Saturday's Headlines: FBI’s McCabe fired 26 hours before he could retire

The Fix: Five reasons Trump would have wanted Andrew McCabe fired; Engineer on Fla. bridge project called state to report crack days before collapse; Listen: Hear the voice mail

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   FBI's McCabe fired 26 hours before he could retire Andrew McCabe, who had stepped down from his post as FBI deputy director earlier this year but remained an employee, called his dismissal a part of the Trump administration's "ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel investigation." President Trump fired off a late-night celebratory tweet: "Andrew McCabe FIRED … A great day for Democracy." By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » The Fix: Five reasons Trump would have wanted Andrew McCabe fired Besides spiting a man the president has pilloried as a deep-state enemy. By Callum Borchers  •   Read more »   Engineer on Fla. bridge project called state to report crack days before collapse The Florida Department of Transportation released the transcript of a message from an engineer that the agency got Tuesday but did not retrieve until Friday. "Calling to, uh, share with you some information about the FIU pedestrian bridge and some cracking that's been observed," it said. By Michael Laris and Susan Svrluga  •   Read more »   Listen: Hear the voice mail A lead engineer on a Florida pedestrian bridge project called a state official to report "cracking" two days before the structure collapsed. Read more »   Trump attorney accuses Daniels of violating agreement 20 times, claims right to seek $20 million Michael Cohen made the claim in papers filed in federal court. Before the 2016 election, Cohen formed a limited liability corporation to strike the nondisclosure agreement with the porn actress over an alleged affair with Donald Trump. By Emma Brown and Tom Hamburger  •   Read more »   NCAA Tournament No. 16 seed UMBC makes history by knocking out Virginia, the first top seed ever to fall in men's first round The Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers became the first team to beat a No. 1 seed in the first round, and they did it with authority, beating the tournament's top overall seed by 20 points. No. 16 seeds are now 1-135 in NCAA tournament history. By Gene Wang  •   Read more »   March Madness live: Full coverage of the men's basketball tournament The Virginia Cavaliers, ranked No. 1 for much of the season and the top overall seed in the field of 68, lost in a stunner to the Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers, champions of the America East. By Cindy Boren, Matt Bonesteel, Scott Allen and Jacob Bogage  •   Read more »   Perspective: UMBC proved again that in sports, not even history goes undefeated No. 16 seeds were 0-135 vs. No. 1s in NCAA men's basketball tournament history. The Retrievers couldn't have ended the streak more emphatically. By Jerry Brewer  •   Read more »   Trump wants to get the U.S. out of Syria's war, so he asked the Saudi king for $4 billion After a December phone call with King Salman, according to U.S. officials, President Trump believed he had a deal that would help rebuild and stabilize the parts of Syria that the U.S. military and its local allies have liberated from the Islamic State. By Paul Sonne and Karen DeYoung  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   We thought things would change for women in 1992. This time feels different. By Karen Tumulty  •   Read more »   Why aren't these people running the country? By Fred Hiatt  •   Read more »   My bank flagged me as a possible money-launderer. Good. By Dana Milbank  •   Read more »   Trump brings us to a new black hole in the fact-checking universe By Kathleen Parker  •   Read more »   The old tea party may be over, but the new one is at peak power By Geoffrey Kabaservice  •   Read more »   The Trump Cabinet's exaggerated sense of entitlement By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   BREAKING NEWS Russia to expel 23 British diplomats and close consulate in St. Petersburg in escalating row over poisoning of ex-spy The move comes three days after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats over the poisoning of 66-year-old Sergei Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia. By Washington Post Staff  •  Read more »     China's Xi gets right-hand man, loyal 'firefighter,' elected vice president Wang Qishan may play a role in trying to defuse trade tensions with the United States.  By Simon Denyer  •   Read more »   Relic or reformer? A Nigerian emir wants to take his ancient city into the modern era. Muhammad Sanusi II is, by some measures, the most important traditional leader in West Africa. But in a country of pop stars, oil tycoons and cutthroat politicians, his reign has become a litmus test for the relevance of Nigeria's tribal and religious chiefs. Is the man on Kano's velvet throne an expensive anachronism? By Story by Kevin Sieff | Photos by Jane Hahn  •   Read more »   Democrats balk as GOP tries to use must-pass spending bill to fix tax law The tax law inadvertently helped farm co-operatives over traditional businesses. But Democrats, who were shut out of the tax law process, now don't want to cooperate unless they get something in return. By Erica Werner  •   Read more »   Is California protecting women or forcing clinics to promote abortion? Supreme Court to decide. A law targets "fake" clinics that the state says trick women and put their health in danger, but these centers say the government can't force them into speech they don't believe. By Robert Barnes  •   Read more »   Facebook bans Trump campaign's analytics firm for taking user data The account for the parent company of Cambridge Analytica was suspended because it failed to delete data that it had taken inappropriately from users of the social network, Facebook said. By Elizabeth Dwoskin  •   Read more »   Complex portrait of special counsel cooperator emerges in newly unsealed child pornography case It is unclear if the 1991 felony conviction of Lebanese American businessman George Nader figures into his agreement to assist special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. But the case raises questions about access he had to top Trump White House officials. By Rosalind S. Helderman, Rachel Weiner and Devlin Barrett  •   Read more »   Sarah Palin headlines event at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club The conservative favorite was the keynote speaker at the latest GOP event to be held at the "Winter White House." By Lori Rozsa and David A. Fahrenthold  •   Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Today's Headlines or because it is included in your subscription. Manage my email newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe from Today's Headlines Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post  |  1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071