Fri May 12, 2017 AT 1:16 PM EDT
President Trump on Friday warned James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director he fired this week, against leaking anything negative about the president and put the news media on notice that he may cancel future White House briefings, reports The New York Times.
- WashExaminer: Trump Lawyer: Tax Returns Show No ‘Income of Any Type From Russian Sources’ With Few Exceptions
- The Hill: CBS’s Schieffer: Trump ‘Making Fools of His Own Staff’
- CNN: AG Sessions Paves Way for Stricter Sentencing in Criminal Cases
- The Hill: GOP Senator Threatens to Block Trump’s CIA Nominee
- Politico: Tax Credits May Provide Rallying Point for Senate Obamacare Repeal
Thu May 11, 2017 AT 1:29 PM EDT
Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe vowed Thursday that he would tell the Senate Intelligence Committee if the White House tried to interfere with the bureau’s probe of possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election — though he asserted that there had “been no effort to impede our investigation to date,” reports The Washington Post.
- WashExaminer: Democrats Prepare for War Over Russia Special Prosecutor
- Gizmodo: Russia’s Flickr Shows Meeting With Trump, While the White House Flickr Has Mike Pence’s Rabbit
- Townhall: Comey Says Goodbye to FBI Agents in a Letter: I Will Miss You and the Mission Deeply
- WashExaminer: White House to Launch Commission on Voter Fraud, Election Integrity
- Politico: FBI Agent Groups Dispute Trump’s Rationale for Comey Firing
Wed May 10, 2017 AT 2:08 PM EDT
When President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, the news was received with a considerable amount of shock across the political spectrum, reports ABC News.
- WashTimes: White House Says No Need for Special Prosecutor After Comey Firing
- Reuters: FBI in Turmoil Over Comey Firing, Scramble on for New Chief
- Daily Caller: Byron York: to Fire Comey, Trump Team Waited for Rosenstein
- WashTimes: Possible Candidates to Replace Fired FBI Director Comey
- Townhall: Global Warming: Obama Used Private Jet, Helicopter, and 14 Cars During Climate Change Event
