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5:50 PM ET, May 14, 2017

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of Trump's Firing of James Comey  —  Just 29 percent of Americans say they approve of President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, while 38 percent disapprove, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Warner: I will ‘absolutely’ subpoena tapes between Comey and Trump if they exist
Discussion: Hot Air and ABC News
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Trump denies he asked Comey for loyalty, threatens to cancel press briefings
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Republicans and Democrats agree: If Trump has tapes, he'll need to turn them over to Congress  —  Lawmakers in both parties said Sunday that President Trump will need to hand over any recordings of conversations in the White House if such a taping system does exist.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
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Fox News:
Sens. Mark Warner and Mike Lee on replacing James Comey at the FBI
Ayesha Rascoe / Reuters:
U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to turn over any Comey tapes
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
At 3 a.m., NC Senate GOP strips education funding from Democrats' districts  —  N.C. Senate Republicans were visibly upset with Democrats for prolonging the budget debate with amendments during an after-midnight session Friday morning.  —  As the clock approached 1 a.m. …
Daily Progress:
Torch-wielding protesters gather at Lee Park  —  Several dozen torch-wielding protesters gathered in Charlottesville's Lee Park just after 9 p.m. Saturday, chanting “You will not replace us,” “Russia is our friend” and “Blood and soil.”  —  After about 10 minutes, Charlottesville police arrived …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up  —  At the urging of longtime friends and outside advisers, most of whom he consults after dark, President Trump is considering a “huge reboot” that could take out everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon …
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Conservatives Look to Cut Medicaid  —  Conservative Senate Republicans are weighing faster and steeper cuts to Medicaid that could drop millions of people from coverage and mark the biggest changes to the program in its 52-year history.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Callista Gingrich set to be named ambassador to the Vatican  —  Washington (CNN)Callista Gingrich, the wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is the preferred nominee to be the next ambassador to the Vatican.  —  The White House hopes to announce her nomination before President Donald Trump meets …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The Widening Blast Radius of the Fox News Scandal  —  While the growing chorus of allegations from former employees are making Rupert Murdoch's cable news network sound more like a malevolent bachelor party in Las Vegas, what happens at Fox News is not staying at Fox News.
patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Sealed Indictment granted against Donald Trump  —  Separate sources with links to the intelligence and justice communities have stated that a sealed indictment has been granted against Donald Trump.  —  While it is understood that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution means that …
Discussion: twitchy.com, Raw Story and CANNONFIRE
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Nikki Haley: Trump is ‘CEO of the country,’ can ‘fire anyone he wants’  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley defended President Trump's firing of former FBI director James Comey, saying that he can “fire anyone he wants.”  —  “The president is the CEO of the country,” …
Discussion: Politico
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Launches a Missile, Its First Test After an Election in the South
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Clapper: US institutions ‘under assault’  —  Clapper: US institutions under assault by Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a stern warning Sunday about the state of the US government after President Donald Trump's decision …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Special Prosecutor Is Not the Answer  —  Careful what you wish for.  —  In the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, many are demanding a special prosecutor into the Trump-Russia connection.  It's not appreciated enough that such an appointment could well turn into a shield for wrongdoing.
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Firing Comey Was a Grave Abuse of Power  —  In 1974, Republicans put country before Party and told Nixon it was time to go.  Today's G.O.P. seems unlikely to live up to its predecessor's example.  —  On August 7, 1974, a trio of Republican politicians made a sombre journey from Capitol Hill to the White House.
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
George Conway is the man at the center of everything  —  If it weren't for George Conway, the nation might never have met Monica Lewinsky, and Donald Trump might never have met Kellyanne.  —  In the 1990s, George was a quiet but critical presence in what Hillary Clinton would dub …
 
 
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Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body's ‘finite’ energy
Discussion: Political Wire
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Comey firing shows White House problems go far beyond communications strategy
Marissa Lang / San Francisco Chronicle:
Chinatown sees tourism slowdown, blames Trump travel ban
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
‘Impeach Maxine Waters’ street art appears near Inglewood town hall meeting
Discussion: IJR and The Last Tradition
New York Times:
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Soeren Kern / Gatestone Institute:
Germany Confiscating Homes to Use for Migrants
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Kimberly Ross / RedState:
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Discussion: twitchy.com
Lee Siegel / New York Times:
For Liberals, Is It Time to Move to Norway?
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
At Mar-a-Lago, the star power of the presidency helps charities — and Trump — make more money
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
APPEAL IN BOY'S BURP ARREST CASE RELIES ON GORSUCH DISSENT
Discussion: Axios and NPR
Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
Former Employees of Donald Trump Say They Saw Him Tape Conversations
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Jose Pagliery / CNN:
Russian money-laundering details remain in the dark as US settles fraud case
Washington Post:
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
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Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
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