10 things you need to know today: June 12, 2017

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1. The Senate's Russia inquiry continues to heat up

The congressional investigations into Russia's meddling in last year's election continues to heat up this week, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions prepares to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. Committee member Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said on Sunday he would question Sessions about why he was involved in last month's firing of FBI Director James Comey even though Sessions had recused himself from matters linked to the Russia inquiry. "There's a real question of the propriety of the attorney general participating in that in any way, shape, or form," Reed said on Fox News on Sunday. Comey testified last week, and told the committee he felt pressured by President Trump to drop the inquiry into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's Russia ties. Trump responded by saying Comey was lying, and Republicans on the intelligence committee said Trump should release any tapes of his conversations with Comey, if they exist, to clear up the matter.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.