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

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• Congress clashed with President Trump over efforts to investigate how a citizenship question was added to the 2020 census, as a House committee voted to recommend that two cabinet members, Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr., be held in contempt.

• Experts say the citizenship question would deter immigrants and minority residents from responding to the census, leading to an undercount in Democratic areas. Federal judges in three lawsuits have concluded that the Trump administration’s rationale for adding the question was contrived.

• Justice Department officials intend to interview senior C.I.A. officers as they review the Russia investigation. The interview plans suggest a focus on the intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia intervened in 2016 on behalf of the Trump campaign.