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2:45 PM ET, May 11, 2017

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Washington Post:
How Trump's anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director  —  Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Trump Interview With Lester Holt: President Asked Comey If He Was Under Investigation  —  President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview Thursday with NBC News' Lester Holt, called ousted FBI chief James Comey a “showboat” and revealed he asked Comey whether he was under investigation for alleged ties to Russia.
Ali Watkins / Politico:
Rosenstein meets with Senate Intel leaders after Comey firing  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was seen arriving at the Senate Intelligence Committee's secure office spaces Thursday afternoon.  Sources told POLITICO Rosenstein had requested to meet with the Intelligence Committee leaders …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Experts on authoritarianism are absolutely terrified by the Comey firing  —  “Trump has talked like a would-be authoritarian since day one. ...  This is the first clear warning sign that he's attempting to [act like one].”  —  Those are the words not of a Democratic political operative …
Discussion: CNBC and Shareblue
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Considering Ex-Congressman Mike Rogers for FBI Director, Official Says  —  President Donald Trump is considering Mike Rogers, a former congressman and FBI agent from Michigan, to replace James Comey as FBI director, a White House official said.  —  Rogers, 53, a former chairman …
New York Times:
Acting F.B.I. director contradicts White House.  —  The unfolding story over Mr. Trump's abrupt firing of Mr. Comey hung over the hearing, infusing political theater into annual testimony by the nation's top security officials about the biggest threats facing the United States.
New York Times:
An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General  —  Dear Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein:  —  It's rare that any single person has to bear as much responsibility for safeguarding American democracy as you find yourself carrying now.  Even before President Trump's shocking decision …
Wall Street Journal:
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency  —  The Justice Department moved on Wednesday to find a temporary successor for fired FBI Director James Comey, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his top deputy interviewed five candidates amid continuing fallout over the controversial dismissal.
Wall Street Journal:
Rosenstein Pressed White House to Correct the Record on Comey Firing  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein pressed White House counsel Don McGahn to correct what he felt was an inaccurate White House depiction of the events surrounding FBI Director James Comey's firing.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: Comey sought to expand Trump-Russia probe of former campaign officials  —  WASHINGTON  —  The FBI-led probe into whether Russian influence operations helped put Donald Trump in the White House is on a knife's edge and could easily veer into either of two distinct directions.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump puts agenda, presidency at risk  —  The answers to why Trump canned Comey are becoming clear: The president was filled with grievance about the FBI probe and acted on impulse without clearly thinking through the fallout, numerous sources tell me.  —  The consequences are also becoming clear …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey
Chuck Grassley:
Grassley discusses Comey and Russia Investigation at Executive Business Meeting
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
America Isn't Having a Constitutional Crisis
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and CNN
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats demand answers from Rod Rosenstein about involvement in Comey firing
patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Comey Day: ‘First Trump Russia Arrests Possible’ Thursday
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:   Americans are witnessing a slow-motion coup
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sen. Mike Lee tweets Trump: Nominate Merrick Garland to replace Comey
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
WaPo story on Trump and Comey cites more than 30 officials but can't beat this one editor's note
Discussion: Hot Air
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem reps: Trump is ‘moving’ toward impeachment
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Economist:
What is Trumponomics and how does it differ from standard Republican economics?  —  Well it's an interesting question.  I don't think it's ever been asked quite that way.  But it really has to do with self-respect as a nation.  It has to do with trade deals that have to be fair, and somewhat reciprocal, if not fully reciprocal.
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TIME.com:
From where the 45th President works, eats and sleeps, everything is going just great.  Now if only everyone else would see it that way.  A TIME exclusive  —  PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENJAMIN RASMUSSEN FOR TIME  —  In a few minutes, President Donald Trump will release a new set of tweets …
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
President Trump expected to launch commission on ‘election integrity’  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News.
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Roxana Hegeman / Associated Press:   Kansas' Kobach Told to Disclose Voting Plan He Took to Trump
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Conway links Anderson Cooper's eye roll to sexism … White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Thursday appeared to accuse CNN's Anderson Cooper of sexism for rolling his eyes during an on-air interview with her.  —  “I face sexism a lot of times when I show up for interviews like that,” Conway said on “Fox & Friends.”
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:   Trump Jr. shares tweet linking Clinton's firing of FBI director to death of Vince Foster
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms  —  A photographer for a Russian state-owned news agency was allowed into the Oval Office on Wednesday during President Trump's meeting with Russian diplomats, a level of access that was criticized by former U.S. intelligence officials as a potential security breach.
 
 
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