1. Trump privately criticized Republican candidate Rick Saccone for being a terrible, "weak" candidate. This, despite Trump appearing at a rally for Saccone on Saturday and giving an 80-minute stump speech that seemed to be generally in support of Saccone. Trump barely said anything about Saccone during the campaign speech, instead choosing to focus on Oprah, his plan to deal with drug dealers, and his new campaign slogan for 2020: "Keep America Great." (Axios / CNN / NBC News)

  2. Rex Tillerson became the highest-ranking U.S. official ever to visit Chad when he arrived in the country this morning, but the meeting only lasted a few hours. Tillerson cut his five-country tour of Africa short by a day and will instead return to the U.S. to deal with North Korea and other issues. The main point of Tillerson's visit to Chad was to ease tensions over the country's including in the Trump's recent visa-ban. (Bloomberg)

  3. The Trump administration is walking back its commitment to raise the legal purchasing age for firearms to 21, and has instead vowed to provide "rigorous firearms training" to schoolteachers. The White House also formally endorsed a bill to improve the federal background check system. Additionally, Trump plans to establish a Federal Commission on School Safety to explore possible solutions, which will be chaired by Betsy DeVos. (Washington Post)

  4. White House lawyers are considering legal action to prevent 60 Minutes from airing an interview with adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. The legal argument behind the move to suppress the footage remains unclear. The interview is slated to air on CBS next Sunday, March 18. (BuzzFeed News)

  5. A White House spokesperson told ABC News that Trump still "intends to" meet with special counsel Robert Mueller under oath. White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah said Trump has told him on two separate occasions that he plans to meet with Mueller and answer questions under oath. Shah also reiterated that claim that Trump doesn't plan on firing Mueller. "I'm not here to declare any red lines," Shah said on Sunday. "There's no intention whatsoever to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel, right now." He added: "We've been fully cooperative. We respect their process. We're hoping it will come to a conclusion in the near future." (ABC News)