Donald Trump’s latest Russia scandal https://t.co/KjQ2OyepRQ
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 3, 2017
.@POTUS with a strong statement of support (including an exclamation point) for Attorney General Sessions: pic.twitter.com/xhtfPItTyD
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) March 3, 2017
Jeff Sessions met with Ambassador Kislyak as U.S.-Russia tensions flared https://t.co/aISXTKPw9b pic.twitter.com/SlmT84v6hv
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) March 3, 2017
Moscow envoy is at heart of Washington scandal after US attorney general is accused of lying about their meeting https://t.co/aBHC7zPm93
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 3, 2017
Some senior Republicans called on Sessions to recuse himself. Paul Ryan wasn't one of them. https://t.co/0R7YVa6VPI pic.twitter.com/rLKrSo0hNk
— Slate (@Slate) March 3, 2017
Full statement on Sessions recusal & Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation: https://t.co/yqnnYXoUIF pic.twitter.com/G9mLRuusGp
— Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) March 2, 2017
Jeff Sessions in 1999 speaking on the importance of prosecuting Bill Clinton over perjury allegations pic.twitter.com/LCV6AqZB17
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) March 2, 2017
AG Sessions is not fit to serve as the top law enforcement officer of our country and must resign. https://t.co/5r8KpGQSRT pic.twitter.com/vKSVuvTIf3
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 2, 2017
It all seems to be unraveling…
Former Trump campaign nat sec adv JD Gordon tells me he and other nat sec adv's met with Russian Amb in Cleveland during GOP convention.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/837153865027969027
WATCH: Trump said he had nothing to do w/ Ukraine/RNC platform. JD Gordon, Trumps NatSec advisor just said Trump ordered it last March. pic.twitter.com/7zp7IpupwA
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/837466125491306496
Trump Jr. likely paid $50K for event hosted by Russian allies: report https://t.co/IA1zF4x6Qn pic.twitter.com/x7EAOIptHi
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2017
Top Dem: FBI head withholding info on probe into Russian election involvement https://t.co/tdg1zUnaRE pic.twitter.com/B7LU51J3f0
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2017
"No one talked to Russia except my Campaign Manager, National Security Advisor, Attorney General and like 11 other guys. NO ONE." pic.twitter.com/6u2LgJb3Jt
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) March 2, 2017
Meanwhile elsewhere in Trumpworld…
https://twitter.com/ByRosenberg/status/837460635294171136
The longer Trump waits to release new travel ban, the less it may fly in the courts https://t.co/b2txAK6EYE pic.twitter.com/8TVoy5rh3C
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) March 3, 2017
Trump's choice for energy secretary has been sworn in – despite having once called for the department to scrapped https://t.co/zpBmmnNScW
— The Independent (@Independent) March 3, 2017
Alec Baldwin: I'm pushing to play Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner https://t.co/L9Dk4y9DGB pic.twitter.com/YOW5cQL0cQ
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2017
But hey..
Poll: Less than half Republicans say free press is important https://t.co/kBJ4immXvs pic.twitter.com/ENCwuyuotS
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2017
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WORLD
Turnout looks to be encouragingly well up in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. Full details and count information on Friday.
Turnout significantly up (though never uniform). Alliance & Greens likely to be happy in east & SF in the west; less clear for all others.
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) March 2, 2017
If it does go above 60%, that will be the highest turnout at an Assembly Election for 10 years. #ae17
— David McCann (@dmcbfs) March 2, 2017
Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2017: Everything you need to know – And what happens next?https://t.co/CIPl6lGxqs pic.twitter.com/Cls4noHz3Q
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) March 2, 2017
The Overnight Note 