(Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Monday:
RUSSIA AND SURVEILLANCE
FBI Director James Comey confirms the agency is investigating possible Russian government efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, including any links between President Donald Trump's campaign and Moscow.
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE
With the ideological balance of the Supreme Court at stake, a Senate committee begins its high-stakes confirmation hearing for conservative appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch, Trump's nominee for a lifetime job as a justice.
HEALTHCARE
The U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee announces it will hold a final hearing on the Republican healthcare bill on Wednesday, a day before lawmakers are expected to vote on the legislation.
REFUGEES
U.S. officials are taking fingerprints of asylum seekers in an Australian-run camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, signaling that vetting of applicants for resettlement in what Trump calls a "dumb deal" has restarted.
TRADE
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a G7 leaders' summit in May will be a good opportunity to address differences with Trump on how to secure free trade while making commerce fairer.
G20 officials who interacted with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at a weekend meeting in Germany opted not to challenge him on the Trump administration's protectionism language.
CHINA
The Chinese government is seeking advice from its think tanks and policy advisers on how to counter potential trade penalties from Trump, preparing for the worst even as it hopes for business-like negotiations.
Taiwan's government, worried about being used as a pawn by China and the United States, says it must protect its own interests as concerns in Taipei rise ahead of an expected meeting of U.S and Chinese leaders.
After Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's weekend visit to Beijing, China is preparing for a meeting of Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Foreign Ministry says.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Trump's outspoken doubts about climate change and his administration's efforts to roll back regulation to combat it stir a sleepy faction in U.S. politics: the Republican environmental movement.