Saturday's Headlines: Trump’s White House struggles to get out from under Russia controversy

Does the White House really want Flynn to get immunity? ; Analysis: What we know so far about the Trump team's ties to Russian interests; New EPA documents reveal even deeper proposed cuts to staff and programs; Bannon, Trump's architect of anti-globalist policies, got rich as a global capitalist; Trump's closest aides come from financial elite;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump's White House struggles to get out from under Russia controversy The president's aides have expressed frustration at their inability to gain control of Washington's narrative as the Trump administration — dogged by questions about its conduct in the Russia probe — entered its 11th week in office in crisis mode. By David Nakamura and Ashley Parker  •  Read more » The Fix | Analysis Does the White House really want Flynn to get immunity? The president tweeted that his former national security adviser "should ask for immunity." But at Sean Spicer's daily briefing, the press secretary danced around the specifics, saying the White House wants to do what it takes for Michael Flynn to testify to congressional investigators, deflecting the issue of immunity. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Analysis: What we know so far about the Trump team's ties to Russian interests Congress and U.S. intelligence agencies are scrutinizing connections between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign as they investigate evidence that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. By Bonnie Berkowitz and Denise Lu  •  Read more »   EXCLUSIVE New EPA documents reveal even deeper proposed cuts to staff and programs Documents obtained by The Washington Post detail the Trump administration's proposal to lay off 25 percent of its employees and scrap more than 50 programs. By Juliet Eilperin, Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Bannon, Trump's architect of anti-globalist policies, got rich as a global capitalist As an investment banker in the 1980s and 1990s, Stephen K. Bannon represented a Saudi prince, received financing from Japanese and French banks and lived in what looks like an alternative reality from the fiery populist of today who recently declared that "globalists gutted the American working class and created a middle class in Asia." By Michael Kranish and Renae Merle  •  Read more »   Trump's closest aides come from financial elite After campaigning as a champion of the working class, President Trump now relies on wealthy advisers who have generated millions of dollars from Wall Street, Hollywood, real estate and the media. Together, 27 White House officials had assets of at least $2.3 billion when they joined the administration. By Matea Gold, Drew Harwell and Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   The most suspicious part of Trump's presidency By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   This Watergate lawmaker set a standard for slavish loyalty. Then came Nunes. By Colbert I. King  •  Read more »   Britain's 'Legs-it' scandal was sexist — but they're still way ahead of us By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   Robert Redford: 45 years after Watergate, the truth is again in danger By Robert Redford  •  Read more »   What Clinton and Pence have in common: Their marriages are our favorite soap operas By Alyssa Rosenberg  •  Read more »   This one weird trick can solve all of Trump's problems By Dana Milbank  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   NCAA Tournament | Perspective After 111 wins, Connecticut sits on unfamiliar ground with OT loss to Miss. St. The Bulldogs didn't forget last year's blowout loss to the Huskies, and the result this time was a riveting Final Four game that no one foresaw. By Sally Jenkins  •  Read more » WikiLeaks' latest release of CIA cyber-tools could blow the cover on agency hacking operations The material includes the secret source code of an "obfuscation" technique used by the CIA so its malware can evade detection by antivirus systems. By Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more » How two American Marxists wound up on the front lines against ISIS They wanted to experience firsthand the egalitarian utopia Syria's Kurds are seeking to build. Instead, they found themselves fighting alongside the agents of imperialism their political convictions have taught them to despise. By Liz Sly  •  Read more » Navy defies Congress to promote former SEAL commander A retroactive promotion, back pay and a bigger pension have been granted to Brian Losey, whom lawmakers forced to retire last year after investigations found he retaliated against whistleblowers. It's a rare public challenge by military leaders to congressional oversight. By Craig Whitlock  •  Read more » William T. Coleman Jr. | 1920–2017 Civil rights lawyer and the nation's second black Cabinet officer dies at 96 William T. Coleman Jr. helped draft the landmark Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case and was named transportation secretary by President Gerald R. Ford. By Matt Schudel  •  Read more » Sessions, Kelly defend courthouse arrests of undocumented immigrants in escalating feud with Calif. justice The attorney general and homeland security secretary fired back at California's chief justice, calling her characterization of the arrests "troubling." By Matt Zapotosky  •  Read more » McCaskill swings to 'no' vote on Gorsuch, will support Democratic filibuster The senator from Missouri joins 34 other Democrats who say they won't support President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. She condemned Neil Gorsuch's past rulings on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals but said her choice to vote "no" was "a really difficult decision for me." 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