This week in 9 headlines

Monday:

• Trump aims West Coast swing to raise cash and counterprogram Democrats

Tuesday:

• Barr has said he’s considered resigning over Trump’s interference in Justice Department matters, source says

Wednesday:

• Blagojevich thanks Trump for commuting sentence and declares himself a ‘Trump-ocrat’
• CNN Poll of Polls: Bernie Sanders tops Democratic field

Thursday:

• Russia is looking to help Trump win in 2020, election security official told lawmakers
• Without proof, Trump’s top trade adviser pushed that now-departed NSC official was Anonymous
• Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison amid Trump complaints against prosecutors

Friday:

• Seven-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan to begin, US announces

• Perez under pressure: the DNC chairman is in the hot seat as Nevada caucuses loom

And that was the week in 9 headlines.