Gen. Jeff Sessions has recused himself from any probe into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russians during last year’s election. He did not say anything wrong,” Trump tweeted Thursday following developments that Sessions met with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the U.S., on a handful of occasions in 2016. (In January, during his confirmation hearing, Sessions had denied any contacts with Russians last year.) Here are some of today’s headlines on Sessions and other matters:Sessions recusal is an unfortunate surrender (TownHall)While Democrats and Republicans alike on Capitol Hill called for Sessions to recuse himself, some conservatives have asked: If Sessions didn’t do anything wrong, why bother to recuse himself? During the campaign Trump said he would not release any of his recent returns until the Internal Revenue Service completes an audit.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 03, 2017 19:18 UTC