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7:55 AM ET, May 10, 2017

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CNN:
CNN exclusive: Grand jury subpoenas issued in FBI's Russia investigation  —  Washington (CNN)Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year's election …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Behind Comey's firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia  —  President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week.  When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn't call James Comey.  He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver …
New York Times:
Updates and Reactions to F.B.I. Director Comey's Firing  —  President Trump has fired James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, the White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Tuesday.  —  Mr. Comey was delivering a speech in Los Angeles when he learned he had been fired.
New York Times:
F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has dismissed the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, said Tuesday.  —  “While I greatly appreciate you informing me …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
A Former Top Official Cited In The DOJ's Comey Memo Calls Firing A “Sham”  —  Donald Ayer, who served as the deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, told BuzzFeed News that Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation was being used to justify his firing “for a very different reason.”
Bwittes / Lawfare:
The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Fires Comey, the One Man Who Would Stand Up to Him  —  FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee regarding the Clinton email investigation / CSPAN  —  Make no mistake: The firing of James Comey as FBI director is a stunning event.
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON DISMISSAL OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey:  —  “While the President has the legal authority to remove the Director of the FBI …
The Daily Beast:
President Donald Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey, and Even White House Aides Are Stunned  —  President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey.  —  The stunning and sudden removal comes after Comey told Congress in March that the FBI was engaged in an ongoing investigation …
Politico:
Is This a Constitutional Crisis?  —  As the news broke late this afternoon, the politicos of Washington stared into their smartphones, stunned, struggling with what to make of it.  TV networks cut into their regularly scheduled programming.  Chyrons promising “breaking news” actually delivered it …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Into the Abyss: Trump Fires Comey  —  Let me add a few more thoughts on the events of the evening.  —  There is a glorious swirl of irony, disingenuousness and bad faith in the vortex of opinions about James Comey and the notional rationale for firing him.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
FBI agents in tears as news of Comey's firing spread  —  The news of FBI director James Comey's firing struck like a thunderclap at field offices around the country, where agents heard first from TV or the internet that their boss had been dismissed by President Donald J. Trump.
Discussion: Business Insider, Axios and ABC News
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:   After Comey's ouster, Democrats press for independent probe of Russia's meddling in election
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:   Key to Keeping Trump-Russia Inquiry Alive: 3 Republicans
Dan Merica / CNN:   Who is Keith Schiller, the man Trump sent to fire Comey?
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Giuliani Says He's Not A Candidate for FBI Director
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Before James Comey's Dismissal, a Growing Frustration at White House
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
TRUMP FIRES FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
The Political Isolation of Jim Comey
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Flashback: Trump praised Comey for Clinton actions in October
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
There's no reason to believe Donald Trump's rationale for firing James Comey
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   After Trump fired Comey, his staff scrambled to explain why
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer to Trump: Comey firing a ‘big mistake’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico
Washington Examiner:
GOP senators must demand an independent FBI director
Discussion: Hit & Run
Daily Mail:   BREAKING NEWS: Trump FIRES FBI Director James Comey after he misled the Senate on Huma Abedin's emails
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
FBI Director James Comey has been fired
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Fires James Comey as FBI Chief
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Trump Hires Law Firm to Fight Suggestions of Russia Business Ties  —  President Donald Trump has hired a Washington law firm to send a letter to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee saying he has no connections to Russia, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.
Discussion: NBC News, USA Today and Gizmodo
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Sen. Hatch: ‘The public wants every dime they can be given’  —  Washington (CNN)Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch warned Tuesday that efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in the Senate might be complicated because once the public “is on the dole, they'll take every dime they can.”
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
The Senate really, really doesn't want to repeat the House's health care mistakes
Discussion: Politico
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Trump team marks 6-month election anniversary by vowing to air video of Clinton campaign's concession call  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's upset November victory never seems to be far from the White House's mind.  —  On Tuesday, Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media …
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
Former ‘Apprentice’ star has a white hot emotional meltdown while defending GOP's all-male healthcare group  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Former “Apprentice” contestant Erin Elmore on Tuesday veered completely off-topic during a discussion on the all-male Senate healthcare group …
Wall Street Journal:
Comey Dismissal Upends Probes of Trump Campaign Ties to Russia  —  President Donald Trump's decision to fire the head of the FBI in the midst of the bureau's probe into possible links between his presidential campaign and Russia added impetus to calls for a special counsel to handle the case.
 
 
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