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7:25 AM ET, June 9, 2017

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U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Issues Statement on Testimony of Former FBI Director James Comey  —  In response to testimony given today by former FBI Director James Comey, Department of Justice Spokesman Ian Prior issued the following statement:  — Shortly after being sworn in …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, the ‘Cloud’ Just Grew That Much Darker  —  WASHINGTON — Upset about the investigation into Russian interference in last year's election, President Trump sought relief from James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director.  By Mr. Comey's account, Mr. Trump asked him to help “lift the cloud.”
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Comey's Trump Testimony Will Haunt Republicans  —  The former FBI director's damning account before the Senate should be the final straw.  Why can't Paul Ryan see that?  —  In the midst of the most devastating testimony delivered about a sitting president in the living memory …
Fox News:
Dershowitz: Comey confirms that I'm right - and all the Democratic commentators are wrong  —  In his testimony former FBI director James Comey echoed a view that I alone have been expressing for several weeks, and that has been attacked by nearly every Democratic pundit.
Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:
Comey's testimony shows: the impeachment machine is warming up  —  The Republican reaction to the testimony was as great a curiosity to behold as Trump's infatuation with Putin's Russia - and spoke volumes  —  ames Comey wants you to know a few things.  First and foremost, that Donald Trump is a liar.
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Chris Matthews: Trump-Russia collusion theory ‘came apart’ with Comey testimony  —  Liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews said Thursday the accusation that President Trump directly colluded with Russia to interfere in the U.S. election “came apart” following former FBI Director James Comey's testimony in front of Congress.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans' emerging Trump defense: A naif in the Oval Office
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:   Resigned to Trump's Woes, G.O.P. Keeps Working on Legislative Goals
New York Times:
Comey Bluntly Raises Possibility of Trump Obstruction and Condemns His ‘Lies’
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Comey: Hero, Villain and Shakespearean Character Who Lived Up to Hype
Discussion: CNBC and Mediaite
David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump lawyer says James Comey made ‘unauthorized disclosures’ of privileged talks
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, CNN and Raw Story
Press Association:
Shock result as UK election returns hung parliament - as it happened  —  Theresa May will go to the palace at 12.30pm believing she can form a government. … Steve Baker, the chair of the influential pro-Brexit European Research Group of backbench MPs, has thrown his weight behind Theresa May.
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BBC:
UK election 2017: UK set for hung parliament  —  The Conservatives have failed to win an overall majority, and the UK is now set for a hung parliament, says the latest BBC forecast.  —  It shows gains for the Labour Party after Thursday's general election.
The Guardian:
Theresa May reaches deal with DUP to form government after shock election result  —  May expected to visit Queen to seek permission to form government after agreeing terms with Northern Ireland party  —  Theresa May has struck a deal with the Democratic Unionists that will allow her to form a government, sources have confirmed.
Discussion: Political Wire and The FADER
Daily Mail:
Theresa May to ask Queen to form government after election
New York Times:
‘I Was Right’: As Trump Watches Comey on TV, Anxiety Yields to Relief  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump dipped in and out of the small dining room off the Oval Office on Thursday to monitor a television as James B. Comey, the ousted F.B.I. director, told a tortured tale — and to insist to his huddled legal team, “I was right.”
Discussion: Raw Story
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Behind Trump's temporary silence: Why the counterpuncher let others do the punching  —  The world waited nearly a day before the tweet finally came.  —  All day Thursday, many people expected President Trump to weigh in but he had nothing to say — on his preferred medium of Twitter or anywhere else.
Juliegrace Brufke / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Orders House Members To Defend Trump On Cable News Following Comey Hearing
Discussion: IJR
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
Trump lawyer's statement on Comey littered with typos — including misspelling ‘president’
Discussion: New York Magazine and Vox
CNN:
Comey told senators Sessions may have met Russia's ambassador a third time  —  Comey: AG may have met ambassador a third time  — But the sources said it is possible the Russian ambassador exaggerated the extent of the encounter  —  Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey told senators …
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Sen. John McCain's bizarre questioning of Comey  —  This post has been updated with Sen. McCain's statement.  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was the last senator to question former FBI director James B. Comey at Thursday's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:   Loretta Lynch Pressured FBI To Downplay Clinton Email Investigation, Comey Says
Jim Nintzel / News & Opinion, Tucson Weekly:
The Skinny  —  Behind Closed Doors  —  A secret recording shows U.S. Rep. McSally has some concerns about reelection  —  Congresswoman Martha McSally may be in more political trouble than she's been letting on.  —  Team McSally has been poo-pooing recent polls showing that more than half …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
House passes Choice Act that would gut Dodd-Frank banking reforms
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Bill to Erase Some Dodd-Frank Banking Rules Passes in House
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Week and CNNMoney
Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
NEW POLL: Ossoff support increases after debate with Handel  —  ATLANTA - The latest exclusive WSB, Landmark Communications Poll shows Democrat Jon Ossoff got a slight bump over Republican Karen Handel after his debate performance Tuesday night on Channel 2.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Democratic Party Is in Worse Shape Than You Thought  —  Sifting through the wreckage of the 2016 election, Democratic pollsters, strategists and sympathetic academics have reached some unnerving conclusions.  —  What the autopsy reveals is that Democratic losses among working class voters …
 
 
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CBS News:
Commentary: What is Trump's way forward?
Rachael Burford / Daily Mail:
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Uber CEO Kalanick advised employees on sex rules for a company celebration in 2013 ‘Miami letter’
New York Times:
Comey Disputes New York Times Article About Russia Investigation
CNBC:
Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner to meet with Senate intelligence committee this month: NBC
Discussion: NBC News and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Comey Wasn't Investigating Trump — But Look Who Said He Was
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Stop Lying To Us
Ian Johnston / The Independent:
Dogs' innate sense of fairness being eroded by humans, study suggests
Discussion: Samizdata
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kris Kobach launches campaign for Kansas governor