NATION & WORLD

WARNED OFF: A top White House official told Kirstjen Nielsen, then Homeland Security secretary, not to bring up election security with President Donald Trump, steering her away from discussing a critical national security threat with a president who bristles at suggestions that Russian interference contributed to his 2016 victory.

SECURITY SHAKE-UP: Sri Lanka’s president demanded the resignations of two top security officials as new details emerged about the nine suicide bombers who carried out the Easter Day attacks.