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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
OPINION: The damaging case against James Comey — The testimony of James Comey proved long on atmospherics and short on ethics. While many were riveted by Comey's discussion of his discomfort in meetings with President Trump, most seemed to miss the fact that Comey was describing his own conduct in strikingly unethical terms.
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
House, Senate investigators seek Trump tapes, Comey memos — (CNN)House and Senate investigators fired off a series of requests after former FBI Director James Comey's testimony, seeking memos of his private discussions with President Donald Trump and any records the White House kept of their discussion — including audio recordings.
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Washington Monthly
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 …
CNN:
Trump: I'm willing to testify under oath about Comey claims
Trump: I'm willing to testify under oath about Comey claims
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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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IJR
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's theory on Comey defense
Trump's theory on Comey defense
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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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The Atlantic, The Week, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, The Hill and Washington Free Beacon
Wall Street Journal:
Trump: Willing to Testify Under Oath That He Didn't Ask Comey to Ease Flynn Probe
Trump: Willing to Testify Under Oath That He Didn't Ask Comey to Ease Flynn Probe
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IJR
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Special Counsel Robert Mueller Had Been On White House Shortlist To Run FBI
Special Counsel Robert Mueller Had Been On White House Shortlist To Run FBI
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National Law Journal, The Washington Journal, The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly and The Week
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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Politicus USA, TVNewser, The Washington Journal and Associated Press
Nick Timothy / Conservative Home:
Why I have resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser — Nick Timothy was co-Chief of Staff to Theresa May. — Yesterday, I resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser. — Clearly, the general election result was a huge disappointment. What lay behind the result will no doubt be the subject of detailed analysis for many months.
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Business Insider and The Guardian
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Bloomberg:
How May's Sure Thing Became a Political Disaster for the Ages — Davis, Hammond said to have persuaded premier to call vote — May now a caretaker leader while Tories nurse their wounds — It was 5:15 a.m. when an exhausted Theresa May entered the campaign war room at Tory headquarters to face her demoralized party workers.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Biden encourages 2012 foe Romney to run for the Senate — At donor conference, Biden also repeats his criticisms of Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid — DEER VALLEY, UTAH — Mitt Romney is getting encouragement to run for Senate in 2018 from an unlikely source: Joe Biden.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Top Republican trio urges Trump to act on Russia
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.
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Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
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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Axios and Political Wire
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 …
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The Hill, New York Times, Washington Post, Business Insider, Politico and Daily Kos
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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Reuters, The Week, New York Times, Politico, Raw Story, Politicus USA, Death and Taxes and Talking Points Memo
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump seems to undercut Tillerson's remarks on Qatar — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on a Saudi Arabia-led bloc of Arab nations Friday to immediately ease their blockade of Qatar and urged all involved in the week-long Persian Gulf dispute to quickly resolve their differences …
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Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Joe Biden's niece dodges jail after $100K credit card scam — The wild-child niece of former Veep Joe Biden stole more than $100,000 in a credit card scam — and quietly cut a plea deal in Manhattan court that spares her any jail time, The Post has learned.
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The Gateway Pundit
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
CNN Host Called Out For Being ‘Obsessed With The Facts’ — Conservative David Rivkin, former counsel to Donald Rumsfeld, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin that she was getting “obsessed with the facts” over the he said/he said status of Comey and Trump's statements regarding their meetings.
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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Business Insider, Deadline, Vox and Friendly Atheist
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Senate Democrats try to spark rural comeback in 2018 — Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) has declared war on almond milk as she prepares to run for reelection in 2018. — Though not a cause célèbre driving political talk on cable news, plant-based beverages called milk …
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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Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, TheBlaze, Talking Points Memo, Politico, ABC News and Raw Story
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
New York attorney general ‘looking into’ Eric Trump's foundation
New York attorney general ‘looking into’ Eric Trump's foundation
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Business Insider