The Mueller report

• The Justice Department released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s two-volume, 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and ties to President Donald Trump’s campaign. The report detailed multiple episodes in which Trump directed others to influence or curtail the probe, but offered no clear verdict on whether Trump obstructed justice.

• House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) subpoenaed the Department of Justice in a bid to obtain Mueller’s unredacted report and the underlying materials used in his investigation. Nadler also sent a letter to Mueller asking him testify before his committee no later than May 23, and a committee spokesman said the panel has engaged with the Justice Department about preliminary arrangements for testimony.

• Trump criticized former administration officials cited in the report, calling allegations that he tried numerous times to stop or influence the probe “total b——t.” On Twitter, he said statements in the report made by some were “fabricated & totally untrue,” and alleged that “notes” some people said they took after meetings did not actually exist but were created for the Mueller investigation.

2020 

• Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld said he will challenge Trump for the Republican presidential nomination next year. A Weld adviser acknowledged that the bid, which could appeal to traditional Republican voters, is a long shot.

• The top executive of UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest health insurer in the United States, criticized the “Medicare for All” proposals being debated by Democrats on the 2020 presidential trail, breaking the company’s near silence about the issue. Speaking with investors, UnitedHealth CEO Dave Wichmann said such proposals would “surely have a severe impact on the economy and jobs — all without fundamentally increasing access to care.”

The Trump administration

• The attorney general issued an order that could keep thousands of migrants seeking asylum in jail indefinitely while they wait for their requests to be resolved. The move to discourage migrants from seeking asylum was an effort to deliver on Trump’s promise to end the “catch and release” of migrants crossing the border.

• The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that most of California’s so-called sanctuary laws can continue to be enforced, rejecting much of a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration. The decision comes more than a year after the Trump administration sued the state in March 2018 to invalidate three sanctuary laws.

• The Justice Department is close to issuing rules that would make it easier for appellate immigration judges to declare their rulings binding on the entire immigration system, according to sources. The Trump administration views the moves as a way to add efficiency to an immigration court system plagued with delays as it faces an inundation of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.

• The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a rule to tighten regulations to prevent undocumented immigrants from accessing federally subsidized housing. The proposal, which would affect thousands of aid recipients, could cause families with members who are not lawful U.S. residents to lose their housing assistance after 18 months.

• The Trump administration announced a round of new sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela in an attempt to increase pressure Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and the countries that support him. The announcement from National Security Advisor John Bolton came after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo detailed another pressure point on Cuba: lifting a ban that blocked U.S. citizens from filing lawsuits against foreign companies that use properties seized by Cuba’s Communist government since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution.

• As expected, Trump vetoed a resolution that would have ended the United States’ support for the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen’s civil war. The second veto of his presidency came after bipartisan support for the measure in Congress.

• North Korea said it no longer wanted to deal with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and said he should be replaced in talks by someone “who is more careful and mature.” The statement came after North Korea’s first weapons test since nuclear talks with the United States broke down.

• The Interior Department’s inspector general opened an investigation into ethics complaints against Secretary David Bernhardt. The complaints include allegations that Bernhardt used his position to advance policy being pushed by a former lobbying client, that he worked as a lobbyist after filing paperwork that he’d ceased lobbying and that he’d intervened to block the release of a report showing harmful effects of a pesticide.

Congress

• The House Intelligence and Financial Services committees subpoenaed Trump’s longtime lender, Deutsche Bank, for information about loans given to Trump and his company. Along with Deutsche Bank, the committees also subpoenaed documents from other financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. related to possible money-laundering.

• Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said she’s faced an influx of death threats since Trump shared a video on social media purportedly showing her being dismissive of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she’d spoken with congressional security authorities to ensure the Capitol Police are “conducting a security assessment to safeguard Congresswoman Omar, her family and her staff.”

• Nadler said White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller should appear before Congress and explain the president’s aggressive and controversial immigration policies. Cabinet officials routinely testify before Congress, but it would be unusual for lawmakers to publicly question presidential advisers such as Miller, who’s emerged as a key target for Democrats amid a spate of vacancies at the Department of Homeland Security.

• Pelsoi said there will be no chance of a U.S.-U.K. trade deal post-Brexit if the country’s deal with the European Union in any way weakens the Northern Ireland peace pact, known as the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement. Pelosi’s remarks bolster demands by the EU that any Brexit agreement guarantee that the border between Northern Ireland, a part of the U.K., and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member state, remains open.

• The House Judiciary Committee has opened an investigation into reports that Trump asked acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan to break immigration law and vowed to pardon him if he faced legal consequences. Nadler and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), who chairs the subcommittee on constitutional matters, asked McAleenan to testify and provide the names of all DHS employees who were in the room when Trump reportedly asked him and other agents to break asylum laws and block asylum seekers from entering the United States.

• The House and Sentae are not in session this week.

• House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) is pushing the IRS to hand over Trump’s tax returns by April 23 after the Treasury Department missed the April 10 deadline for the request.

• Energy Secretary Rick Perry is planning to leave the Trump administration, but details are still unclear about the timing and terms of his departure, according to sources. Perry has been preparing the agency’s deputy secretary, Dan Brouillette, for the transition, sources said, though it is unclear if Trump would name Brouillette as permanent secretary.

• Former Vice President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday he is running for the Democratic nomination for president, according to sources. The campaign is said to be considering officially launching the Delaware Democrat’s bid at a later date in Charlottesville, Va.

1) Mueller reveals Trump’s attempts to choke off Russia probe
Nancy Benac et al., The Associated Press

2) Face It: You (Probably) Got a Tax Cut
Ben Casselman and Jim Tankersley, The NewYork Times

3) TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be
Brenda Medina and Thomas Frank, ProPublica

4) APNewsBreak: Ivanka Trump says she passed on World Bank job
Catherine Lucey, The Associated Press

5) ‘It has to stop’: Omar says Trump encourages violence, hate
Darlene Superville, The Associated Press

6) In New Effort to Deter Migrants, Barr Withholds Bail to Asylum Seekers
Michael D. Shear and Katie Benner, The New York Times

7) Money doesn’t matter in modern presidential races
Felix Salmon and Alexi McCammond, Axios

8) The Next George Bush Bet Everything on Trump
Elaina Plott, The Atlantic

9) Bill Weld launches campaign against Trump for 2020 Republican nomination
Robert Costa, The Washington Post

10) Michelle Obama compares Donald Trump to ‘divorced dad’ in scathing remarks
Maya Oppenheim, The Independent