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4:00 PM ET, May 11, 2017

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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.
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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.
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.
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 …
CNN:
White House: Removing Comey will help bring Russia investigation to end  —  (CNN)The White House said Thursday that removing FBI Director James Comey from his post may hasten the agency's investigation into Russian meddling.  —  “We want this to come to its conclusion …
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.
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
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.
patribotics:   EXCLUSIVE: Comey Day: ‘First Trump Russia Arrests Possible’ Thursday
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Our Rendezvous With Authoritarianism Has Arrived
Discussion: Washington Post and The Atlantic
Edward Morrissey / The Fiscal Times:
The Comey Firing Proves We Need Two Special Counsels, Not One
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:   America Isn't Having a Constitutional Crisis
NBC Nightly News:
I Was Going to Fire Comey Anyway, Trump Tells Lester Holt in Interview
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sen. Mike Lee tweets Trump: Nominate Merrick Garland to replace Comey
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Deputy AG Rosenstein was on the verge of resigning, upset over WH pinning Comey firing on him
Chuck Grassley:
Grassley discusses Comey and Russia Investigation at Executive Business Meeting
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem reps: Trump is ‘moving’ toward impeachment
Discussion: Vox, Politico and AOL
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
Outraged Democrats Have No Clear Plan to Deal With Comey Dismissal
Brett T. / twitchy.com:   WaPo story on Trump and Comey cites more than 30 officials but can't beat this one editor's note
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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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Donald Trump has no idea what health insurance costs  —  “In a short period of time,” President Trump recently told Time magazine in an interview about his first months in the White House, “I understood everything there was to know about health care.”  —  Around the same time, Trump gave another interview, this one to the Economist.
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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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
Eric Geller / Politico:
Trump signs long-awaited cyber order, launching hacking defense review  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a long-delayed cybersecurity executive order that launches sweeping reviews of the federal government's digital vulnerabilities and directs agencies to adopt specific security practices.
Discussion: The White House, Axios and Gizmodo
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Trump signs cyber security executive order
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Republicans Feel Heat at Home for the Health-Care Bill  —  House members are running away from constituents and trying to change the subject.  —  The early returns are in, and they're bad news for the Republican gamble to pass a flawed health-care alternative to Obamacare.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Republicans Don't Feel Your Pain
Discussion: Philly.com
 
 
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Matthew Stein / The College Fix:
Black student group at UC Santa Cruz threatens more campus takeovers if additional demands not met
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Video: Man swears at family, yells ‘Trump will stop you’ in anti-Muslim tirade at Texas beach
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