James Comey / FBI
- Trump defends Comey dismissal amid calls for probe (Al Jazeera)
- Trump blasts Comey, acting FBI chief contradicts president by Patricia Zengerle & Arshad Mohammed (Reuters)
- Trump’s Surprise at Comey Firing Fallout Is a Scary Sign by Bridgette Dunlap (Rolling Stone)
- McCabe: You Cannot Stop ‘The FBI From Doing The Right Thing’ by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- Trump Says He Planned To Fire ‘Grandstander’ Comey ‘Regardless Of Recommendation’ by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Acting FBI Director Contradicts Everything White House Has Said About FBI, Is Definitely Also Getting Fired by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Donald Trump contradicts his own White House about James Comey firing timeline by Sophia Tesfaye (Salon)
- A coup in real time? Historian Timothy Snyder says the Comey firing is Trump’s “open admission of collusion with Russia” by Chauncey Devega (Salon)
- The Acting FBI Director Just Contradicted the White House (VICE)
- The White House Lied About the Comey Firing, According to Acting FBI Director by AJ Vicens (Mother Jones)
- FBI refuses to disclose documents on Trump’s call to Russia to hack Clinton by Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)
- FBI to continue Trump-Russia probe but will not update White House, Acting Director announces by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump himself just confirmed his White House’s story about Comey’s firing was a lie by Dara Lind (Vox)
- The new acting FBI director keeps contradicting the White House’s spin in Senate testimony by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- The past 24 hours since Trump fired Comey were even crazier than the first 24 hours by Alex Ward (Vox)
- Experts on authoritarianism are absolutely terrified by the Comey firing by Zack Beauchamp (Vox )
- The White House’s explanations for Comey’s firing are crumbling before our eyes by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- Trump calls Comey a ‘Showboat’, says he decided on his own to fire him by Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear (The NY Times)
- In interview, Trump contradicts Pence on Comey by Matthew Nussbaum, Josh Dawsey, and Tara Palmeri (Politico)
- Latest Developments on Comey: Acting F.B.I. Chief Contradicts White House updates, by staff (NY Times)
- Trump: I was going to fire Comey even without recommendation by Eileen Sullivan, Deb Riechman, and Julie Pace (AP)
- In a private dinner, Trump demanded loyalty. Comey demurred. by Michael S. Schmidt (The NY Times)
- Trump said he was thinking of Russia controversy when he decided to fire Comey by Devlin Barrett and Philip Rucker (The Washington Post)
- Merrick Garland would have to be a fool to serve as Trump’s FBI director by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- House Democrats Demand Investigation of Comey Firing by Pema Levy (Mother Jones)
- Donald Trump and James Comey: A timeline (Al Jazeera)
- McCabe: Russia probe continues despite Comey’s sacking (Al Jazeera)
- Trump has now admitted he fired Comey because of the Russia investigation by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
News
- Read Donald Trump’s Interview With TIME on Being President by Zeke J Miller (TIME)
- Trump tells The Economist he invented the phrase ‘priming the pump’ by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- A Journalist Has Been Arrested for Questioning HHS Secretary Tom Price by John Nichols (The Nation)
- Kremlin says feels ‘cautious optimism’ after Trump meeting with Lavrov (Reuters)
- Trump signs cyber security executive order: senior official by Daniel Volz (Reuters)
- Trump signs executive order to prevent computer hacking (AP)
- Donald Trump Hurls Insults At TV Hosts Who Are Critical Of His Presidency by Paige Labender (Huffington Post)
- The Dakota Access Pipeline Is Already Leaking by Cole Kadzin (VICE)
- Trump Administration Plans to Effectively Kill Office Fighting Opioid Epidemic by Matt Laslo (Rolling Stone
- Trump to sign executive order to review his own unfounded voter fraud claims by AP (The Guardian)
- AP sources: Trump to launch panel to investigate voter fraud by Ken Thomas (AP)
- Trump to sign executive order launching voter fraud probe: report by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
- Trump: I may release my taxes when I’m out of office by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Conway: Trump expects people in his administration to ‘be loyal to the administration’ by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- Trump launches commission to investigate voter fraud by Ken Thomas (AP)
- Security situation in Afghanistan likely to get worse: U.S. intel chief by Idrees Ali (Reuters)
- Tillerson, at Arctic meeting, signs document affirming need for action on climate change by William Yardley (LA Times)
Analysis
- We May Be Witnessing the Unraveling of Donald Trump’s Presidency by Joan Walsh (The Nation)
- How Trumpcare Turns Back the Clock on Disability Rights by Sarah Jones (New Republic)
- Trump’s Embrace of the Bubble by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Look past Jim Comey: The Census director’s sudden resignation may create serious long-term problems by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
Opinion
- Jeff Sessions is in deep trouble, and here’s why by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
- Who Will Save the Republic? by Paul Egan (NY Times)