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<p><strong>R</strong><strong>ussia is The Swamp, </strong>and The Swamp is =inning.</p><p><strong>On Day 120 </strong>of the Trump presidency, Russia =as become the administration's unintended but self-imposed mood music and =arrative arc \u2014 sucking bandwith, draining esprit, looming as a po=ential calamity. </p><p><strong>The price and opportunity cost</strong> ha=e already been high \u2014 in time, in credibility, in possibility.</p=<p><strong>And it may just be starting.</strong> Legal scholar Jonathan Tu=ley pointed out on Fox News that the Mueller miniseries may run for<em> ye=rs.</em></p><p><strong>The mood</strong> among some top Republicans is tur=ing to anger: So much has been squandered. </p><p><strong>"The damage to t=e agenda</strong> is permanent," said a Republican working to pass Trump's=plans. </p><p><strong>Et tu, Putin?</strong> In an article headlined, "<a =ref="http://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZ=JnLmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy9hcnRpY2xlcy8yMDE3LTA1LTE4L3J1c3NpYS1ncm93cy1hbnhpb3Vz=W92ZXItdS1zLXBvbGl0aWNhbC1jaGFvcy1lbmd1bGZpbmctdHJ1bXA_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXd=bGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQX71993924c17c54d77a8b8cB0efc1ee0" target="_blank">Russia Grows Anxious<=a> Over U.S. Political Chaos Engulfing Trump," Bloomberg reports: "Trump's=presidency appears hijacked by the U.S. obsession with Russia, one senior =remlin official said. ... [H]is fate looks increasingly uncertain to Kreml=n policy makers."</p><p><strong>The Mueller appointment</strong> could hav= been used as a temporary lifeline \u2014 an excuse to fence The Swamp= and try to get lawmakers and journalists to focus on Trump's plans, at le=st until findings emerged.</p><p><strong>Several top operatives </strong>g=ve me a similar plan of attack. You'd say: "I'm happy Robert Mueller is go=ng to get to the bottom of this. He's perfect for the job, and I'm eager t= cooperate." Then say no more. When you're asked about Russia, point the q=estioner to your previous statement, then talk about tax reform.</p><p><st=ong>Instead,</strong> after a<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/965165=.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3YvdGhlLXByZXNzLW9mZmljZS8yMDE3LzA=LzE3L3N0YXRlbWVudC1wcmVzaWRlbnQtZG9uYWxkLWotdHJ1bXA_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbG GVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5893924c17c54d77a8b8cB9f984677" target="_blank"> restrained statement</a= when Mueller was named Wednesday evening, the president <a href="http:/=link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9yZWFsRG9uYWx=VHJ1bXAvc3RhdHVzLzg2NTE3MzE3Njg1NDIwNDQxNj91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdX=tX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c14d77a8b8cB62e54ef5" target="_blank">tweeted</a> the next morning: "Thi= is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" <=p><p><strong>Asked about </strong>the special counsel at an<a href="http=//link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2hpdGVob3VzZS5nb3Yvd=hlLXByZXNzLW9mZmljZS8yMDE3LzA1LzE4L3JlbWFya3MtcHJlc2lkZW50LXRydW1wLWFuZC1w=mVzaWRlbnQtc2FudG9zLWNvbG9tYmlhLWpvaW50LXByZXNzP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHR=ciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871994c17c54d77a8b8cB9c748883" target="_blank"> East Room presse</a>r yestey, Trump said: "I respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witc= hunt. ... I think it divides the country."</p><p><strong>At 2:10 p.m. tod=y, </strong>Air Force One takes off from Joint Base Andrews to Riyadh, Sau=i Arabia, for a nine-day trip that will also take the President to Israel,=Italy and Belgium. </p><ul><li><strong>Be smart: </strong>Absent a gaffe, =merican presidents always look bigger on the world stage. Trump aides hope=this will be <span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-m=rker"></span>the beginning <span id="selection-marker-2" class="redact=r-selection-marker"></span>of a reset. One big problem: The Swamp awaits.<=li></ul>
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<p><strong>Former FBI Director James Comey</strong> "has spoken privately o= his concerns that the contacts from Mr. Trump and his aides were inapprop=iate, and how he felt compelled to resist them," according to an ominous <= href="http://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1=cy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8xOC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9qYW1lcy1jb21leS1tZW1vLWZiaS10cnVtcC=odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnb=1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB9ec02327" target="_bl=nk">N.Y. Times front-pager</a> by Michael Schmidt:</p><ul><li><strong>Ben =ittes,</strong> a friend of Comey's who is a senior fellow at the Brooking= Institution and the editor in chief of the Lawfare blog: "He had to throw=some brushback pitches to the administration."