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Trump: I'm willing to testify under oath about Comey claims — Washington (CNN)A defiant President Donald Trump said Friday he was willing to testify under oath about his conversations with James Comey, further fueling the swirling controversy ignited by the fired FBI director's bombshell testimony before the Senate on Thursday.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Did Trump just say he'd testify under oath about Comey? — Let's break down this confusing exchange at a White House press conference. — At a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump continued to accuse fired FBI Director James Comey of lying about his conversations with Trump …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
There's no indication Comey violated the law. Trump may be about to. — President Trump's declaration that the Thursday testimony of former FBI director James B. Comey was a “total and complete vindication” despite “so many false statements and lies” was the sort of brashly triumphant …
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Trump's lawyer to file complaint against Comey over memos — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's outside attorney plans to file a complaint against former FBI Director James Comey with the Justice Department Inspector General and the Senate judiciary committee, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Ryan denies GOP would try to impeach Dem accused of same actions as Trump — (R-Wis.) insisted on Thursday that Republicans wouldn't be calling for the impeachment of a Democratic president accused of the same actions as President Trump. — As fired FBI Director James Comey was before a Senate committee …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Intelligence Committee leaders ask White House for any Comey tapes
House Intelligence Committee leaders ask White House for any Comey tapes
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Fabiola Santiago / miamiherald:
Did Rubio trade the integrity of U.S. for a Cuba-policy shift from Trump?
Did Rubio trade the integrity of U.S. for a Cuba-policy shift from Trump?
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Dems: Investigate any obstruction of justice on Comey, Russia
Senate Dems: Investigate any obstruction of justice on Comey, Russia
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's secret isn't that he lies. It's that he crowds out the truth.
Donald Trump's secret isn't that he lies. It's that he crowds out the truth.
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
President Trump deflects questions about possible tapes of James Comey meeting
President Trump deflects questions about possible tapes of James Comey meeting
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Drops Reza Aslan Following Anti-Trump Tweets — CNN no longer believes in “Believer,” the non-fiction series it launched earlier this year with Reza Aslan, the Iranian-American author and religious scholar. — “CNN has decided to not move forward with production on the acquired series 'Believer …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN cancels Reza Aslan's show “Believer” after profane anti-Trump tweets
CNN cancels Reza Aslan's show “Believer” after profane anti-Trump tweets
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
CNN Drops Reza Aslan Series After Vulgar Anti-Trump Tweets
CNN Drops Reza Aslan Series After Vulgar Anti-Trump Tweets
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Gillibrand rips Trump: ‘Has he kept his promises? No. F— no’ — (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump with colorful language Friday, saying he has not kept his promises. — “Has he kept his promises? No. F— no,” she said while addressing the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City.
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Miranda Green / CNN:
Kirsten Gillibrand drops f-bomb during speech on democracy
Kirsten Gillibrand drops f-bomb during speech on democracy
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Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Trump Discovers Article 5 After Disastrous NATO Visit — Trump's public performance in Brussels was a disaster. Behind closed doors, it was even worse. — At long last, U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed NATO's bedrock collective defense clause, Article 5, in a press conference Friday.
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John Harwood / CNBC:
The GOP still champions Trump, but that might not last — “I travel this state every day,” a Republican senator declared recently, “and I haven't yet had anybody come up to me and say they're worried about Russia messing with our elections.” — Comments like that, from Sen. Luther Strange of Alabama …
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Trump Can Accept Payments From Foreign Governments, U.S. Argues — Government says emoluments clause doesn't bar Trump businesses — Watchdog group sued president over payments to his companies — Donald Trump isn't violating a U.S. Constitution provision that bars federal officials …
New York Times:
Trump Team's Shifts Jolt Some Allies and Soothe Others — WASHINGTON — President Trump scrambled American diplomacy on two fronts on Friday, delivering a stinging rebuke of Qatar at the very moment his secretary of state was trying to mend fences in the Persian Gulf, while at the same …
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Rex W. Tillerson / US Department of State:
Washington, DC — Good afternoon, and I thank all of you for your patience.
Washington, DC — Good afternoon, and I thank all of you for your patience.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump Treasury nominee misrepresented Dartmouth degree — President Trump's nominee to run a U.S. regulator office has been misrepresenting his college degree, Bloomberg News reported Friday. — Joseph Otting, Trump's pick to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Feds Succeed In Delaying Lawsuit Where Key Travel Ban Memo Is At Issue — The Justice Department has scored a rare win for President Trump's travel ban. — On Friday afternoon, a federal judge temporarily halted a lawsuit where the government has been strongly fighting to keep …
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC poll: Ossoff opens lead over Handel in Georgia's 6th — An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Friday shows Democrat Jon Ossoff has a 7-point edge over Republican Karen Handel in the nationally watched race to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District.
Chris Villani / Boston Herald:
Jeb Bush backs president, but says ‘who cares what I think?’ — Former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he doesn't think President Trump obstructed justice when he fired former FBI director James B. Comey. — When Bush, who spoke yesterday to a standing-room …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer in Russia probe has clients with Kremlin ties — The hard-charging New York lawyer President Trump chose to represent him in the Russia investigation has prominent clients with ties to the Kremlin, a striking pick for a president trying to escape the persistent cloud that has trailed his administration.
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
New York Attorney General Looking Into Eric Trump Foundation — The New York attorney general, which has been investigating the Donald J. Trump Foundation for months, is now looking into the Eric Trump Foundation, after a report in Forbes exposed practices that seem to violate state laws.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Feds: Trump's Twitter Guru Violated the Law … Dan Scavino, the director of social media for President Donald Trump, was found to have violated a federal law prohibiting certain government employees from using their position to engage in some forms of political activity.
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Bernie Woodall / Reuters:
Florida governor signs bolstered ‘stand your ground’ law — Florida Governor Rick Scott signed amended “stand your ground” legislation on Friday, making it easier for defendants in the state to successfully claim they were protecting themselves when they commit violence.
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Stephen Miller / Heat Street:
My Adventures at the Segregated ‘Wonder Woman’ Screening — I didn't know what to expect showing up to an advertised all women's screening of Wonder Woman where radical outrage mongers on Twitter were offering bounties to either mace me in the face or dump soda on my head.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump targets illegal immigrants who were given reprieves from deportation by Obama — In September 2014, Gilberto Velasquez, a 38-year-old house painter from El Salvador, received life-changing news: The U.S. government had decided to shelve its deportation action against him.
Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
Republicans are predicting the beginning of the end of the tea party in Kansas — OVERLAND PARK, Kans. - Kansas was at the heart of the tea-party revolution, a red state where, six years ago, a deeply conservative group of Republicans took the state for a hard right turn.
Bloomberg:
Mnuchin Says U.S. Can Cope If Debt Ceiling Not Raised by August — Government has ‘backup plans’ if limit not lifted in time — Critical not to disrupt financial markets, Treasury chief says — The U.S. government has “backup plans” for funding itself if Congress doesn't raise …