Saturday's Headlines: Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret channel with Kremlin

Senate Intelligence Committee requests all Trump campaign documents dating to June 2015; Trump's views on climate are 'evolving,' aide says, amid pressure from Europeans; 'The Germans are bad, very bad': Trump's alleged slight generates confusion, backlash; Venezuela's paradox: People are hungry, but farmers can't feed them;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret channel with Kremlin Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in December that Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, asked him about setting up a communications channel between the transition team and the Kremlin using Russian facilities in the United States, an apparent move to shield pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring, according to U.S. officials briefed on intelligence reports. By Ellen Nakashima, Adam Entous and Greg Miller  •  Read more » Senate Intelligence Committee requests all Trump campaign documents dating to June 2015 The Senate Intelligence Committee has asked President Trump's political organization to gather and produce all documents, emails and phone records going back to his campaign's launch, according to two people briefed on the request. The letter arrived at Trump's campaign committee last week and represents the first time Trump's official campaign structure has been drawn into the Senate investigation. By Robert Costa  •  Read more »   Trump's views on climate are 'evolving,' aide says, amid pressure from Europeans Allies at the G-7 summit have personally pressured the president to remain in the 2015 Paris accord, a decision that would be a striking reversal. "He came here to learn," an adviser said. By Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   'The Germans are bad, very bad': Trump's alleged slight generates confusion, backlash A report of allegedly heated comments spread rapidly through the German press and social media, igniting an uproar. But what did the president actually say? Even administration officials have differing accounts.  By Anthony Faiola  •  Read more »   Venezuela's paradox: People are hungry, but farmers can't feed them The government has cut back on food imports, and for farmers in most countries, that would present an opportunity. But at a time of empty supermarkets and spreading hunger, Venezuela's farms are producing less, not more, making the situation worse. Government policies and extortion have created what economists see as a man-made disaster. By Mariana Zuñiga and Nick Miroff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Something is not right By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   America is about to face a major hostage situation By Catherine Rampell  •  Read more »   Trump's weird adherence to this 1980s concept explains his whole presidency By Danielle Allen  •  Read more »   Six of the worst cuts in Trump's budget Read more »   Trump’s businesses have terrible WiFi passwords. Here are some better ones. By Clare Doody  •  Read more »   Gianforte's behavior was inexcusable. The House should not tolerate it. By Editorial Board  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Zbigniew Brzezinski | 1928–2017 Foreign policy intellectual who was Carter's national security adviser dies at 89 Zbigniew Brzezinski helped bring Jimmy Carter to the White House in 1976 and guided him through international crises that contributed significantly to President Carter's defeat at the polls four years later. By Jim Hoagland  •  Read more » A 3.3 million-year-old toddler offers scientists a window into evolution Researchers see the fossilized skeleton known as the "Dikika Baby" as one of the most important discoveries in archaeological history, one that is filling in the timeline of human evolution. By Peter Holley  •  Read more » John Boehner unloads on Trump: A ‘complete disaster’ Besides foreign policy, "Everything else he's done has been a complete disaster," the former House speaker said, according to an online energy publication. "He's still learning how to be president." By Mike DeBonis  •  Read more » Man hurling racial slurs kills 2, injures 1 on Oregon train, police say According to police, the assailant on a light-rail train in Portland used "hate speech or biased language" as he ranted on many topics before attacking the women, one of whom wore a hijab. By The Associated Press  •  Read more » Turkey reportedly seeks arrest of NBA center who criticized Erdogan A Turkish judge issued an arrest warrant for the Oklahoma Thunder's Enes Kanter over allegations that is a part of a "terror group," according to reports. Kanter, a native of Turkey, has accused the government there of "human rights abuses." By Des Bieler  •  Read more » Perspective This luggage maker sees taxes as a 'bloodsucking parasite' on business SkyRoll has weathered two recessions, a retail downturn, occasional problems in its supply chain and an 18 percent import-duty tax that its curmudgeonly owner really, really dislikes. By Thomas Heath  •  Read more » Comic Riffs | Analysis A look back at Wonder Woman's feminist (and not-so-feminist) history Her new movie goes against a trend of long dominance for male superhero movies. But her past hasn't always been so empowering. 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