Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• Attorney General William P. Barr said on Wednesday that he would scrutinize the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation, asserting that American intelligence agencies had spied on the Trump campaign. His remarks are certain to please President Trump, who has alleged that his campaign was targeted out of political malice.

• Mr. Barr also said that after releasing a partly blacked-out copy of the special counsel’s report, he would work to share some of the more sensitive redacted information with Congress.

• As a married gay man and a Scripture-quoting Christian, the Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has challenged the religious right on its own turf, confronting evangelicals over gay rights and questioning the moral authority of those who have stayed silent on Mr. Trump’s conduct.