Congress Returns With Tensions Running High

Lawmakers will return this week to a Washington landscape transformed by the unveiling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which has sparked an intensifying fight between Capitol Hill and the White House over Democrats’ push to probe the administration.

With Attorney General William Barr scheduled to testify twice before Congress this week, and a dispute already flaring over one appearance, Democrats’ efforts to juggle both oversight and legislation will face fresh hurdles after their two-week break from Washington, when many lawmakers heard from constituents far more focused on pocketbook issues....