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CNN:
Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations  —  (CNN)Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.
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Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg:
DOJ's Weissmann Joining Mueller's Russia Investigation Team, Sources Say  —  Andrew Weissmann oversaw VW, bank cases during Obama era  —  Loss of fraud chief leaves another senior post vacant at DOJ  —  Andrew Weissmann, head of the Justice Department's fraud section …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Del Quentin Wilber / Wall Street Journal:
Comey to Testify That Trump Asked Him to Back Off Flynn Investigation
Discussion: NY State of Politics
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal  —  President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the decision.  Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
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New York Times:
Trump Expected to Pull U.S. From Paris Climate Accord
Ali Breland / The Hill:
Tesla CEO threatens to quit Trump biz council if US leaves Paris deal
Discussion: Vox, East Bay Times and Raw Story
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate deal
Todd Stern / The Atlantic:
Leaving the Paris Agreement Would Be Indefensible
Discussion: Mashable
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Musk Joins CEOs Calling for U.S. to Stay in Paris Climate Deal
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
House Intelligence Panel Issues Seven Subpoenas in Russia Probe  —  Four are related to Russia investigation, three to ‘unmasking’ controversy, individuals say  —  The House Intelligence Committee issued seven subpoenas on Wednesday, in a sign that its investigation into alleged Russian meddling …
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Austin Wright / Politico:
House Russia investigators subpoena Flynn, Cohen
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Kathy Griffin / TMZ.com:
Kathy Griffin's Gory Photo of Decapitated Trump Focus of Secret Service Investigation  —  Kathy Griffin may have been joking when she posed with what looked like the bloody head of Donald Trump, but the Secret Service isn't laughing.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us the Secret Service …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump's ‘covfefe’ heard around the world
Discussion: The Hill, ThinkProgress, Vox and Politico
John Bowden / The Hill:
White House will stop taking questions about Trump, Russia investigation  —  President Trump's administration will cease answering questions from reporters about the investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Russia, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday.
Discussion: Shareblue and Joe.My.God.
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Barron Trump / TMZ.com:
THOUGHT BEHEADED IMAGE WAS HIS DAD  —  Barron Trump was watching television Tuesday at home with Melania when Kathy Griffin's photo appeared on the screen, and his initial reaction was that something terrible happened to his father.  —  Trump family sources tell us Barron was in front …
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll- May 2017: The AHCA's Proposed Changes to Health Care  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Liz Hamel, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — With Congress currently discussing the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a plan that would repeal …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Cassidy takes heat on Obamacare repeal effort at fiery town hall
Discussion: Vox and Politicus USA
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
The New York Times Is Eliminating The Public Editor Role  —  The accountability position was created in the wake of a 2003 plagiarism scandal.  —  The New York Times is eliminating the position of public editor, an accountability role the paper created in 2003 in the wake …
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Meghann Farnsworth / Recode:
Live now: Watch Hillary Clinton from our Code Conference  —  Clinton will be interviewed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg.  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State.
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Madeline Conway / Politico:
Clinton: I was the ‘victim’ of an assumption that I would win
Discussion: White House Dossier
YouTube:
Full interview: Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State | Code 2017
Discussion: Vox and Political Wire
Politico:
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Boehner: Trump is not a ‘disaster’  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — FORMER SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: TRUMP IS NOT A ‘DISASTER’ — John Boehner got a lot of attention last week when he said the president has been a “complete disaster.”  The president himself wasn't too happy with Boehner …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden to Create a Political Action Committee, a Possible Signal for 2020  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is planning to create a political action committee, the most concrete sign yet that he intends to remain active in the Democratic Party and is considering a presidential bid in 2020.
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis In President Trump's wake, divisions mark both Democratic and Republican parties
NBC4 Washington:
‘Potential Disaster’ Averted: Man With Guns, Ammunition in Car Arrested at Trump Hotel  —  D.C. Police and the U.S. Secret Service acted on a tip about the man  —  A man accused of having guns and 90 rounds of ammunition in his car was arrested inside Trump International Hotel early Wednesday …
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Trump's “Good Job” Call to Roger Stone  —  On May 11th Roger Stone, Donald Trump's on-again, off-again political adviser for several decades, had just wrapped up a pair of morning television appearances when, according to two sources with direct knowledge, he received a call from the President.
Bloomberg:
Touting Ties to Trump Is the Only Thing That Unites the Feuding Kushners  —  David Kocieniewski, Wenxin Fan and David M. Levitt  —  Heads of the Kushner families' two sides dubbed Cain and Abel  —  Told to stop, Murray Kushner's company blamed others  —  Charles and Murray Kushner …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:   How Jared Kushner built a luxury skyscraper using loans meant for job-starved areas
Daily Mail:
Philippines president Duterte hits back at Chelsea Clinton  —  ‘What was your reaction when your father was f***ing Monica Lewinsky?’  Philippines president Duterte hits back at Chelsea Clinton after she criticised his ‘joke’ about troops raping women  —  Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte angrily hit …
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Brian Klaas / USA Today:
Donald Trump's business ties explain a lot of his dictator worship
Discussion: Heat Street
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Support for Trump impeachment rises  —  An increasing percentage of voters want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump — even if they don't think Trump has committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” the Constitution requires.  —  Forty-three percent of voters want Congress …
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Trump is His Own Worst Spokesperson; Spicer, Conway Not Much Better  —  VP Pence does best job representing his boss  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Trump may not be well-served by his primary spokespeople, but he is probably his own worst mouthpiece …
 
 
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Portland train suspect: ‘I hope everyone I stabbed died’
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