In a Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty.  Comey Demurred.  —  WASHINGTON — Only seven days after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president, James B. Comey has told associates, the F.B.I. director was summoned to the White House for a one-on-one dinner with the new commander in chief.

Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed his federal prosecutors Thursday to charge defendants with the most serious, provable crimes carrying the most severe penalties.

Aetna CEO in private meeting: “Single-payer, I think we should have that debate”  —  A top insurance executive signals openness to government-financed health care.  —  The chief executive of one of the country's largest health insurance companies says he is open to having a single-payer debate.

Republicans misstate, again and again on TV and at town halls, what's in their health-care bill  —  The American Health Care Act that narrowly passed out of the House earlier this month cuts $880 billion from Medicaid — but that won't affect anyone's coverage.

High school takes back yearbooks with ‘Build that wall,’ other inappropriate quotes  —  ROCKINGHAM, N.C.  —  All of the yearbooks that had been distributed at the Richmond Early College High School near Rockingham have been taken back by the school after some senior quotes were deemed controversial, the school system says.

The not-so-viral Comey firing  —  Despite the wall-to-wall media coverage, most Americans — according to Facebook interactions — cared less about James Comey being fired than other big moments so far in the Trump administration.  Social Flow evaluated the Facebook reach of articles …

The Feds have ‘Trump tapes’ akin to Nixon's ‘Watergate tapes’  —  With President Trump acting increasingly like former President Nixon during the Watergate scandal coverup, there is one similarity between the two scandals that is not receiving the media attention it deserves.

Trump Administration Announces Deal With China to Boost Exports  —  After months of bashing China for its trade practices, the Trump administration said it had agreed with Beijing on measures aimed at improving the access of American beef producers, electronic-payments providers and natural-gas exporters …

EPA will stop blocking giant Pebble Mine project  —  The EPA and mining firm Pebble Limited Partnership have reached a settlement in their legal dispute over the proposed Pebble Mine near Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska:  — Quick take: Pebble can file permit applications for the project to move forward …

Why James Comey Had to Go  —  The FBI head's sense of perfect virtue led him to ignore his own enormous conflicts.

Apple awards Corning first Advanced Manufacturing Fund investment  —  $200M Investment Supports Revolutionary Glass Production Methods  —  Harrodsburg, Kentucky — Apple today announced Corning Incorporated will receive $200 million from Apple's new Advanced Manufacturing Fund as part …

Cary Grant: how 100 acid trips in Tinseltown ‘changed my life’  —  At the height of his fame, Cary Grant turned to LSD therapy for help.  He later claimed the drug saved him, but did it also spell the end of his career? … n the late 1950s, at the height of his fame …

Barry Blitt's “Ejected”  —  “It's probably a bit of a leap,” Barry Blitt says, about his cover of the May 22, 2017, issue.  “James Comey is six feet eight—he probably would have been happy to give up his seat in a cramped cabin.”  —  Françoise Mouly has been the art editor at The New Yorker since 1993.