1. An end may be in sight: The special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to deliver a report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election within weeks.

The new attorney general, William Barr, will then have to decide how much of it to make public.

In an Op-Ed essay, the acting solicitor general under President Barack Obama argues that the report will most likely act as a “road map” for more investigations, rather than be the beginning of their end.