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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s abrupt firing of James B. Comey as F.B.I. director stunned Washington and prompted bipartisan concerns that Mr. Trump was interfering with the independence of the agency.

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s stunning firing of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, injected another volatile ingredient into the partisanship already engulfing the capital and threatened to overwhelm Republican efforts to convert their government control into legislative success. The decision to oust Mr. Comey also increased the prospect of another confirmation fight in the Senate, as Mr.

WASHINGTON — For Hillary Clinton, the sudden fall of James B. Comey is wrapped in multiple layers of irony. Mrs. Clinton blames Mr.

WASHINGTON — When President Trump met with top Russian officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House officials barred reporters from witnessing the moment. They apparently preferred to block coverage of the awkwardly timed visit as questions swirled about whether the president had dismissed his F.B.I.

WASHINGTON — What a day for President Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with a top Russian official. Only hours after dismissing James B. Comey as director of the F.B.I., amid an investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials, the president met with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, at the White House. The Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I.

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s abrupt dismissal of the F.B.I. director roiled Washington on Wednesday and deepened the sense of crisis swirling around the White House. Republican leaders came to the president’s defense, and Mr.

WASHINGTON — By the end, neither of them thought much of the other. After President Trump accused his predecessor in March of wiretapping him, James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, was flabbergasted. The president, Mr. Comey told associates, was “outside the realm of normal,” even “crazy.” For his part, Mr. Trump fumed when Mr.

WASHINGTON — These are not happy times at the F.B.I. Morale at the country’s premier law enforcement agency plummeted months ago, after James B.