</li><li><strong>In the Blue=Room</strong> of the White House on Jan. 22, "Trump hosted a ceremony to h=nor law enforcement officials who had provided security for the inaugurati=n. Mr. Wittes said Mr. Comey told him that he initially did not want to go=to the meeting because the F.B.I. director should not have too close a rel=tionship with the White House. But Mr. Comey went because he wanted to rep=esent the bureau."</li><li><strong>"Comey</strong> \u2014 who is 6 feet=8 inches tall and was wearing a dark blue suit that day \u2013 told Mr.=Wittes that he tried to blend in with the blue curtains in the back of the=room, in the hopes that Mr. Trump would not spot him and call him out."</l=><li><span></span><strong>Wittes:</strong> "Comey said that as he was walk=ng across the room he was determined that there wasn't going to be a hug .=. Comey has long arms so Comey said he pre-emptively reached out for a han=shake and grabbed the president's hand. But Trump pulled him into an embra=e and Comey didn't reciprocate. If you look at the video, it's one person =haking hands and another hugging."</li></ul><p><strong><a href="http://l=nk.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF3ZmFyZWJsb2cuY29tL3doY=QtamFtZXMtY29tZXktdG9sZC1tZS1hYm91dC1kb25hbGQtdHJ1bXA_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdz=GV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/1993924c17c54d77a8b8cB44f6da16" target="_blank">Ben Wittes</a> </stron=>later posted his own account on Lawfare, "What James Comey Told Me About =onald Trump": "Comey was preoccupied throughout this period with the need =o protect the FBI from these inquiries on investigative matters from the W=ite House."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><strong>"Comey described </=trong>at least two incidents which he regarded as efforts on the part of t=e President personally to compromise him or implicate him with either show= of closeness or actual chumminess with the President."</p><p><strong>Why =t matters:</strong> Comey will be testifying, before Congress and perhaps ore a grand jury. This article spells trouble for 1600: He's aggrieved, =e has notes, and he's not known for holding back.</p><div><div><div> </div= </div></div>
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<p>Vice President George H.W. Bush and media adviser Roger Ailes on Aug. 17= 1988, behind the podium at the Superdome in New Orleans, before the start=of the Republican National Convention / AP's Ron Edmonds</p>
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<p><strong>Roger Eugene Ailes </strong>of Warren, Ohio, despite his humilia=ing end, changed America with Fox News \u2014 one of the great media, =usiness, social, political stories of our lives. </p><p><strong>A speed re=d of the coverage </strong>of his death yesterday at 77, from <a href="h=tp://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wYWxtYmVhY2hwb3N0Lm=vbS9uZXdzL2xvY2FsL3VwZGF0ZS1kZWF0aC1yb2dlci1haWxlcy13YXMtYWNjaWRlbnRhbC1wY=xtLWJlYWNoLWNvdW50eS1tZWRpY2FsLWV4YW1pbmVyLXNheXMvSGdHQ0Y3Snl0cTcwZEpxSXRi=mZkSy8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWd=PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBd7752dbc" target="_b=ank">complications</a> after he fell and hit his head in the bathroom of h=s Palm Beach home on May 10:</p><ul><li><strong><a href="http://link.axi=s.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ob2xseXdvb2RyZXBvcnRlci5jb20vbmV3=y9taWNoYWVsLXdvbGZmLXJvZ2VyLWFpbGVzLWZpbmFsLWRheXMtYS1jb21wbGljYXRlZC1tdXJNoLXJlbGF0aW9uc2hpcC0xMDA1MTk0P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaX=tPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8Bd05a0695" target="_blank">Michael Wolff</a> </strong>for Hollywood Re=orter: "The Fox News exec understood the intensity of the unhappiness and =nger in another America that liberal media people are only now waking up t= with Donald Trump."</li><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/clic=/9651658.34090/aHR0cDovL255bWFnLmNvbS90aGVjdXQvMjAxNy8wNS9yb2dlci1haWxlcy1=YXdzdWl0cy1kZWF0aC1zZXh1YWwtaGFyYXNzbWVudC5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldH=lciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/58719924c17c54d77a8b8cB3e5f5ff2" target="_blank">New York magazine</a>:</str=ng> "According to Debra S. Katz, an<strong> </strong>employment and civil-=ights attorney<strong>, </strong>the lawsuits will continue to move forwar=." She said: "The estate will be responsible for any kind of liability tha= ensues."</li><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9651658.3 0/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8xOC9idXNpbmVzcy9tZWRpYS9yb2=lci1haWxlcy1kZWFkLmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1ha=wmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB79bdsd" target="_blank">N.Y. Times</a> front-page obit,</strong> "A Fighter=Who Turned Rage Into a News Empire," by Clyde Haberman: "shaped the images=that helped elect three Republican presidents."