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Sean Spicer had a simple explanation Tuesday when pressed on why 18 days passed between when the White House was informed that national security adviser Michael Flynn had been compromised by the Russians and when President Donald Trump parted ways with him: We didn't trust Sally Yates.

The same day FBI Director James Comey announced he was recommending that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton not be charged in connection with her use of a private email server, then-candidate Donald Trump walked onto a stage in Raleigh, North Carolina, and proclaimed: "Our system is absolutely, totally rigged."

FBI Director James Comey erroneously told Congress last week that former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin forwarded "hundreds of thousands" of emails to her then-husband's laptop -- and the bureau is looking for a way to clean up the error.

James Comey found out he had been fired as FBI director just like the rest of us: By watching it on television.

Many people on Tuesday began likening President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director Jim Comey to President Richard Nixon's "Saturday Massacre," during which the former president ordered the firing of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox.

Eight days before Donald Trump won the presidency, he singled out FBI director James Comey for a special round of praise during a speech to supporters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A US guided-missile cruiser was struck by a South Korean fishing boat on Tuesday while the Navy warship was conducting operations in international waters near the Korean Peninsula, the Navy said.

Between 6:41 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. ET Monday night, President Donald Trump sent four tweets focused oh the Senate subcommittee hearing on Russia's meddling into the 2016 election that featured testimony from former acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.

Ed Murray, who denies sexual abuse allegations against him, withdrew Tuesday from the Seattle mayor's race, saying the campaign should be focused on issues, not scandal.

President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on May 9, 2017.

Editor's note: This story contains extremely graphic images of dead children.

President Donald Trump relishes booming rallies, embraces the art of the photo op and understands the power of an image perhaps more than any occupant of the Oval Office since Ronald Reagan.

To work for President Donald Trump is to feel his wrath.

Political handicapper Charlie Cook wrote this provocative paragraph in a column earlier this week:

Luxury jewelry brand Tiffany & Co. made a rare political move for its traditionally nonpolitical brand on Tuesday, taking to social media with a direct plea to President Donald Trump.

Senate Republican leaders continue to face criticism for appointing 13 men to a working group on health care and not including a single woman in the negotiations.

Katy Perry has more than a few similarities with Hillary Clinton.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Monday disputed that there's a lack of diversity among the Republicans working on health care and called the charge "absolutely offensive."