Trump?s firing of Comey throws future of Russia investigation into doubt

FBI Director James Comey.

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President Trump will now appoint a successor at the FBI, which has been investigating his campaign since late July.

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Chuck Schumer is calling for the attorney general and his deputy to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding Trump?s decision to fire James Comey.

Russian foreign minister jokes about James Comey firing

Sergey Lavrov is reacted sarcastically to questions about President Donald Trump?s firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

Analysis

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Tuesday evening, reporters were told that Sean Spicer would answer some questions, as long as he was not recorded doing so.

Ground Game

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One word seemed to circulate on Washington?s lips and among the political class around the country Tuesday: Watergate.

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An unforgettable goal, even for the goalie who gave it up

Bobby Orr?s famous ?flying goal? to win the Stanley Cup happened 47 years ago today.

South Boston killings

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William Evans and Dan Conley gave different information during separate news conferences about the deaths of two people in South Boston.

Business

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Dan Flynn was sentenced for defrauding more than 90 people of as much as $21 million.

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The jazz great took the stage at the Foxborough High School Pops concert last weekend ? much to the surprise of retiring music director Stephen Massey.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/analysis-1stld-writethru-3324979e-351d-11e7-b373-418f6849a004.jpg ?I?m not going to talk about that,? Rosenstein says of Comey letter

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein declined to discuss the memo that he authored in an exclusive interview with the Globe: ?Are you surprised by that??

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Can a ?special prosecutor? or an ?independent counsel? be appointed?

Opinion

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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Here?s the thing about President Donald J. Trump?s stated reason for firing FBI director James Comey: it?s actually perfectly sensible.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Michael%20Cohen-3654.jpg This is the worst abuse of presidential power since Watergate

Will Republicans stand up or stand aside as Trump?s daily assaults on the rule of law and once sacrosanct political norms further erode our democracy?

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Malone Kidanemariam, 25, turned himself into Boston police Tuesday and is currently charged with leaving the scene of an accident causing death.

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Dan Heyman ??was causing a disturbance by yelling questions at Ms. Conway and Secretary Price,?? the complaint stated.

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Katherine Berman died following a two-car accident in Connecticut.

Lifestyle

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Word from the Big Apple is that Harvey was an ?emotional wreck? after seeing pictures of his girlfriend Adriana Lima out and about with Edelman, her ex.

Love Letters

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Does it mean he doesn't care anymore?

love letters

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The drama between Ray Allen and the rest of the 2008 NBA champion Celtics sounded an awful lot like a bad breakup ? and that?s a problem for Love Letters.

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Trump Today

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The firing of James Comey distracted from troubling questions that were being raised over why Trump waited 18 days to fire Michael Flynn.

Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jacoby-3653.jpg A back-of-the-bus human rights policy

Rex Tillerson?s equivocations on human rights are as dismaying as the Obama administration?s.

Special reports

Summer of ?67

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The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.

Newsletters

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Address: Spring House Hunt

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

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Women make up nearly two-thirds of Americans with the disease, and shoulder the majority of caregiving.