Background: Attorney General William Barr called for the review in order to determine whether law enforcement officials abused their power. Here’s what we know about the origins of the Russia investigation.

Yesterday: Asked in an interview if he would accept incriminating information about an opponent from a foreign government, President Trump said, “I think I’d take it.” He said he would call the F.B.I. only “if I thought there was something wrong.”

Fight grows over census question

A House committee voted on Wednesday to recommend holding two cabinet secretaries in contempt of Congress, hours after President Trump invoked executive privilege to block the release of documents about the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s action against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross sets up a possible vote by the full House.

Background: The Trump administration has said it’s reasonable to ask how many residents are U.S. citizens, though federal judges in three lawsuits have concluded that the rationale for adding the question was contrived. The Supreme Court is expected to decide the question’s legality within weeks.

Why it matters: The fight over the census is part of a larger dispute about the line between Congress’s oversight power and the president’s authority to keep information secret.