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The Post Most: The Daily 202: Trump’s Russia headache gets worse, as Sessions struggles to spin undisclosed meetings

The Daily 202: Trump's Russia headache gets worse, as Sessions struggles to spin undisclosed meetings; Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose; ICE nabs young 'dreamer' applicant after she speaks out at a news conference; Why Jeff Sessions is in deep trouble; Top Republicans call on Sessions to recuse himself from Russia investigation; It’s now political suicide for Republicans if they don’t call for deeper investigations on Russia; The GOP’s protective wall around Trump is beginning to crumble; Jeff Sessions’s denials of contact with Russians are falling apart quickly; Ben Carson, outsider with no government experience, confirmed to lead HUD; Democratic congressman: Kellyanne Conway ‘really looked kind of familiar’ kneeling on Oval Office couch; We thought Gen X was a bunch of slackers. Now they're the suits.;  'The world waits on edge' as April the pregnant giraffe becomes live-stream sensation; Jeff Sessions is in deep trouble. Bigly.; This teenager was walking for hours to and from work — until a police stop changed his life; E.U. Parliament lifts Le Pen immunity over gruesome tweets; A raid in remote Yemen and a SEAL's death still reverberate for Trump
 
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The Daily 202: Trump's Russia headache gets worse, as Sessions struggles to spin undisclosed meetings
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Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose
The attorney general did not disclose the encounters during his confirmation hearing.
 
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Why Jeff Sessions is in deep trouble
Sessions should not be allowed to investigate himself.
 
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Top Republicans call on Sessions to recuse himself from Russia investigation
The statements follow revelations that Sessions did not disclose meetings he had with the Russian ambassador last year. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is also set to call for Sessions to resign or recuse himself.
 
It’s now political suicide for Republicans if they don’t call for deeper investigations on Russia
The game just changed.
 
The GOP’s protective wall around Trump is beginning to crumble
Republicans are now joining in calls for Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from the Russia probe.
 
Jeff Sessions’s denials of contact with Russians are falling apart quickly
Did Sessions lie, mislead or misspeak? Let's go to the tape.
 
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