Wednesday, May 17, 2017

8:22 AM 5/17/2017 - The James Comey memo is an existential threat to Donald Trump's presidency - CNN

The James Comey memo is an existential threat to Donald Trump's presidency - CNN
Why the Comey memo could be so explosive for Trump - Los Angeles Times
'A major scandal and abuse of power': Bombshell Comey memo could lead to a major escalation in the Trump-FBI saga - Business Insider
Comey memo says Trump asked him to drop FBI investigation of Michael Flynn - Los Angeles Times
Trump vs. Comey: Who will America trust? - CNN
Israeli intelligence 'boiling mad' over Trump disclosure: report - The Hill
Trump's disclosure endangered spy placed inside ISIS by Israel, officials say - ABC News
Trump's sharing with Russia chills Israeli intelligence - USA TODAY
Israel was source for some of the information shared with Russian officials - CNN
Trump disclosure of classified intel may have endangered spy: report - The Hill
Israel says ties with US unaffected after Trump-Lavrov accusations - BBC News
Trump Defends His Sharing of Intel with Russia
Home Sales at Highest Level in a Decade
NPR News: 05-17-2017 7AM ET
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Trump to Make Historic Visit to Western Wall in Jerusalem - NBCNews.com
Israel Said to Be Source of Secret Intelligence Trump Gave to Russians - New York Times
What is 'wholly appropriate' to the White House? Pretty much whatever Trump says. - Washington Post
GOP Lawmakers Call for Inside Information on Trump Disclosure - The Atlantic
President Donald Trump is dangerously incompetent - Chicago Tribune
Focus Turns to North Korea Sleeper Cells as Possible Culprits in Cyberattack
There's almost nothing Congress can do to stop Trump from giving out secrets - Washington Post
'Pay Trump Bribes Here' Projected on Trump Hotel in Washington - New York Times
Trump's overseas trip must be canceled. The risks are too great. - Washington Post (blog)
The White House Is in Full Crisis Mode This Week, Again - TIME

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The James Comey memo is an existential threat to Donald Trump's presidency - CNN


CNN

The James Comey memo is an existential threat to Donald Trump's presidency
CNN
(CNN) The reporting coming out of The New York Times and CNN is explosive: Deposed FBI Director James Comey wrote a memo following a February 14 meeting with Donald Trump in which he says the President told him "I hope you can let this go" in ...

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Why the Comey memo could be so explosive for Trump - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Why the Comey memo could be so explosive for Trump
Los Angeles Times
A memo in which former FBI Director James B. Comey says PresidentTrump asked him to shut down a criminal investigation of former national security advisor Michael Flynn is likely to emerge as a key piece of evidence in the case, legal experts say.

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'A major scandal and abuse of power': Bombshell Comey memo could lead to a major escalation in the Trump-FBI saga - Business Insider


Business Insider

'A major scandal and abuse of power': Bombshell Comey memo could lead to a major escalation in the Trump-FBI saga
Business Insider
Several legal experts said Tuesday that President Donald Trump could be subject to an obstruction of justice charge, after The New York Times reported on a memo in which former FBI Director James Comey wrote thatTrump asked him to drop an ...

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Comey memo says Trump asked him to drop FBI investigation of Michael Flynn - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Comey memo says Trump asked him to drop FBI investigation of Michael Flynn
Los Angeles Times
The White House on Tuesday confronted what could be the most serious allegation to date against President Trump reports that in February he asked the FBI director, James B. Comey, to drop an investigation of the president's former national security ...

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Trump vs. Comey: Who will America trust? - CNN


CNN

Trump vs. Comey: Who will America trust?
CNN
Furthermore, in a sensational development, sources told The New York Times and then CNN on Tuesday night that Comey wrote down his account of Trump's request over the probe in a memo that is about to become one of Washington's most famed artifacts.

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Israeli intelligence 'boiling mad' over Trump disclosure: report - The Hill


The Hill

Israeli intelligence 'boiling mad' over Trump disclosure: report
The Hill
Israeli intelligence officers are boiling mad and demanding answers after President Trump reportedly shared classified information from Israel with Russia, according to a new report. Two Israeli intelligence officers confirmed to BuzzFeed Tuesday ...

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Trump's disclosure endangered spy placed inside ISIS by Israel, officials say - ABC News


Trump's disclosure endangered spy placed inside ISIS by Israel, officials say
ABC News
The life of a spy placed by Israel inside ISIS is at risk tonight, according to current and former U.S. officials, after President Donald Trump reportedly disclosed classified information in a meeting with Russian officials last week. The spy provided ...

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Trump's sharing with Russia chills Israeli intelligence - USA TODAY


USA TODAY

Trump's sharing with Russia chills Israeli intelligence
USA TODAY
JERUSALEM Reports that Israel was the source of highly classified information that President Trump shared with Russian officials last week left a chill among current and former intelligence officials here. Israeliintelligence officers are taking ...

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Israel was source for some of the information shared with Russian officials - CNN


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Israel was source for some of the information shared with Russian officials
CNN
"Israel has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States and looks forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under President Trump," Dermer said. On Monday, reports emerged that Trump shared highly ...

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Trump disclosure of classified intel may have endangered spy: report - The Hill


The Hill

Trump disclosure of classified intel may have endangered spy: report
The Hill
President Trump's reported disclosure of classified information may have put an Israeli spy's life at risk, according to current and former U.S. officials. The spy, who was placed by Israel inside ISIS, provided intelligence on an active ISIS plot to ...

