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Barr's congressional appearance suggests parties are on a 'collision course' over Mueller

Attorney General William Barr appeared on Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss his agency budget. With prompting from House Democrats, he also talked about when Congress and the public will see the Mueller report and how much of it Barr will…

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Hate crime hearing shows lawmakers still can't agree on basic facts

By Gretchen Frazee

During a House committee hearing on hate crimes, lawmakers expressed fundamental differences about what poses the biggest threat, who is to blame -- and what to do about it.

Trump welcomes Egypt's president to the White House

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Trump, speaking to reporters at the top of the meeting, did not mention human rights as a topic for discussion despite concerns from some advocacy groups.

Mnuchin says he'll 'follow the law' on House request for Trump tax returns

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Secretary Mnuchin revealed that Treasury Department lawyers have talked to the White House counsel's office about the question of releasing President Donald Trump's returns, telling lawmakers that the consultations occurred before the request arrived last week.

Trump claims more migrants are coming without family separation practice

By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

But President Donald Trump says he's not looking to reinstate the much-criticized practice of separating migrant families at the border with Mexico.

WATCH: Barr says his letter on Mueller report 'speaks for itself'

Democrats have raised questions about how Barr was so quickly able to boil down Mueller's report into four pages.

WATCH: Barr pressed about DOJ effort to strike down Affordable Care Act

By Joshua Barajas

Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Penn., asked Attorney General William Barr whether he's properly evaluated the consequences of the Justice Department's "litigation position" to strike down the Affordable Care Act.

WATCH: Justice Department not making progress on immigration case backlog, Barr says

By Molly Finnegan

"But until we can get some control of the inflow [of migrants], we're not going to be able to work down that backlog," Barr told a House subcommittee.

WATCH: Barr says he had a general sense of Russia investigation findings before it concluded

By Associated Press

Barr declined to answer a question from Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., over whether the White House had seen special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report before or after he released his summary of Mueller's findings.