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First on CNN: Comey now believes Trump was trying to influence him, source says — Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey now believes that President Donald Trump was trying to influence his judgment about the Russia probe, a person familiar with his thinking says …
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Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
Jim Comey's father, a NJ Republican, speaks out about Trump — Fired FBI director Jim Comey will testify publicly sometime after Memorial Day, but we won't have to wait that long to hear from his father. — J. Brien Comey is lifelong Republican and a former councilman in Allendale …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Trump's Berating of Comey for the Consumption of Our Enemies — I admit to being slack-jawed over the New York Times report that President Trump smeared former FBI director James Comey in a conversation with representatives of Russia's murderous, anti-American regime.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Comey's father rips Trump: 'He's nuts' — James Comey's father defended the former FBI director on Friday while returning criticism of President Trump, calling him “nuts.” — “I never was crazy about Trump,” J. Brien Comey, 86, told NorthJersey.com for a column on the view of residents …
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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.
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Conservative media coverage gap on Trump, Obama bows — When Trump received The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court Palace in Saudi Arabia, he bowed ever so slightly to the Saudi leader presenting it to him. — In 2009, when Obama greeted the Saudi King with a bow …
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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.
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Associated Press:
Melania Trump skips headscarf as she arrives in Saudi Arabia
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Saudis give Trump a reception fit for a king
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Fox News:
Melania Trump forgoes wearing headscarf in Saudi Arabia trip
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump receives Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honor
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New York Times:
Trump Arrives in Saudi Arabia to a Warm Welcome
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump signs ‘tremendous’ deals with Saudi Arabia on his first day overseas
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Javier E. David / CNBC:
US-Saudi Arabia seal weapons deal worth nearly $110 billion immediately, $350 billion over 10 years
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New York Times:
Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Stifled U.S. Spying — WASHINGTON — The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
‘The Internet Is Broken’: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It — SAN FRANCISCO — Evan Williams is the guy who opened up Pandora's box. Until he came along, people had few places to go with their overflowing emotions and wild opinions, other than writing a letter to the newspaper or haranguing the neighbors.
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Twitter co-founder: ‘Very bad’ if Twitter helped make Trump president
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
West Wing aides brace for big attorney bills — President Donald Trump has deep pockets to pay for personal lawyers to defend him from the evolving federal investigation into his campaign's contacts with Russian officials. It's a very different story for his staff.
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
White House looking at ethics rule to weaken special investigation: sources
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Charles Ventura / USA Today:
Anderson Cooper ‘genuinely sorry’ for ‘crude’ remark directed at Jeffrey Lord — 15k Shares — CNN host Anderson Cooper apologized for a “crude” remark directed at President Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord during his show on Friday, calling his comment “unprofessional.”
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Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Anderson Cooper apologizes for conjuring image of Trump defecating on his desk
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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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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 …
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Defeated Pro-Trump Democratic Mayor is Down in the Dumps — Last year, the mayor of a seen-better-days steel town in Western Pennsylvania became the poster child of President Donald Trump's appeal to white working-class Democrats. But he'll soon be out of work after a 26-year-old assistant band director …
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ESPN:
OKC's Enes Kanter detained in Romania — Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter is being detained in Romania after his passport was “canceled” by the Turkish embassy on Saturday morning, he said in a video posted to Twitter. — Kanter, who arrived in Bucharest from Jakarta, Indonesia …
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John Steele Gordon / Commentary Magazine:
A SLOW-MOTION COUP D'ÉTAT? — A quote of a quote of a quote. — Let me see if I have this straight. — POLITICS & IDEAS — POLITICS & IDEAS — POLITICS & IDEAS — The Russia investigation converges with the Comey scandal. — On Friday afternoon, two alleged “bombshell” …
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Michael Izzo / Daily Record:
‘Ringleaders’ gather at Frelinghuysen's Morristown office — NJ 11th for Change rally at the Morristown office of Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen. The GOP lawmaker is facing an ethics complaint after targeting local activist, Saily Avelenda through a fundraising letter to her employer.
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