James Comey
- Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation by Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo (NY Times)
- Senate Democrats announce slowdown of business in response to Comey’s ouster by Ed O’Keefe and Elise Viebeck (Washington Post)
- Kremlin releases photo of Trump meeting with top Russian diplomat by Neetzan Zimmerman (The Hill)
- Suspicious Timing And Convenient Reasoning For Trump’s Firing Of Comey by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- McConnell Defends Trump as Schumer Calls for Special Prosecutor by Jennifer Steinhauer and Matt Flegenheimer (NY Times)
- The ‘who, what, why’ of Trump’s swift firing of Comey by Sadie Gurman (AP)
- Behind Comey’s firing: An enraged Trump, fuming about Russia by Josh Dawsey (Politico)
- Rod Rosenstein: the man who wrote the memo sealing James Comey’s fate by Lois Beckett (The Guardian)
- Here is who Trump could pick to replace Comey by Dan Merica (CNN)
- Analysis: Five questions for Trump after FBI firing by Katie Bo Williams, Jordan Fabian, and Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
- Opinion: Don’t Be Complicit, Republicans by Peter Wehner (NY Times)
- Trump fires FBI Director Comey, setting off U.S. political storm by Steve Holland & Jeff mason (Reuters)
- Donald Trump fired James Comey because of the Russia investigations by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Trump Fires Comey, Putting Country ‘On the Verge of a Constitutional Crisis’ by John Nichols (The Nation)
- Democrats Call for Independent Prosecutor over F.B.I. Crisis as Trump Rages on Twitter by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
- The F.B.I. Was Closing in on Flynn Before Trump Fired Comey by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Comey asked Justice Dept. for money and manpower to investigate Russia/Trump days before he was fired: NYT by Xeni Jardin (BoingBoing)
- Democrats Can Both Have Wanted Comey Gone and Be Outraged at His Firing by Michelle Goldberg (Slate)
- James Comey’s Firing Will Reveal Which Republican Politicians Still Have a Backbone by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Russian Foreign Minister Just Gloated About the Comey Firing in the U.S. State Department on National TV by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Sean Spicer Hid in Some Bushes to Avoid Questions About Comey by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)
- Sean Spicer hid in bushes to avoid facing non-Fox reporters about Comey firing by Mark Suber (Daily Kos)
- McConnell joins Trump and Sessions in covering up the Russian hack by Joan McCarter (Daily Kos)
- Comey was fired immediately after asking for money to expand Russia investigation by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- Trump defends firing of FBI chief; Democrats demand independent Russia probe by David Morgan & Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- The Totally Deserved But Deeply Troubling Firing of James Comey by Tim Dickinson (Rolling Stone)
- These Republicans are standing up to Trump over James Comey firing by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- These are the Republicans who spoke out against Comey’s firing by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
- Trump says he will be ‘thanked’ for firing of FBI chief Comey (BBC)
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Just Mocked a Reporter’s Question About James Comey’s Firing by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Why Trump’s Firing of Comey Should Be Investigated by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- Independent senator: Comey could lead Senate investigation on Trump-Russia ties by Paulina Firozi (The Hill)
- Schumer requests closed-door briefing with Sessions on FBI firing by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- Comey sought more resources for Russia probe before firing: reports by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- President Trump Breaks Silence on Comey Firing: ‘He Wasn’t Doing a Good Job’ by Alana Abramson (TIME)
- McConnell rejects calls for special prosecutor by Burgess Everett, Austin Wright, Seung Min Kim (Politico)
- Trump comes unglued: President spends hours after bombshell Comey firing blasting away at Democrats by Allan Smith (Business Insider)
- Donald Trump has been ‘screaming at the television about Russia links investigation,’ says White House advisor by Lucy Pasha-Robinson (Independent)
- Trump chose a very weird day to meet with top Russian officials by German Lopez (Vox)
- After Trump fired Comey, White House staff scrambled to explain why by Jenna Johnson (The Washington Post)