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Israel says ties with US unaffected after Trump-Lavrov accusations - BBC News


BBC News

Israel says ties with US unaffected after Trump-Lavrov accusations
BBC News
Israel says ties with the US have not been damaged by claims President Donald Trump gave Russia sensitive information provided by Israeliintelligence. "Israel has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States ...

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Trump Defends His Sharing of Intel with Russia

President Donald Trump Tuesday tweeted that he had the "absolute right" to share sensitive counterterrorism intelligence with top Russian officials. We get an update on the story from the Wall Street Journal's Shane Harris.



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Home Sales at Highest Level in a Decade

The housing market has been on fire, with used home sales at a 10-year high and home prices up seven percent from a year ago. But Laura Kusisto of the Wall Street Journal says affordability could be a growing problem if prices and mortgage rates keep rising.



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NPR News: 05-17-2017 7AM ET

NPR News: 05-17-2017 7AM ET



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International Edition 2330 EDT - May 16, 2017

The White House was in crisis mode yet again Tuesday. Turkish leaders smooth over tensions with the U.S. in a visit the White House. A civil rights group issues a travel warning within the United States. Lady Gaga...is not just making music.



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Trump to Make Historic Visit to Western Wall in Jerusalem - NBCNews.com


NBCNews.com

Trump to Make Historic Visit to Western Wall in Jerusalem
NBCNews.com
President Donald Trump heads to Israel next week where he is poised to make history by becoming the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall one of the holiest sites in Judaism. Trump "will say a prayer at the Western Wall," National ...
Before Trump's Visit to Israel, Small Issues Prove ThorniestNew York Times 

McMaster won't clarify Trump's position on Western WallPolitico

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 news articles » Israel Said to Be Source of Secret Intelligence Trump Gave to Russians - New York Times


New York Times

Israel Said to Be Source of Secret Intelligence Trump Gave to Russians
New York Times
WASHINGTON The classified intelligence that President Trump disclosed in a meeting last week with Russian officials at the White House was provided by Israel, according to a current and a former American official familiar with how the United States ...
As Trump's woes mount, congressional Republicans arrive at a moment of reckoningWashington Post
Trump Says He Has 'Absolute Right' To Share Intelligence With RussiaNPR
Did HR McMaster just make Donald Trump's Russia problems worse?CNN
Slate Magazine -NBCNews.com -CNBC -Washington Post
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What is 'wholly appropriate' to the White House? Pretty much whatever Trump says. - Washington Post


Washington Post

What is 'wholly appropriate' to the White House? Pretty much whatever Trump says.
Washington Post
McMaster tempered his earlier denial of a Washington Post report that President Trump had shared highly classified information with Russia, arguing instead that its "premise" that Trump jeopardized a key intelligence source was false. He said no fewer ...
Trump Says He Has 'Absolute Right' To Share Intelligence With RussiaNPR
How dangerous are classified secrets claims for Trump?BBC News
National Security Adviser McMaster: Trump's Revelations to Russians 'Wholly Appropriate'NBCNews.com
New York Times -Reuters -CNBC -Washington Post
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GOP Lawmakers Call for Inside Information on Trump Disclosure - The Atlantic


The Atlantic

GOP Lawmakers Call for Inside Information on Trump Disclosure
The Atlantic
On Monday, The Washington Post reported that Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump's disclosures ...

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President Donald Trump is dangerously incompetent - Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

President Donald Trump is dangerously incompetent
Chicago Tribune
A file handout photo made available by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows US President Donald J. Trump (C) speaking with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak during their meeting in the White ...
Impeachment may be a real possibility for Donald TrumpSalon
The Donald Trump Impeachment Clock Is TickingThe Nation.
Democratic Congressman Says Donald Trump Has Committed An 'Impeachable Act'BuzzFeed News
The Guardian -The Independent
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Focus Turns to North Korea Sleeper Cells as Possible Culprits in Cyberattack

Since the 1980s, North Korea has been known to train cadres of digital soldiers to engage in electronic warfare. Now this force is under scrutiny.


There's almost nothing Congress can do to stop Trump from giving out secrets - Washington Post


Washington Post

There's almost nothing Congress can do to stop Trump from giving out secrets
Washington Post
Republicans in Congress may be totally dismayed that President Trump shared highly classified information with the Russians. Almost no one on Capitol Hill is helping to defend the president on this. But unless Republicans want to get seriously ...

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'Pay Trump Bribes Here' Projected on Trump Hotel in Washington - New York Times


New York Times

'Pay Trump Bribes Here' Projected on Trump Hotel in Washington
New York Times
Large blue letters projected over the entrance to the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Monday night read Pay Trump Bribes Here, an allusion to questions about President Trump's business affairs with foreign governments. Two other images ...
'Pay Trump bribes here' sign projected onto Trump's DC hotelCNN
Meet Robin Bell, the artist who projected protest messages onto Trump'sDC hotel last nightLos Angeles Times

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Trump's overseas trip must be canceled. The risks are too great. - Washington Post (blog)


Washington Post (blog)

Trump's overseas trip must be canceled. The risks are too great.
Washington Post (blog)
President Trump is scheduled to depart Friday on his first international trip as president, with scheduled visits in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the West Bank, and the Vatican, followed by attendance at meetings of NATO in Brussels and the G7 alliance in ...

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The White House Is in Full Crisis Mode This Week, Again - TIME


TIME

The White House Is in Full Crisis Mode This Week, Again
TIME
For the second time in a week President Trump and his White House are in full crisis mode. The bombshell revelation that Trump revealed classified information to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office last week has the West Wing struggling to do damage ...

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