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President's longtime 'fixer' is now under federal scrutiny; Senate Republican leaders warn Trump but reject calls to pass legislation to protect Mueller

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BREAKING NEWS Federal inquiry into Trump's lawyer seeks records on two women who alleged affairs with president The interest in an adult-film actress and a former Playboy model indicates that investigators are trying to determine if there was a strategy among Trump associates to buy the silence of women whose accounts could harm the president's electoral chances and whether any crimes were committed. The stakes were underscored by the involvement of Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who approved the move to seek a search warrant for Michael Cohen's records. By Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky and Ashley Parker  •  Read more » President's longtime 'fixer' is now under federal scrutiny The attorney sums up his extraordinary closeness with President Trump in one word: "Loyalty." A looming question now is whether Cohen went too far in seeking to solve Trump's problems. By Michael Kranish  •  Read more »   Senate Republican leaders warn Trump but reject calls to pass legislation to protect Mueller Their reluctance to take more forceful action came as Democratic leaders voiced new urgency to shield Robert S. Mueller III a day after Trump said he had been encouraged by some to dismiss the special counsel. At least one rank-and-file Republican endorsed moving forward soon with a bill to protect him. By Sean Sullivan, Seung Min Kim and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   Zuckerberg details 'greatest regrets' as Congress grills Facebook CEO Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.), the highest-ranking Democrat on the Commerce Committee, said to Mark Zuckerberg as he appeared to fidget in his chair, "if Facebook and other online companies will not or cannot fix these privacy invasions, then we will." By Craig Timberg, Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin  •  Read more »   Analysis: 14 years of Zuckerberg saying sorry, not sorry From the moment the Facebook founder entered the public eye in 2003, he's been apologizing. As he prepares to apologize for the first time in front of Congress, the question that lingers is: What will be different this time? By Geoffrey A. Fowler and Chiqui Esteban  •  Read more »   Crusade to save Facebook is taking Zuckerberg to a world he's avoided The executive is preparing for congressional testimony that could affect tech giants and his own legacy. By Elizabeth Dwoskin  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Nerve gas used in Syria attack, leaving victims 'foaming at the mouth,' evidence shows Russian troops have now deployed in Douma and say they can find no evidence of a chemical attack. Witnesses and videos suggest otherwise. By Liz Sly  •  Read more »   Trump, citing need to monitor U.S. response to attack in Syria, cancels trip to Peru The trip would have been the president's first visit to Latin America since taking office. Vice President Pence will travel to the summit instead, the White House said. By John Wagner, Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Homeland security adviser Tom Bossert resigns as turnover continues in Trump administration The announcement of Bossert's departure comes one day after national security adviser John Bolton began the job. Bossert, an ally of former national security adviser H.R. McMaster and liked by the president, was believed to be on shaky footing in the Bolton era. By Josh Dawsey and Greg Jaffe  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT EPA documents question justification for Pruitt's 24/7 security detail, first-class travel Two Democratic senators are demanding a congressional inquiry into the justification underpinning the 24/7 protection for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   NFL draft analysis is a cottage industry — and everyone wants to join the neighborhood What was a one-man field just a decade ago has exploded into a round-the-clock, unending frenzy: There are now dozens of podcasts, websites and social media accounts dedicated to the draft, several others dedicated to aggregating them, and still more focused on critiquing them. By Rick Maese  •  Read more »   'She was madly in love with his fame and money': Bill Cosby's lawyer paints him as the victim of his sexual assault accuser A blunt and bruising opening statement made clear that the entertainer's lead defense lawyer would seek to make accuser Andrea Constand the real focus of the trial. By Manuel Roig-Franzia  •  Read more »   Facing trade war with U.S., China's Xi renews vow to open markets, import more President Xi Jinping's speech was more a reiteration of existing commitments than any major new initiatives, and experts said it was not concrete enough to defuse the trade dispute with Washington. By Simon Denyer  •  Read more »   Capital Weather Gang From 75 degrees to 45 in one day: Northeast is about to experience extreme weather whiplash A powerful spring storm is going to upend the beautiful, warm weather faster than it began, causing temperatures to plummet from Saturday to Sunday. By Angela Fritz  •  Read more »   Facebook told two women their pro-Trump videos were 'unsafe' Diamond and Silk praise Trump endlessly in viral videos. They compared Facebook to a "dictatorship" after an employee called their content dangerous. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »

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