI Director James Comey to Testify in Public  —  Former FBI Director James Comey has agreed to testify publicly in Congress, capping a week that may shape President Donald Trump's administration for months, or even years, and prompting White House aides to rethink how they operate in this new political and legal environment.
Evan Perez / CNN:
Sources: White House lawyers research impeachment  —  Washington (CNN)White House lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures in an effort to prepare for what officials still believe is a distant possibility that President Donald Trump could have to fend off attempts to remove him from office …
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner ‘person of interest in Russia investigation’
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and CANNONFIRE
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump told aides firing Flynn was a mistake
Discussion: Mediaite
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Comey agrees to testify in a public session at the Senate Intelligence Committee
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Comey Agrees To Testify Before The Senate Intelligence Committee
Discussion: The Root
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
GREAT AGAIN: Unlike Obama, Trump doesn't bow to Saudi king  —  What a difference an election can make for the respect American leaders have for our country.  —  There were two very different outcomes when two American presidents greeted the king of Saudi Arabia.
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump gets elaborate welcome in Saudi Arabia as he embarks on first foreign trip  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump arrived here Saturday for his debut on the world stage, hoping to turn a page on the scandal encircling his presidency back home as he embarks upon an ambitious …
Discussion: Politico, Axios, Hot Air, ABC News and The Week
Daily Mail:
Donald Trump lands in Saudi Arabia for ‘big foreign trip’
Discussion: Infowars
New York Times:
Elaborate Welcome for President Trump in Saudi Arabia
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Opening First Foreign Trip, Donald Trump Tries to Leave Crisis Behind
Discussion: Sputnik International
Hawaii News Now:
Suspect in cockpit threat on Honolulu flight had been detained at LAX  —  A Turkish man on board a Honolulu-bound flight tried to break into the cockpit Friday before being subdued by passengers and flight crew, who used duct tape, pillows and blankets to make sure he couldn't get out of his seat.
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Jeff Daniels / CNBC:   Military jets scramble to escort Honolulu-bound American Airlines flight after cockpit incident
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Democracy Is Not Your Plaything  —  When the circus comes to Washington, it consumes everything, absorbs all energy.
Discussion: Instapundit
Skeptic:
The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct: A Sokal-Style Hoax on Gender Studies  —  Note from the editor: Every once in awhile it is necessary and desirable to expose extreme ideologies for what they are by carrying out their arguments and rhetoric to their logical and absurd conclusion …
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Why Evolution Is True:   A new academic hoax: a bogus paper on “the conceptual penis” …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Between Trump and his national security adviser lie ‘ferocious’ internal politics  —  Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump heads overseas for his first international trip as President, many in the international community will be watching his national security adviser, Gen. H.R. McMaster …
CBS New York:
Huma Abedin's Attorneys File Her Divorce Papers After Anthony Weiner Guilty Plea  —  NEW YORK — From congressman to confessed felon, Anthony Weiner's fall from grace hit rock bottom on Friday.  —  In a surprise turn of events, Weiner admitted to a federal sex crime.
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Huma Abedin finally files for divorce from Anthony Weiner
Mike Cernovich / Medium:
Trump's Media Strategy is Failing — Here's How to Fix It
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Roger Ailes: The Man Who Wrecked Conservatism  —  Friends and colleagues who knew Roger Ailes better than I did attest that he was a nicer and more considerate man than most liberal obituarists will ever give him credit for.  They add (and the same obituarists concede) that the creator …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Fox News
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Israeli intel officials shouted at US counterparts after Trump disclosure: report  —  Israeli intelligence officials have expressed anger that President Trump revealed sensitive information during a meeting with Russian officials last week, saying it could have compromised a source, Foreign Policy reported Friday.
Discussion: RedState
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Foreign Policy:
Israeli Intelligence Furious Over Trump's Loose Lips
James Downton / The Federalist:
We Are Watching A Slow-Motion Coup D'etat  —  It's nearly incontrovertible that a slow-motion coup d'etat is now taking place.  Since November 9, 2016, forces within the U.S. government, media, and partisan opposition have aligned to overthrow the Electoral College winner, Donald Trump.
 
 
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Melania scours media to protect Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exasperated Trump WH staff admit his special resilience
Al Jazeera English:
Hassan Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election
Discussion: The Week
Daily Kos:
LEADING OFF  —  North Carolina: On Monday, the Supreme Court delivered …
Discussion: al.com and ThinkProgress
Janell Ross / Washington Post:
‘They were not patriots’: New Orleans removes monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
Discussion: The Root
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Court strikes down rule forcing toy drone users to register with govt
Claire Newell / Telegraph:
Exclusive: MI5 opened file on Jeremy Corbyn amid concerns over his IRA links
Discussion: Daily Mail
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
How to Woo Chinese Investors: With Visa Offers and the Trump Name
CNN:
US Navy moves second aircraft carrier near North Korea
Discussion: The National Interest
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
Russia's ‘Killer Satellites’ Re-Awaken
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Mail
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Watching the downfall of a generation of Washington Republicans
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
‘People Here Think Trump Is a Laughingstock’
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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