Evening Edition: In another blow to Trump, diGenova will no longer join legal team

In a burst of tweets, Trump insists that he's happy with his legal team; Lewandowski: I turned down Cambridge Analytica three times in 2016

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In another blow to Trump, diGenova will no longer join legal team President Trump said last week that Joseph diGenova — who often gave vehement defenses of the president on Fox News — would come on board to help handle his response to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia probe. By Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and John Wagner  •  Read more » In a burst of tweets, Trump insists that he's happy with his legal team The president ran through a litany of topics on Twitter, bouncing from an attack by a gunman in France to his plans for a border wall to his personal legal team. He also continued to defend the $1.3 trillion budget after issuing a veto threat late last week. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   Lewandowski: I turned down Cambridge Analytica three times in 2016 Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski distanced himself from the controversial data-mining firm after reports that it wrongfully obtained the data of an estimated 50 million Facebook users. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump friend: President planning more major personnel changes While at his Mar-a-Lago estate this weekend, the president has told associates that he plans to oust Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin following months of turmoil in the department's senior ranks. President Trump also continued to attack Rex Tillerson following his departure from the administration. By John Wagner and Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   'An adrenaline junkie': Meet the lawyer who is taking on Trump Michael Avenatti moves fast in the courtroom, in the TV studio and on the racecourse. Although he won't disclose how he came to represent porn actress Stormy Daniels, he said he needed only 20 minutes to decide she was credible. By Manuel Roig-Franzia  •  Read more »   From Parkland to the U.S. Capitol, shooting survivors deliver a message The day before they joined hundreds of thousands of others on Pennsylvania Avenue to rally for greater gun restrictions, 200 young people privately shared their grief and pain with lawmakers in Congress as they detailed their experiences with gun violence. By Moriah Balingit  •  Read more »   Perspective: Emma González and the wordless moment that moved a nation The Marjory Stoneman Douglas student who has become one of the most prominent voices to oppose gun violence stood onstage for minutes of silence after naming the 17 who were killed at her school — and her action was worth a thousand words. By Peter Marks  •  Read more »   After March for Our Lives, students and senators take their fight against the NRA to the airwaves Student activists and Democratic senators called for common-sense gun laws on the Sunday talk shows. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Spanish separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is detained in Germany The former president of the Catalan region has been charged with sedition and rebellion in his homeland and could face extradition. By Griff Witte  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Young Catholics tell Pope Francis they often feel 'indifference, judgment and rejection' from the church Hundreds of young people at a Vatican-sponsored conference called for a more transparent and "authentic" church, one with a bigger role for women and more wisdom about the benefits and challenges of technology. By Amanda Erickson  •  Read more »   Europe's most famous Nazi hunters worry about where the continent is headed For more than five decades, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld have been the vigilante enforcers of the continent's moral conscience. Yet the couple is horrified by the state of affairs in Europe and beyond: The rise of right-wing populist movements, often fueled by young voters. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   NCAA Tournament Blue bloods take the stage in final Elite Eight games Half the Elite Eight teams are annual college basketball powerhouses. The other four? Not exactly. By Chuck Culpepper, Tim Bontemps, Des Bieler, Jacob Bogage and Roman Stubbs  •  Read more »   NCAA Tournament Kansas vs. Duke: A four-year star and a freshman phenom battle in the Elite Eight Kansas's Devonte' Graham and Duke's Marvin Bagley take the court Sunday with a Final Four berth on the line. By Chuck Culpepper and Des Bieler  •  Read more »   NCAA Tournament Villanova faces off against Texas Tech The top-seeded Wildcats, the 2016 national champions, and No. 3 Red Raiders, who have never before been this far in March Madness, battle for a spot in the Final Four. By Roman Stubbs and Cindy Boren  •  Read more »   Mnuchin urges lawmakers to give Trump a line-item veto The Treasury secretary said the move might prevent Democrats from stacking more nondefense discretionary spending into the next must-past budget bill. The Supreme Court previously struck down the line-item veto. By David Weigel  •  Read more »

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