Stay tuned after the show for a message from Humana.

Good Tuesday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Anna Palmer. Over the next few days, you're going to see an open power struggle between the Congress and the Trump administration.

This isn't over a single piece of legislation or a specific policy, but rather something far more valuable, the access to information and intelligence.

The White House and the administration has it, and Congress wants it and believes it's entitled to it.

At issue, the New York Times report that the Russians allegedly paid bounties to the Taliban in Afghanistan to kill our soldiers.

The administration is hell-bent on holding what they know tight.

They're inviting small groups of Republicans and Democrats to 1600 Pennsylvania for briefings,

but as of now, they're declining leadership in Congress-wide briefings.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have called for full chamber debriefs.

Trump officials tell us they think such affairs are reserved for more significant events than

this, and they insist they will not buckle.

Of course, there's no evidence whatsoever that the New York Times reporting is wrong.

Quite the opposite.

Its top national security and intel reporters are on the case.

And the front page of the New York Times this morning carries

another damaging headline. Trump given brief in February about possible Russian bounties. More on that

soon. The White House has a series of small gatherings to read more people into the events as they see

them. This morning at 8 a.m., House Majority Leader St. Hoya is bringing several

Democrats with him to the White House, including House Foreign Affairs Chair, Elliot Engel,

Intel Chair Adam Schiff, Armed Services Chair, Adam Smith, and representatives, Greg Meeks

of New York, Brad Sherman of California, Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, Elise Lottkin of Michigan,

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