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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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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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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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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Knows Just How Bad the Russia Investigation Can Get
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Comey's father rips Trump: 'He's nuts'
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Mainstream Media Propaganda, from Khalidi Tape to ‘Nut Job’
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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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Associated Press:
Melania Trump skips headscarf as she arrives in Saudi Arabia
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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
GREAT AGAIN: Unlike Obama, Trump doesn't bow to Saudi king
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Fox News:
Trump shakes hands with Saudi leader, doesn't bow as Obama appeared to do
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Saudis give Trump a reception fit for a king
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump receives Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honor
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patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Considering Articles of Impeachment — Multiple sources close to the intelligence, justice and law enforcement communities say that the House Judiciary Committee is considering Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.
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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 — Twitter co-founder Evan Williams apologized for the role Twitter may have played in electing President Trump. — In an interview published Saturday in The New York Times, Williams discussed the president's March claim …
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James Delingpole / Breitbart:
‘Penises Cause Climate Change’; Progressives Fooled by Peer-Reviewed Hoax Study — Gender studies is a fake academic industry populated by charlatans, deranged activists and gullible idiots. — Now, a pair of enterprising hoaxers has proved it scientifically by persuading an academic journal …
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
GOP talks of narrowing ‘blue-slip’ rule for judges — GOP senators are talking about changing an obscure Senate tradition to make it more difficult for Democrats to block certain judges from advancing to a confirmation hearing. — The change to the “blue-slip rule” would involve preventing …
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Political Wire
Daniel Dale / Toronto Star:
Black voters say they're already losing under Trump — Conversations with Virginian voters help explain that dreadful 12-per-cent approval rating with a community he pledged to make a priority. — PETERSBURG, VA.—A struggling post-industrial town. A Christian factory worker praying “constantly” for Donald Trump.
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Damian Carrington / Wired:
The Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault Flooded. Thanks, Global Warming — It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world's most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity's food supply forever. But the Global Seed Vault, buried in a mountain deep inside the Arctic circle …
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Erick Erickson / Washington Post:
Here comes the GOP bloodbath — Erick Erickson is editor of the Resurgent. — Republicans like to point out how disastrous President Barack Obama's tenure was for the Democratic Party. During his presidency, Democrats reached new lows in state legislative, gubernatorial and congressional seats.
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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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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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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
House Inquiry Turns Attention to Trump Campaign Worker With Russia Ties — Michael Caputo, who served as a communications adviser to the Trump campaign, has been asked by the House committee investigating Russian election meddling to submit to a voluntary interview and to provide any documents …
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