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Carolyn Kaster / AP Is the Watergate-Comey Comparison Simply a Way to Score Partisan Points?
Two historians debate the FBI director’s dismissal and whether it’s reminiscent of the Nixon era—or if it’s just politics.
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Bettman / Getty Five Reasons the Comey Affair Is Worse Than Watergate
A journalist who covered Nixon’s fall 45 years ago explains why the current challenge to America may be more severe—and the democratic system less capable of handling it.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters What Really Happened at the Trump-Comey Dinner?
With two conflicting accounts of a meeting, the president says the FBI director “better hope that there are no ‘tapes.’”
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump's Own Words Become 'Exhibit A' Against Him
The president’s interview with Lester Holt exposed White House obfuscation, unethical interactions with James Comey, and circumstantial evidence that the FBI director’s termination was improper.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters L'Etat, C'est Trump
The president and his advisors believe loyalty to the country and loyalty to him are the same thing.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Why Trump Was Surprised by the Comey Backlash
Given the president’s feelings on personal pique, he might have expected Democrats to welcome the firing of a man they felt cost them the White House.
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Reuters The Russians Troll Trump
“He is acting in accordance with his competence, in accordance with his law and constitution. What about us? Why us?”
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Spencer Platt / Getty Images Trump: 'Regardless of Recommendation, I Was Going to Fire Comey'
The president offers the third explanation in as many days for firing the FBI director, as acting Director Andrew McCabe strikes an independent stance before the Senate.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The Tragedy of James Comey
The former FBI director’s attempts to protect the bureau’s independence may have fatally compromised that independence.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump's Embrace of the Bubble
In a pair of interviews published Thursday, the president not only demonstrates his ignorance of policy issues but boasts of shutting out critical views.
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Evan Vucci / AP Does Comey's Dismissal Fit the Definition of a Constitutional Crisis?
The term is often narrowly described, but under certain circumstances, one can be triggered.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Two Dead Canaries in the Coal Mine
If you’re not worried about FBI Director James Comey getting fired, this man might change your mind.
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Andrew Harrer-Pool / Getty America Isn't Having a Constitutional Crisis
But Trump may have just made one more likely in the future.
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What Happens to the FBI's Russia Investigation Now?
One way to derail an inquiry is to deprive it of resources.
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Reuters Enough With the Charges of Democratic Hypocrisy
President Trump and his allies have attacked Democrats for not applauding the dismissal of an FBI director they criticized—but their concerns are misplaced.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP How Unprecedented Is James Comey's Firing?
A Q&A with historian Beverly Gage about the history of conflicts between FBI directors and the executive branch
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Who Is Rod Rosenstein?
The new deputy attorney general, who has a reputation for being apolitical, has suddenly found himself in a position he spent decades avoiding.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Outraged Democrats Have No Clear Plan to Deal With Comey Dismissal
The party could attempt to hold up Senate business, but they aren’t unified around any one course of action.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters What Exactly Is the 'Russia Investigation'?
A web of agencies and committees is investigating Moscow’s interference in the 2016 presidential election—and any possible ties to the Trump campaign.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The White House's Constantly Changing Story on Comey's Dismissal
A spokeswoman now says the president’s decision was based on recent missteps by the FBI director, and not simply his handling of the Hillary Clinton case.
