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Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Ground Game The multi-stop tour aims to corral Bernie Sanders’s supporters to back new party leadership.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Calls for a special investigation were repeated Wednesday as the White House faced questions about the dismissal of FBI director James Comey.   Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was a central player in the firing of James Comey.   Democrats are pressing for a special investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

Posted at 9:30 pm on May 9, 2017 by streiff A lot of the commentary on the firing of FBI Director has focused the ongoing investigation into alleged “collusion” between members of the Trump campaign and alleged members of Russia’s FSB/SVR during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Posted at 9:45 pm on May 9, 2017 by Joe Cunningham Amid the turmoil of the firing of James Comey as director of the FBI is the speculation as to what this means about the ongoing investigation into Russia’s involvement with the 2016 presidential election. It appears, however, that the investigation goes on, as a grand jury had issues subpoenas hours prior to Comey’s firing. Flynn’s people aren’t talking about the subpoenas right now, but this, coupled with the Sally Yates testimony yesterday indicates that there were some serious issues with Flynn. Of course, the

Posted at 10:15 pm on May 9, 2017 by Susan Wright By now, we’ve all heard about the firing of FBI Director James Comey. While the left looks at this as some sort of cover up, or attempt to divert attention away from a deeper investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia, they forget that it was merely days ago that they were calling for Comey’s head on a platter over his botched testimony, regarding Hillary Clinton’s emails to Huma Abedin. Which is it, guys? Should he be fired or should he stay?

Posted at 1:30 am on May 10, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Amidst pressure from a swiftly escalating, decades-old sex abuse scandal, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Tuesday that he was withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. As I wrote here previously, the sex abuse charges from first one, then three, then four men who allege Murray gave them money in exchange for sex acts when each alleged victim was a minor (and in Murray’s custody where he was a counselor at a

Posted at 4:00 am on May 10, 2017 by Jay Caruso It’s a decision that sent shockwaves across Washington D.C. and the media. President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey is an event nobody saw coming. The aftermath will take some time to sort out, but there is nothing good that can come from what happened. Trump created a mess with this firing even if he manages to come up a reason for doing it beyond his pathetic excuse it was over Comey’s handling of the Clinton case.

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