DEMS/DONALD JR/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump Jr. and the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee reached a deal on Tuesday [5-14-19] for the president’s eldest son to return for a time-limited private interview with senators in the coming weeks, an accord that should cool a heated intraparty standoff. The deal came after an aggressive push by the younger Mr. Trump’s allies, who accused the Intelligence Committee’s chairman, Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, of caving to Democrats by issuing a subpoena for his testimony. They called the effort a political hit job against the White House, using the president’s son as fodder. The accusations — and accompanying pushback by Mr. Burr to his Republican colleagues — amounted to an unusually public spat for a panel that has toiled for nearly two years on a bipartisan investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference efforts that has been largely free of partisan politics. Just a day before, it looked as if there would be no quick resolution — and possibly a deeper, uglier rift.”
–Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Fandos, “Donald Trump Jr. Strikes Deal for ‘Limited’ Interview With Intelligence Committee,” The New York Times online, May 14, 2019