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CNN:
Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, multiple people familiar with the discussions tell CNN, a move that has gained urgency following the raid of the office of the President's personal lawyer.
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New York Times:
Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December  —  In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Mueller's investigation had to be shut down.
New York Times:
At the White House, Trump Takes Selfies and Seethes Over Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — Outside the White House, President Trump grinned for selfies with Alabama's Crimson Tide, telling the college football champions that they had beaten their rivals so brutally, “you flat-out made them quit” …
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
“The ACLU Would Be Up in Arms”  —  On Tuesday night, with reports circulating that he was furious about both the raid on the offices of his lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the gathering force of the Mueller investigation, President Trump dined with famed law professor and pundit Alan Dershowitz.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Dana Boente, former top Justice Department official now at FBI, has been interviewed by Mueller and turned over notes … Dana Boente, the former acting attorney general who now serves as general counsel at the FBI, has been interviewed by the special counsel's office and turned over handwritten notes …
New York Times:
The Law Is Coming, Mr. Trump  —  Why don't we take a step back and contemplate what Americans, and the world, are witnessing?  —  Early Monday morning, F.B.I. agents raided the New York office, home and hotel room of the personal lawyer for the president of the United States.
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
How the Cohen Raids and Trump's Reactions Edge Us Toward Confrontation
CNN:
Special counsel team met with Trump lawyers on day of Cohen raid
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
With Scant Precedent, White House Insists Trump Could Fire Mueller Himself
Discussion: HuffPost
Axios:
Paul Ryan won't run for re-election  —  Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans this morning that he will not run for re-election in November.  —  Why it matters: House Republicans were already in a very tough spot for the midterms, with many endangered members and the good chance that Democrats could win the majority.
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Axios:
Paul Ryan confidants say he's not running for reelection  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan has told confidants that he will announce soon that he won't run for reelection in November, according to sources with knowledge of the conversations.  —  Why it matters: House Republicans were already …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ryan rocks Republicans with retirement  —  Speaker Paul Ryan told his House Republican colleagues Wednesday that he will not seek another term in Congress, ending what will be a three-year run as the Republican leader and creating a power vacuum in the GOP ranks heading into a difficult midterm election.
Discussion: Axios and VICE News
Washington Post:
House Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek reelection, he tells friends and colleagues  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has told friends and several colleagues that he has decided not to seek reelection this year and will soon inform colleagues of his plans, according to several people familiar with his plans.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CNN:
House Speaker Paul Ryan won't seek re-election
Washington Post:   House Speaker Paul Ryan won't seek reelection, according to people with knowledge of the situation
The Daily Beast:
Paul Ryan Punches Out
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
CBS News:
Ryan says he's “proud” of achievements as speaker as he aims to retire in January
Discussion: The Week
Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Russia to ‘Get Ready’ With Missiles Coming at Syria  —  Attack on air field last year failed to deter chemical weapons  —  More forcible response could provoke escalation of conflict  —  President Donald Trump warned Russia to “get ready” because a volley of U.S. missiles …
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Dahlia Nehme / Reuters:
Russian envoy to Lebanon: Any U.S. missiles fired at Syria will be shot down
Mark Hodge / The Sun:
‘GET READY RUSSIA!’  Donald Trump warns Putin his missiles are coming 'fast and smart …
Discussion: National Review, CNBC and CNN
Lawfare:
The Downsides of Bombing Syria
Axios:
ABC: Comey compares Trump to mob boss  —  A source present at the taping says James Comey's interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, airing Sunday at 10 p.m. as a “20/20” special, is “going to shock the president and his team.”  —  Keep reading  —  121 WORDS
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Comey sat down with Stephanopoulos for 5-hour interview  —  The James Comey media blitz has officially begun, with the former FBI director sitting down for a marathon five-hour interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News ahead of the release of his much-anticipated memoir …
Discussion: Political Wire
Don Lemon / CNN:
Michael Cohen to CNN: FBI was ‘professional, courteous, respectful’ in raids, counter to Trump's depiction  —  New York (CNN)In his first comments since the FBI raid on his home and office, Michael Cohen said the FBI agents “were extremely professional, courteous and respectful.”
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Associated Press:   After FBI raids, Trump's longtime fixer out of the shadows
David Dayen / The Intercept:
The Senate Is Afraid to Govern.  That's Great News for Facebook.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, had a simple question.  “Who is your biggest competitor?” he asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at his congressional testimony on Tuesday.
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Axios:
What Mark Zuckerberg didn't say  —  Mark Zuckerberg's Senate …
Matt Weinberger / Business Insider:
Mark Zuckerberg just renounced a core piece of Silicon Valley wisdom — and it could come back to bite Facebook
Discussion: AOL, more at Mediagazer »
Acreage Holdings:
Former Speaker of the House John Boehner and Former Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld Join Leading Cannabis Company  —  Appointments Add Unmatched Experience to Acreage Holdings' Board of Advisors  —  Acreage Holdings ("Acreage") (www.acreageholdings.com), one of the nation's largest …
Discussion: CNN, Roll Call and The Week
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Jennifer Kaplan / Bloomberg:
Ex-Speaker John Boehner Joins Marijuana Firm's Advisory Board
Tampa Bay Times:
Rep. Dennis Ross is retiring  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, told his staff this morning he is retiring.  —  “Eight years takes its time on you. ...  There's got to be an exit strategy at some point,” Ross said in an interview.  —  He said he was informing staff …
Discussion: Vox
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Trump ‘asked me to switch parties’ … Donald Trump was still weeks away from being sworn in as president when, according to one Democratic senator, he was already trying to get her to defect to the Republicans.  —  “When I visited with him in Trump Tower …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Not Mike Pence?  —  A few days ago, which is to say an eternity in our Trump-dilated time, there was a story on NPR about anxious evangelicals' seeking a meeting with the president.  —  The subject of their agita, not entirely surprisingly, was the Stormy Daniels affair …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Senate Republicans Growing Anxious About Their Majority  —  Mitch McConnell raised alarms about the grim political environment for Republicans last week.  He had good reasons.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell didn't break much news when he acknowledged that Republicans are facing …
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:   Senate Republicans express concerns about Trump's choice to lead Veterans Affairs
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London  —  The British offices of the Murdoch entertainment empire 21st Century Fox have been raided by investigators from the European Commission, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.  —  It is understood that competition watchdogs gained access …
 
 
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