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.

Chinese Rappers Take Aim at American Antimissile System in South Korea  —  HONG KONG — First, China's consumers started boycotting South Korean cosmetics and other products.  Then the Chinese government began blocking videos of K-pop bands.  Now comes the latest weapon in Beijing's battle …

HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price On The Senate Negoitations Ahead  —  HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price joined me this morning to discuss the ongoing collapse of Obamacare and the negotiations with and within the Senate:  —  Audio:  —  05-12hhs-price  —  Transcript:

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

Trump lawyers claim his tax returns show no income from Russia with few exceptions  —  President Trump's lawyers on Friday said that a review of his last ten years of tax returns do not reveal “any income of any type from Russian sources” with some exceptions, but refused to release copies of his tax returns to verify such conclusions.

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.

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 …

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.

Who Will Save the Republic?  —  You have seen them on high, scurrying with great urgency between columns of marble, the clicks of Armani-heeled favor seekers never far behind.  You have heard them in the past few days, saying they are “troubled” or “disappointed” about the latest assault on democracy from the White House.