WASHINGTON—A second federal judge on Wednesday ruled against President Donald Trump’s efforts to block House Democrats from accessing his financial records. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in New York declined to issue a preliminary injunction against House Intelligence and Financial Services committees’ subpoenas requesting documents from Deutsche Bank and Capital One. Lawyers for the committees argued they needed the president’s documents to determine whether he had inappropriate financial ties related to “foreign influence in the U.S.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to release a less redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to more members of Congress, and to give accompanying documents from the probe to House lawmakers. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said the Justice Department agreed to provide information from 12 categories of foreign intelligence and counterintelligence materials, and it will turn over more documents down the road.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump walked out of a meeting with congressional Democrats on Wednesday after telling them he would not work with them unless they ceased their investigations into his administration. At a meeting two weeks ago, the president and Democrats agreed to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, and power systems with a bipartisan infrastructure package. They planned to address how to secure the estimated $2 trillion needed for the plan in Wednesday’s meeting.

WASHINGTON—The House Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas to former Trump administration officials Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson after former White House counsel Don McGahn defied his summons Tuesday. The committee is investigating whether President Donald Trump obstructed the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report included several notes Donaldson took at meetings, some related to the question of whether the president obstructed justice.

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the airport and military base in Najran, Saudi Arabia, just days after targeting a Saudi oil facility. Saudi authorities said a bomb-laden drone attacked the base but did not clarify the extent of the damages or whether there were any deaths or injuries. Saudi spokesman Col.

WASHINGTON—A federal judge on Monday ordered an accounting firm to comply with a congressional subpoena and hand over eight years of President Donald Trump’s financial records. The House Oversight and Reform Committee subpoenaed Trump’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA, in April. Democrats said they needed the records to examine whether the president or his businesses violated the Constitution through inappropriate financial entanglements with foreign entities.

WASHINGTON—The White House announced Sunday that it will hold an economic workshop in Bahrain next month to encourage investments in Palestine, the first stage of its Middle East peace plan. The “Peace to Prosperity” workshop, slated for June 25 and 26 in Manama, Bahrain, will give foreign finance ministers and business executives an opportunity to invest in Palestinian territories to encourage compromise on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.