2. At the White House, President Trump met with Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon. But attention was focused, not surprisingly, on Mr. Trump’s attacks on his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions. Watch Mr. Trump’s news conference.

Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, met with investigators from the Senate Intelligence Committee. And the Senate Judiciary committee issued a subpoena for him to appear at a hearing on Wednesday.

We scoured the internet for the best political writing from the right and left on Mr. Sessions, Jared Kushner and other names in the news this week.