- Clinton campaign veterans condemn Comey firing: ‘This terrifies me’ by Gabriel Debendetti (Politico)
- It’s not just Comey: The scary past 24 hours in Trump-Russia explained by Alex Ward (Vox)
- Trump had an unhinged early morning tweetstorm after firing Comey by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Trump’s dubious, disturbing firing of James Comey, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- With awkward timing, Trump meets top Russian official by David E. Sanger (The NY Times)
- Will Republicans check Trump’s presidential power? by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
- Analysis: The Easy Tells of Comey’s Canning by Bret Stevens (NY Times)
- Comey farewell: ‘A president can fire an FBI director for any reason’ by Mark Hensch (The Hill)
- Opinion: Trump’s Constitutional Crisis by David Cole (NY Review of Books)
- Comey is gone. Now what happens to the FBI? by Charles Lane (The Washington Post)
- ‘There is a real risk here things will spin out of control’ by Rosie Gray and Mckay Coppins (The Atlantic)
- Trump surrogates are trying to explain Comey’s firing. It’s not going well by Avi Selk (The Washington Post)
- Mitch McConnell just shut down any hopes Democrats had of an independent Russia investigation by Amber Phillips (The Washington Post)
- Inside Trump’s anger and impatience — and his sudden decision to fire Comey by Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Sari Horwitz and Robert Costa (Washington Post)
- Comey’s firing and the look of power by Benjamin Wallace-Wells (The New Yorker)
- Opinion: The Easy Tells of Comey’s Canning by Bret Stevens (NY Times)
- ‘I Will Be Fine,’ Comey Reportedly Tells FBI Agents In Farewell Letter by Jessica Taylor, Miles Parks (NPR)
- White House Protesters Demand Independent Russia Investigation After Comey Firing by Ashley Dejean (Mother Jones)
Healthcare
- Republicans challenge memo restricting health officials’ talks with Congress by Jessica Glenza (The Guardian)
- Will Congress Save the Children’s Health Insurance Program? by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- Republicans Who Backed Trumpcare Aren’t Holding Town Halls. So Democrats Are Going in Their Place. by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
News
- A reporter was arrested for asking Trump officials a question by German Lopez (Vox)
- Trump Hosts Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov And Ambassador Kislyak At White House by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- DeVos Commencement Speech Draws Protests by Anya Kamenetz (NPR)
- U.S. criticizes Russian build-up near Baltic states by Phil Stewart & Andrius Sytas (Reuters)
- G7 seen urging Trump to stick with climate pact at summit by Alister Doyle, John Irish (Reuters)
- Donald Trump launches a new website to gear up for 2020 re-election campaign by Charlie May (Salon)
- New anti-immigrant law in Texas is so bad the ACLU issues a travel advisory by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- ACLU issues advisory: “Traveling to Texas may result in violation of Constitutional rights” by Mark Frauenfeler (BoingBoing)
- The newly revived Keystone XL’s future is in the hands of a red state by Emma Foehringer Merchant (Salon)
- This Undocumented Immigrant Is Fighting Back Against Trump by Keegan Hamilton (VICE)
- A Long, Comprehensive List of the Allegations Against Mike Flynn by Mike Pearl (VICE)
- Trump Also Just Met With Henry Kissinger, aka Richard Nixon’s National Security Adviser by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Senate Votes No on Repealing Obama-Era Limits on Methane Emissions by Matthew Daly (TIME)
- In a win for environmentalists, Senate keeps an Obama era climate change rule by Coral Davenport (The Atlantic)
- Senators Reject Effort To Roll Back Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- Trump holds auditions while Spicer’s away by Tara Palmeri (Politico)
- Betsy DeVos booed at Bethune-Cookman University (Al Jazeera)
- Graduates at Florida university turn backs in protest of DeVos speech by Bernie Woodall (Reuters)
Analysis
- Trump’s national monument plan could easily fail — but he’ll still declare victory by Evan Halper (NY Times)
- What Herman Melville Can Teach Us About the Trump Era by Ariel Dorfman (The Nation)
- Mitch McConnell is doing incalculable damage to our democracy by Ned Resnikoff (ThinkProgress)
- Arresting a Reporter for Asking Questions Is an Unacceptable Assault on the First Amendment by Jamie Lynn Crofts and Eli Baumwell (ACLU.org)
- Why the ACLU Supports the Appointment of a Special Prosecutor and the Creation of a Select Committee to Investigate Trump Campaign Ties to Russia by Anthony Romero (ACLU.org)