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10:45 PM ET, May 14, 2017

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Preet Bharara / Washington Post:
Are there still public servants who will say no to the president?  —  Preet Bharara, a scholar in residence at New York University Law School, was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 until this March.  —  The most dramatic hearing I helped to arrange as chief counsel …
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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.
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: Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
Senators Voice Concerns About Trump's Threat of Taped Conversations  —  President Trump's abrupt dismissal last week of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and his subsequent allusion to taped conversations with Mr. Comey continued to roil Washington on Sunday as lawmakers in both parties …
Discussion: WiredPen and The Moderate Voice
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:   Opinion on Trump Stable Despite Tumult Over Comey Firing, Poll Finds
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senators, Pulling Away From Trump, Have ‘a Lot Less Fear of Him’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:
Dead man lying  —  Unyielding dishonesty and belligerence have landed Trump one investigation away from impeachment  —  We've reached a magical time in the great story unfolding before us, the time when everybody knows that Trump is guilty, but the verdict is not yet in.
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:   Firing Comey Was a Grave Abuse of Power
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 …
Chris Willman / Variety:
With a New Collaborations Album, Todd Rundgren Talks About Loving Reznor, Fagen and Robyn... and Loathing Trump  —  Todd Rundgren's new album, “White Knight,” is a grab-bag of collaborations with fellow artists — among them, Trent Reznor, Daryl Hall, Bettye LaVette, Robyn, Donald Fagen …
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Songwriter: 'If you're a Trump supporter, don't come to my show'
Discussion: RedState
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Republicans getting nervous about Dem recruitment  —  I'm beginning to hear senior Republicans fret about Democrats recruiting unusually high quality House candidates for the 2018 midterms.  They worry that with Trump in turmoil, accomplished progressives view next year as a their best chance in ages to win a congressional seat.
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body's ‘finite’ energy  —  President Trump reportedly eschews exercise because he believes it drains the body's “finite” energy resources, but experts say this argument is flawed because the human body actually becomes stronger with exercise.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Political Wire
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 …
Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
The need for urgent collective action to keep people safe online: Lessons from last week's cyberattack  —  Early Friday morning the world experienced the year's latest cyberattack.  —  Starting first in the United Kingdom and Spain, the malicious “WannaCrypt” software quickly spread globally …
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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. …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Political chaos in Washington is a return on investment for Moscow  —  Russia has yet to collect much of what it hoped for from the Trump administration, including the lifting of U.S. sanctions and recognition of its annexation of Crimea.  —  But the Kremlin has gotten a different return …
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 …
NBC News:
Meet the Press - May 14, 2017  —  CHUCK TODD:This Sunday, the firing of James Comey.  Why did President Trump do it, and why now?  —  Was it based on a justice department recommendation?  The administration said this.  —  VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE:  —  Because of the actions that the deputy attorney general outlined.
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.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:   Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor
 
 
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump calls for more women's health care, paid family leave options
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Elana Schor / Politico:
Senators hold back-channel talks on bipartisan Obamacare fix
Discussion: Politicus USA
New York Times:
A Seeker of Kansas Voter Fraud Gets a National Soapbox
Discussion: ACLU
Ginni Thomas / The Daily Caller:
Scholar Unravels ‘The Big Lie’ Surrounding The Tump Campaign And Russian Collusion [VIDEO]
Bloomberg:
Manafort's Real-Estate Deals Said to Be Probed by N.Y.'s Top Cop
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
George Conway is the man at the center of everything
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
‘Impeach Maxine Waters’ street art appears near Inglewood town hall meeting
Discussion: IJR and The Last Tradition
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Nikki Haley: Trump is ‘CEO of the country,’ can ‘fire anyone he wants’
Discussion: Politico
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Clapper: US institutions ‘under assault’
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Week and Political Wire
New York Times:
The Republican's Guide to Presidential Behavior
David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Special Prosecutor Is Not the Answer