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New York Times:
F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has dismissed the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, said Tuesday.  —  “While I greatly appreciate you informing me …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Trump team marks 6-month election anniversary by vowing to air video of Clinton campaign's concession call  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's upset November victory never seems to be far from the White House's mind.  —  On Tuesday, Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Comey misstated key Clinton email evidence at hearing, say people close to investigation  —  FBI Director James B. Comey overstated key findings involving the Hillary Clinton email investigation during testimony to Congress last week, according to people close to the inquiry.
CNN:
Trump fires FBI director James Comey  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey after his attorney general and deputy attorney general recommended his removal.  —  In a signed letter, Trump informed Comey that he was “hereby terminated and removed from office …
Discussion: Business Insider and The FADER
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Daily Spicer: Let's not ‘smear a good man.’ Let's smear a good woman!  —  An interesting standard emerged Tuesday from the lectern at the White House briefing room.  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer fielded a question as to why President Trump continues defending former national …
Discussion: CNN, Business Insider and The Week
ProPublica:
Comey's Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate  —  FBI director James Comey generated national headlines last week with his dramatic testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, explaining his “incredibly painful” decision to go public about the Hillary Clinton emails found on Anthony Weiner's laptop.
New York Times:
Live Updates and Reactions to F.B.I. Director Comey's Firing  —  President Trump has fired James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, the White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday.  —  Mr. Comey was delivering a speech in Los Angeles when he learned he had been fired.
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump fires Comey (live updates)
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and CNBC
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Chris Murphy: We'll hit Republican “liars” with Medicare-for-all if Trumpcare passes.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump fires Comey
Discussion: ABC News
ABC News:
Comey overstated number of emails forwarded by Huma Abedin
Discussion: Politico
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Sean Spicer defends lag in Michael Flynn's dismissal, takes aim at Sally Yates
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spicer questions whether Yates had partisan motives in Flynn warning
Discussion: ABC News
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Spicer: WH Slow To Act On Yates' Warning Because She Was ‘Political Opponent’
Discussion: Salon, Hullabaloo and The Week
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Hatch: ‘The public wants every dime they can be given’  —  Washington (CNN)Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch warned Tuesday that efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in the Senate might be complicated because once the public “is on the dole, they'll take every dime they can.”
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Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senators Signal They're On Board With Big Medicaid Cuts
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP on defensive over all-male health care group
Discussion: Vox
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: Senate Russia investigators ask Treasury for Trump team financial information  —  Clapper: Putin sought to advantage Trump  —  (CNN)Senate Russia investigators have sent a request to the Treasury Department's criminal investigation division for any information related …
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Tegna / KING-TV:
Tunnel at plutonium finishing plant collapses in Hanford … Hundreds of workers were in “take cover” position after a tunnel in a plutonium finishing plant collapsed at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation early Tuesday morning.  —  The AP reports no workers were in the tunnel at the time of collapse.
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
It Was Cultural Anxiety That Drove White, Working-Class Voters to Trump  —  White Americans carried Donald Trump to the White House.  He won college-educated white voters by a four-point margin over Hillary Clinton, according to exit polls.  But his real victory was among members of the white working class …
Discussion: IJR, Washington Post and Axios
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Wisconsin's Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748)  —  A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters.  —  Donald Trump holds a campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, November 1, 2016.  (Reuters / Carlo Allegri)
New Republic:
Sarah Jones  —  The New York Times allowed an anti-choice group to write a press release on the op-ed page.  —  Mad about Bret Stephens?  The Times sees that and respects your rage, choosing to double down on its decision to publish right-wing propaganda.
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Lori Szala / New York Times:
The Problem With Linking Abortion and Economics
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and twitchy.com
Gizmodo:
Here's How Easy It Is to Get Trump Officials to Click on a Fake Link in Email  —  Even technology experts can be insecure on the internet, as last week's “Google Docs” phishing attack demonstrated.  An array of Gmail users, including BuzzFeed tech reporter Joe Bernstein, readily handed over access to their email to a bogus app.
Discussion: The Week
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Sessions weighs return to harsher punishments for low-level drug crimes  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing policy changes set in place by the Obama administration that eliminated harsh punishments for low-level drug crimes and could direct federal prosecutors to again charge drug offenders …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Iowa congressman walks out of a TV interview and into an angry town hall meeting  —  DUBUQUE, Iowa — An Iowa congressman walked out of a television interview on Monday, declining to explain why his staff is pre-screening constituents who plan to attend his town hall meetings this week.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Jimmy Carter on Sanders: 'Can y'all see why I voted for him?'  —  Former President Jimmy Carter on Monday revealed he supported Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  (I-Vt.) in the Democratic presidential primaries.  —  During an event Monday at a Carter Center discussion about politics and human rights …
Discussion: Townhall.com and IJR
CNN:
Spirit Airlines cancels flight, passenger brawl breaks out  —  (CNN)Screams and commotion took over Fort Lauderdale's airport Monday as travelers clashed with Spirit Airlines employees and police.  —  About 300 Spirit flights have been canceled over the past seven days, leaving thousands of passengers angry.
Harry Walker / Daily Express:
Bit rich?  Barack Obama ‘to pocket £2.5million for sold-out speech in Milan today’  —  BARACK Obama will reportedly pocket a staggering £2.5million (€3million) today for delivering a speech to a sold-out audience in Milan as part of his lucrative post-presidential speaking tour.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A French Lesson for the American Media  —  The hacked emails from Emmanuel Macron's French campaign appear to be spectacularly mundane, according to people who have read them.  They include briefings on issues, personal exchanges and discussions of the weather.
Reuters:
Commerce Secretary Ross says 3 percent GDP growth not achievable this year  —  The U.S. economy won't achieve the Trump administration's 3 percent growth goal this year and not until all of its tax, regulatory, trade and energy policies are fully in place, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday.
Sean Cockerham / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
President Kamala Harris?  She's making the first moves.  —  LOS ANGELES  —  Now's the time prospective presidential candidates start taking the subtle but crucial behind-the-scenes steps that get them noticed by the political intelligentsia, and Sen. Kamala Harris is quietly following the script.
Elizabeth Roberts / CNN:
Mexico was second deadliest country in 2016  —  (CNN)It was the second deadliest conflict in the world last year, but it hardly registered in the international headlines.  —  As Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan dominated the news agenda, Mexico's drug wars claimed 23,000 lives during 2016 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Axios and The Daily Caller
 
 
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ABC News:
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Discussion: People.com and IJR
John Bowden / The Hill:
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Discussion: Politico and RedState
David Byler / Real Clear Politics:
How Bad Is the Democratic Senate Map for 2018?
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National Journal:
Surf's Up For a Wave Election
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