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

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• On Oct. 18, 2017, President Trump took the time to sign a $35,000 check to Michael D. Cohen, his longtime lawyer and fixer who had made hush payments to prevent alleged sexual misconduct by Mr. Trump from being exposed before the 2016 presidential election. It was one of 11 occasions that Mr. Trump or his trust cut such checks, six of which were provided this week to the The Times.

• Mr. Trump signaled that he did not intend to cooperate with the 81 document requests sent out by House lawmakers scrutinizing whether the president obstructed justice, and he called the investigation a “disgrace to our country.”

• The House’s Democratic leadership, responding to statements by Representative Ilhan Omar characterized as hurtful to Jews, will put to a vote a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. The resolution has started a furious generational debate between older House Democrats and their young, liberal counterparts.