The attorney general appeared at a contentious Judiciary Committee hearing to answer questions about his handling of the Mueller report.
Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.
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• At a contentious hearing marked by a deep partisan divide, Attorney General William P. Barr faced blistering criticism from Democrats about his characterizations of the Mueller report but told the Senate Judiciary Committee he had been truthful. Here’s more on the hearing, and here are highlights from his testimony.
• The special counsel twice pushed Mr. Barr to release more of the investigation’s findings in late March, citing a gap between his report and Mr. Barr’s interpretation of it.
• The divergent views over Mr. Barr’s performance underscored tensions inherent in the role of the attorney general: Should the post be independent, or political?
• The hearing offered Democrats on Capitol Hill their first chance to grill Mr. Barr, and the three Judiciary Committee members running for president — Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker — were not about to let a prime opportunity go to waste.
