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'Really Bad' or 'Catastrophic, Comey Defends Clinton Choice

FBI Director James Comey told Congress that revealing the reopening of the Hillary Clinton email probe just before Election Day came down to a painful, complicated choice between "really bad" and "catastrophic" options. He said he'd felt "slightly nauseous" to think he might have tipped the election outcome but in hindsight would change nothing. "I would make the same decision," Comey declared during a lengthy hearing in which Democratic senators grilled him on the seeming inconsistency between the Clinton disclosure 11 days before the election and his silence about the bureau's investigation into possible contacts between Russia and Trump's campaign. Comey, offering an impassioned public defense of how he handled the election-year issues, insisted that the FBI's actions in both investigations were consistent. He told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI cannot take into account how it might benefit or harm politicians.

Apple Pledges $1 Billion Boost to US Manufacturing

Apple plans to start a $1 billion fund to create more advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States, company CEO Tim Cook told “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer. As CNBC reports, the fund fits into Apple’s efforts to promote and create jobs within its own sector and within its own company. The fund's creation also comes amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing promises to bring lost manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Cook said he hopes the investment will spur even more job creation. "By doing that, we can be the ripple in the pond. Because if we can create many manufacturing jobs around, those manufacturing jobs create more jobs around them because you have a service industry that builds up around them," he said.

Trump to Sign Order on Political Limits for Churches

President Trump plans to sign an executive order targeting a rarely enforced IRS rule that says religious organizations and other non-profits that endorse political candidates risk losing their tax-exempt status. The order also promised "regulatory relief" for groups with religious objections to the preventive services requirement in the Affordable Care Act, according to a White House official. Those requirements include covering birth control. Still it was not clear just how those pledges would be carried out and the plans fall short of what religious conservatives expected of the president, who won overwhelming support from evangelicals by promising to "protect Christianity" and religious freedom. Trump will sign the order as he marks the National Day of Prayer at the White House. He was hosting members of his evangelical advisory board at a dinner and planned to meet Catholic cardinals in the Oval Office before signing the order.

New Deals for Drugs: No Heart Attack or Your Money Back

Warranties and money-back guarantees, long used to entice buyers of products like hand tools and kitchen gadgets, are now being used to sell something more crucial: pricey new-generation drugs for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. Deals being negotiated between drugmakers and the insurers who buy medicines now sometimes include extra rebates — or even full refunds — if drugs don't help patients as expected. It's part of an effort driven by insurers and government health programs to align the cost of care with the quality of care, and slow the relentless growth of prescription drug costs. For the patient, it doesn't mean a check in the mail if cancer comes back after a round of treatment. But it does mean patients could get a drug that an insurer might otherwise be unwilling to pay for and that might help them. And insurers, who now can track how patients fare through electronic medical records, will be reducing wasteful spending and making at least a dent in overall health care costs.

They're Coming: Netflix Reveals 'Defenders' Trailer

Get ready for your next Netflix obsession. The company behind "Daredevil," "Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage" and "Iron Fist" just revealed the trailer for the upcoming superhero ensemble "The Defenders." And... it looks good. The trailer, set to a rendition of Nirvana’s "Come As You Are," shows the moment Matt Murdock is introduced to a perplexed and in-custody Jessica Jones, as well as the explosive meeting between Cage and "The Immortal" Iron Fist. Rosario Dawson's Claire Temple, a character threading each of the series together, is also on hand trying to make introductions between the haymakers. "The Defenders" premiers August 18.

Jimmy Fallon Shared His Prom Photo on Twitter, and Fans Are Loving It

It’s Jimmy Fallon like you’ve never seen him before. It’s the most anticipated time of the year for high school students: prom season. And this year Jimmy Fallon is getting in on the fun. Fallon tweeted his own photo of himself with his prom date. "My date didn't tell me she was getting a tan and high heels for the prom," Fallon tweeted. "Standing next to her I looked so pale and so small. The post elicited a positive response on Twitter, as people tweeted back about loving the photo, while others joked that Fallon looked like a vampire.