Thursday's Headlines: Trump’s apparent efforts to oust Sessions last year are said to be a focus of Mueller’s probe
Trump aide Hope Hicks to resign amid personal tumult and Russia probe; President sends many mixed signals during meeting on gun-control proposals; Walmart will raise age for...
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has been investigating a period of time last summer when President Trump seemed determined to drive Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his job, according to people familiar with the matter.
By Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey and Rosalind S. Helderman • Read more »
Hicks is one of the president's longest-serving aides, having worked with the president from the beginning of his campaign, most recently as White House communications director. But her special relationship with the president has ensnared her in the wide-ranging investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In a freewheeling, televised session with lawmakers, President Trump upended modest Republican proposals and defied the NRA, leaving Democrats gleeful and Republicans tight-lipped amid doubts that Congress would produce any legislation.
By Anne Gearan, Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim • Read more »
In the past year, Russia decriminalized all but the most egregious or repeated acts of domestic violence. Authorities are hesitant to act and often encourage reconciliation between couples. "The abuser now does not think that he's committing a crime," one advocate said.
The former sheriff often touts how much he shares with the president who pardoned him after a criminal contempt-of-court conviction last year. But some of Arpaio's recent comments have raised concerns among Republican leaders, who worry about holding on to the seat of retiring Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in November.
The upheaval is without precedent in a modern White House, and there is no assurance that it is over. In just a year, the upper-level team that came in with the president has been shredded.
The announcement is connected to a review of steel and aluminum imports that the Commerce Department conducted at President Trump's behest and it will come after months of speculation about whether Trump would follow through on trade threats and impose tariffs that could roil global markets.
By David J. Lynch and Damian Paletta • Read more »
Politicians from other states made overtures to the Atlanta-based airline after Georgia's governor threatened to kill a proposed sales-tax exemption on jet fuel because Delta said it would end discounts for National Rifle Association members.
For the lawyers arguing over Minnesota's law banning "political" clothing and buttons, their time at the Supreme Court came to resemble the time fish spend in a barrel.
The Fact Checker is fact-checking itself after President Trump wondered in a tweet why there had not been an investigation, and someone said we were wrong.
During an appearance on Stephen Colbert's show, the former White House staffer and reality-show veteran shed light on what she meant when she told a fellow "Celebrity Big Brother" contestant "It's going to not be okay. It's not."
In telling about the rise of Islamic radicalism and the inadequacy of the United States' response to it, "The Looming Tower" drapes only the thinnest action-thriller garb on a work of journalism, history and policy-critique.
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