Comey Told Sessions: Don't Leave Me Alone With Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The day after President Trump asked James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to end an investigation into his former national security adviser, Mr. Comey confronted Attorney General Jeff Sessions and said he did not want to be left alone again …

How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business  —  LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, sponsored Cadillacs, Ferraris and Maseratis descend on the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, in September for the Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational.

FIRST ON CNN: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis  —  Washington (CNN)US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.

McConnell whips Senate GOP back in line on Obamacare repeal  —  For a day at least, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has his party's beleaguered efforts to repeal Obamacare back on track.  —  After two weeks of increasingly dour assessments from Republicans on the party's stalled health care efforts …

Trump pitched Republican leaders on a solar-paneled border wall  —  In the meeting at the White House today with Republican Congressional leaders, President Trump spent some time talking up his latest idea for the border wall.  According to 3 people with direct knowledge of the meeting …

Sen. Mark Warner: More state election systems were targeted by Russians  —  WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked …

Trump, furious and frustrated, gears up to ‘punch back’ at Comey testimony  —  Alone in the White House in recent days, President Trump — frustrated and defiant — has been spoiling for a fight, according to his confidants and associates.  —  Glued even more than usual to the cable news shows …

Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump … Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice …

WATCH: PHL 17 Reporter Becomes Unhinged Outside Helium Comedy Club  —  Well, she did ...  UPDATE: Colleen Campbell has spoken with Philly Mag about the incident captured in Sunday's viral video taken outside Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia.  To read the full interview, click here.

The Buck Stops Everywhere Else  —  Trump undermines his own travel ban and Justice Department.

Trudeau decides it's just not worth appeasing Trump in foreign-policy shift  —  America has left the world, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland signalled in Tuesday's landmark foreign policy address.  Canada and its allies will hang together, she vowed, awaiting its return.

Twitter Users Blocked by Trump Seek Reprieve, Citing First Amendment  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Twitter users blocked by President Trump after they criticized or mocked him are asking him to reverse the moves, arguing that the Constitution bars him from blocking people on the social media service.

Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It  —  BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump's words to taunt their classmates.  If the president can say those things, why can't they?

Senators Stab Trump to Death in Central Park Performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar … Shakespeare in the Park, an annual summer program by The Public Theater that puts on plays by William Shakespeare in Central Park, kicked off May 23 with a performance of Julius Caesar.

Bill Maher Knows Exactly What He's Doing  —  A few weeks before Bill Maher nearly blew up his career for the second time, a middle-aged man named Billy Martin warmed up the audience that had come to watch a filming of Real Time with Bill Maher.  Martin, Maher's head writer …

DeVos: Discrimination on basis of sexual orientation ‘unsettled’ law  —  (CNN)Education Secretary Betsy DeVos indicated discrimination in schools on the basis of sexual orientation is “unsettled” law and a matter for Congress and the courts to address — not her department.

Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe  —  Ride-hailing company told its more than 12,000 workers Tuesday  —  Workplace investigations commissioned after post by ex-staffer  —  Uber Technologies Inc. told employees that more than 20 people have been fired after a company investigation …

Anthem to Pull Out of Ohio Exchange, Leaving 18 Counties With No ACA Plan  —  Anthem Inc. said it will pull out of the Affordable Care Act health-insurance exchange in Ohio next year, a move that likely will leave at least 18 counties in the state with no available ACA marketplace plans.