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The House intelligence committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to former national security adviser Michael Flynn and President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, as part of the probe into Russian activity during the 2016 election. Source: CNN

The Russian bank chairman who reportedly met with Jared Kushner in December was handpicked by Putin to run Russia’s state bank. CNN’s Drew Griffin looks at Sergey Gorkov. Source: CNN

The White House on Wednesday took its first public steps to cordon off response efforts to the Russia probe from the day-to-day work of the administration, acknowledging openly that President Donald Trump had hired an outside attorney to handle the swirling controversy. Source: CNN

Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide’s ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday. Source: CNN

Washington has been leaking like a sieve. Every day the news agenda has been driven by a torrent of leaks exposing details of the Russia investigation, the backroom intrigue in the Oval Office, and about private meetings that President Trump has conducted with other leaders. Source: CNN

One of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys, Michael Cohen, has received an “invitation to provide information and testimony” that pertains to the Russia investigation to House and Senate intelligence committees, Cohen has confirmed. Source: CNN

President Donald Trump’s odyssey through Europe and the Middle East fulfilled a more narrow political focus for the reeling White House: It was a nine-day distraction from the dominant narrative of a presidency under siege. Source: CNN

White House communications director Mike Dubke is leaving the administration, he said Tuesday, amid swirling speculation about a possible Trump staff shakeup. Source: CNN

It’s not that President Trump was excited about his first foreign trip. He complained to friends beforehand it was going to be too long; he just wasn’t looking forward to it. Besides, he was “in a pretty glum mood” when he left, according to one source who speaks with the President. Source: CNN

During an interview with ABC Australia, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a greater threat to the US than ISIS. Source: CNN