Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the Justice Department for a significant increase in money and personnel for the bureau's investigation into Russia's interference …

Dwayne Johnson for President!  —  No one gets up earlier than Dwayne Johnson.  Or goes to bed later.  Or is more awake during the hours in between.  No one in Hollywood is more buff, more driven, or gets paid better.  The man has so much charisma and ambition he can do anything.

West Virginia journalist arrested after asking HHS Secretary Tom Price a question  —  As Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price walked through a hallway Tuesday in the West Virginia state capitol, veteran reporter Dan Heyman followed alongside him, holding up his phone to Price while attempting to ask him a question.

Graduating seniors boo Betsy DeVos at commencement in Florida  —  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hundreds of graduating seniors of a historically black university here booed and turned their backs on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as she struggled to deliver their commencement address over the raucous crowd.

U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over funding of 2020 count  —  The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is resigning, leaving the agency leaderless at a time when it faces a crisis over funding for the 2020 decennial count of the U.S. population and beyond.

Trump's Meeting With Russian Officials Was Closed To Media — Except Gov't  —  President Donald Trump's meeting Wednesday morning with two top Russian officials was closed to all press — except, apparently, official government photographers.  —  Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov …

U.S. to Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe … The Department of Homeland Security will ban laptops in the cabins of all flights from Europe to the United States, European security officials told The Daily Beast.  The announcement is expected Thursday.

Passengers get into fistfight aboard Southwest flight  —  Los Angeles (CNN)Two passengers got into a fight on a Southwest flight shortly after the plane landed in Burbank, California.  —  Southwest flight 2530 had traveled from Dallas and was on a short layover at Hollywood Burbank Airport before continuing on to Oakland.

The Comey Divide  —  I had an interesting conversation last night with a fellow critic of President Trump's.  He was irritated that I had insisted that those watching the Comey situation remain “skeptical but not hysterical.”  Now, he said, is “the time to be hysterical.”