</li><li><strong><a href=http://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRp=2xlcy9yb2dlci1haWxlcy0xNDk1MTUwNjQ2P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWV=aXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d7b8cB35ff7d98" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> </strong><strongitorial: </strong>"If Ronald Reagan was rightly called the Great Communi=ator, Roger Ailes ... has to be considered the greatest creator of communi=ators in the history of politics or television."</li><li><strong>With Fox,=</strong>"Ailes redesigned the playing field."</li><li><strong><a href="=ttp://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXRpbWVzLmNvbS9id=NpbmVzcy9ob2xseXdvb2QvbGEtbWUtcm9nZXItYWlsZXMtZGllcy0yMDE3MDUxOC1zdG9yeS5o=G1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1=ZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB93ddcaf4" target="_blan=">L.A. Times'</a></strong> Stephen Battaglio: "Fox News ... would alter ho= Americans view the media, ushering in the era of personality-driven, opin=onated journalism that now dominates the cable news business."</li><li><st=ong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cDovL3Zhcmlld=kuY29tLzIwMTcvdHYvbmV3cy9yb2dlci1haWxlcy1mb3gtbmV3cy1zaGVwYXJkLXNtaXRoLXRy=WJ1dGUtMTIwMjQzNDY2NC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWw=dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB164c31=b" target="_blank">Shep Smith</a>:</strong> a "media genius, revolutiona=y in American politics, shaper of American history, uproariously funny man=with now well documented flaws...I loved him."<span class="redactor-invi=ible-space"></span></li></ul>
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<p>BP invests more in the U.S. than anywhere else, and over the past 10 yea=s no energy company has invested more in America.</p><p><strong><a href=http://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly9iZXZvLXVzLWVhc3QtMS5h=HNuYXRpdmUuY29tL2NrP3VybD1odHRwOi8vb24uYnAuY29tLzJsU1FuOUYmZGF0YT1OakppTVd=eU16QTJNV1kzWWpkbFpUTmlOakU0WmpsaE9HUmlNemc0TXpZME0ySTFNR1psTkRNMFpHUTFObU=zTkRBME16RTNaVGszTlRSbVkySXpNRFpqTnprNVpqVTFPVGxqWmpJeU9EUmtOamhpWkRFd1lqQ=NOemN3WW1Rd01qbGhaRFl3WVRBd01USmlPRGMxTlRNeE1UazRaR0pqT0RGaE16azNPVE00TmpR=VpHTTNabVJrTkdNME5UY3lZelF4WW1FMU1tSXdaVEEyWlRFd056WTFZbVpsT0dabFpUYzJNR1E=WXpWbVpqTmtaR1V6WkdRMVlUZGlPVFptTkRKak1UZzVaR0UwWlRabVlUTTBNVEl3WXpFeE56QT=aVGswTlRNNU9HVXhZemcyWldFeU5qazVNMlE1TVdFek1HSTFaRGMzWkRCbU5qWTFNRGt6WW1ZN=5XUTBZMk5tTTJObU5tWXhZV1JpTkRnNU1UUm1ZalV3WkRkaU1EazBNV05rWWpFeU9UY3pPR05q=XpJMk5EYzROMlZqTXpnM00ySXhNR0U0TW1FJTNEJnNpZD03YzZkN2U3ODI2ZTI0NjI0YmMzZjV=ODdhYzc4YTFiOV83NjU2N2VhOSUyNmRlYWN0aXZhdGVfZGVkdXBlJTNEMSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPW=ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc=Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB87ddf824" target ="_blank" class="adLink">rn more about our U.S. impact.</a></strong></p>
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<p>Jean-Michel Basquiat's masterpiece, "Untitled" / Sotheby's via AP</p>
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<p><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3M=Y29tL2RkNjA3NGM1YmNhNDQ0MGY5YmQxNTk4NDIwMDYyODA5L0Jhc3F1aWF0LXBhaW50aW5nLW=ldGNoZXMtcmVjb3JkLSQxMTAuNU0tYXQtTmV3LVlvcmstYXVjdGlvbj91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld=NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2FtX71993924c17c54d77a8b8cBadd87394" target="_blank"><strong>Record price<=strong></a> for an American artist at auction ... A 1982 artwork by Jean-M=chel Basquiat ("Untitled") sold for a record $110.5 million at Sotheby's a=ction of contemporary art last night, per <a href="http://link.axios.com=click/9651658.34090/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2RkNjA3NGM1YmNhNDQ0MGY5YmQxNT=4NDIwMDYyODA5L0Jhc3F1aWF0LXBhaW50aW5nLWZldGNoZXMtcmVjb3JkLSQxMTAuNU0tYXQtT=V3LVlvcmstYXVjdGlvbj91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1=G1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cCadd87394"=target="_blank">AP</a>:</p><ul><li><strong>"The painting's</strong> graf=iti-like typography depicts a face in the shape of a skull."</li><li><stro=g>Gregoire Billault,</strong> head of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Departmen= in New York: "Tonight, Jean-Michel Basquiat entered the pantheon of artis=s whose works have commanded prices over $100 million, including Picasso, =iacometti, Bacon, and Warhol."</li><li><span></span><strong>"The piece </s=rong>was purchased by noted Japanese collector and e-commerce entrepreneur=Yusaku Maezawa after a 10-minute bidding war that was watched by thousands=live on Instagram."</li><li><span></span><strong>"'Untitled'</strong> was =irtually unknown before it was unveiled at Sotheby's weeks ago. The auctio= house said it remained in the same private collection since it was bought=at auction in 1984 for $19,000."</li></ul><div></div>
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