1. “I’m not in the business of determining when lies are told to the American people. I am in the business of determining when a crime has been committed.”

Attorney General William Barr spent much of the day answering questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about the special counsel’s report on Russian election meddling and possible obstruction of justice.

Democrats pressed Mr. Barr on why he had not publicly acknowledged concerns about his original summary and why he said that Mr. Trump had cooperated fully with the investigation when he tried to thwart it.