May 13 GOP leaders see more smoke than fire in Comey’s dismissal By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press Republicans who attended the national committee's spring meeting outside San Diego this week defended the president's actions and insisted that they would have little political impact on midterm elections next year. Continue reading
May 13 Trump says he could name FBI head by next week By Associated Press President Donald Trump says he could name a new FBI director by late next week, before he departs on his first foreign trip. Continue reading
May 12 Condoleezza Rice: I worry firestorm surrounding Russia investigations, Comey firing could ‘erode people’s confidence in our institutions’ By Erica R. Hendry Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talked about Russia and the U.S. in an interview with PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff. Continue reading
May 12 Spicer neither confirms nor denies taping system in White House By Associated Press White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer declined to say whether President Donald Trump taped conversations he had with fired FBI Director James Comey. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: Spicer addresses Trump’s tweets about Comey in news briefing By Erica R. Hendry White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the president had nothing further to add. Continue reading
May 12 Trump to Comey: Better hope there are no ‘tapes’ of their talks By Julie Pace, Eileen Sullivan and Jake Pearson, Associated Press President Donald Trump, in an apparent warning to his fired FBI director, said that James Comey had better hope there are no "tapes" of their conversations. Continue reading
May 12 President Trump says ‘perfect accuracy’ not possible By Associated Press Trump on Friday defended the struggle by his administration to come up with a consistent timeline and rationale for the abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey this week. Continue reading
May 12 Explaining Comey’s firing challenges White House advisers By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The White House's explanation of President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey has been a moving target. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 9:06 How the White House’s explanation of Comey firing has changed By PBS News Hour As President Trump lambasted in an interview the man he had fired two days ago, the acting FBI director at a Senate hearing painted a very different picture of James Comey. Meanwhile, the president's explanation seemed to contradict what White… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 6:21 Panetta: Comey firing undermines investigation credibility By PBS News Hour Continue watching