Monday's Headlines: Court filing in Manafort case shows special counsel’s intense focus on Russia contacts

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Court filing in Manafort case shows special counsel's intense focus on Russia contacts

The new details inadvertently revealed in court documents serve as a reminder that President Trump's White House bid was led for a time by a man with long-standing ties to powerful Russian figures.

By Rosalind Helderman and Tom Hamburger • Read more »

Pressure on Senate GOP to break shutdown impasse grows

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said the president should continue trying to cut a deal with Democrats on funding his long-promised border wall before declaring an emergency if no progress is made in three weeks.

By Felicia Sonmez and Cat Zakrzewski • Read more »

Trump's wall battle could soon give way to bigger fights with Democrats

President Trump and his allies on Sunday derided recent reports that raised new questions about Trump's interactions with Russians and their leader, Vladimir Putin.

By Greg Jaffe • Read more »

Inside the tug of war over Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria

A multipronged effort by national security officials, foreign allies and GOP hawks in Congress to alter President Trump's surprise decision is effectively a bust.

By Anne Gearan, Josh Dawsey and John Hudson • Read more »

Perspective

How 'traditional masculinity' hurts the men who believe in it most

New American Psychological Association guidelines suggest that certain masculine behaviors can harm everyone — including men.

By Monica Hesse • Read more »

Ahead of key vote, hardcore Brexit supporters push to leave European Union with no deal

Without a negotiated transition, the E.U. would treat Britain as a "third country" subject to potentially onerous restrictions. But hard-liners opposed to Prime Minister Theresa May's compromise, up for a vote Tuesday, say threats of chaos are overblown, and they want out no matter the consequences.

By William Booth and Karla Adam • Read more »

Opinions

Capitalism's tough love: The real lessons from the fall of Sears and GE

By Robert Samuelson • Read more »

China has detained an old man and tormented his daughter. Trump thinks this is 'honorable'?

By Fred Hiatt • Read more »

Florida restored voting rights to former felons. Now the GOP wants to thwart reform.

By Editorial Board • Read more »

Here are 18 reasons Trump could be a Russian asset

By Max Boot • Read more »

The media must not repeat its major failure from 2016

By E.J. Dionne • Read more »

The Trump-Putin revelations tell us what we knew all along

By Anne Applebaum • Read more »

More News

The Trailer | Analysis

Will Bernie Sanders's 2016 supporters rally behind him this time?

In this edition: The old Sanders magic, Tulsi Gabbard and her enemies, and the start of Castro 2020.

By David Weigel • Read more »

These Ukrainians have a pension awaiting. But they literally must cross a minefield to get it.

For elderly Ukrainians in pro-Moscow breakaway enclaves, their pension money and paperwork are on the other side of the front lines.

By David L. Stern • Read more »

Indonesia recovers cockpit voice recorder from Lion Air jet that crashed

The data contained on the device could bring investigators closer to finding out exactly what caused the jetliner to plunge into the waters below shortly after taking off in October.

By Stanley Widianto and Shibani Mahtani • Read more »

At least 9 dead, including Illinois state trooper, after snowstorm batters the Midwest

Parts of Missouri and Kansas got their highest snowfall totals in years, and a state trooper who was protecting motorists was struck and killed near Chicago.

By Kristine Phillips • Read more »