President Donald Trump sought comfort in the figurative embrace of his evangelical supporters Thursday as the FBI director he recently fired told Congress about their conversations. The president told a religious gathering that “we’re under siege” but will emerge “bigger and better and stronger than ever,” reports Time.

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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is calling for President Trump to testify before congressional investigators about his interactions with fired FBI Director James Comey, after the former top cop testified before a Senate panel about his conversations with the president, reports The Hill.

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Four top national security officials were pressed repeatedly about whether President Trump had asked any of them to try to curtail the F.B.I. investigation into whether his associates coordinated with the Russian effort to interfere in the election. They mostly sidestepped the questions, visibly frustrating senators, reports The New York Times.

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