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WATCH: Senate begins rare debate on immigration and ‘Dreamers’

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Underscoring how hard it's been for lawmakers to find an immigration compromise, around two dozen moderates from both parties have met for weeks to seek common ground. Neither group has come forward with a deal.

Trump’s proposed $4 trillion budget would sharply raise the deficit

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is proposing a $4 trillion-plus budget for next year that projects a $1 trillion or so federal deficit. And it never comes close to promising a balanced federal ledger even after 10 years.

WATCH: National Portrait Gallery unveils portraits of Barack, Michelle Obama

By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

The portraits will be officially installed and available for public viewing starting on Feb. 13.

U.S. wants foreign fighters in Syria to face justice at home

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The United States is urging allied nations to help deal with the growing number of foreign fighters that are being held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

White House grappling with fallout from aide’s resignation

By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

The White House attempted Sunday to soften President Trump's comments about the mistreatment of women while rallying around the chief of staff.

Senate to debate immigration, but Trump is the question mark

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's day-to-day turnabouts on the fate of the "Dreamer" immigrants has confounded both Democrats and Republicans.

ProPublica tool finds misleading political ads on Facebook

By PBS News Hour

Amid an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Facebook came under fire for its opacity on how it targets political ads. A few months ago, ProPublica released Political Ad Collector, a tool that crowdsources the job of…

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On drug costs, modest steps follow Trump’s big promises

By Matthew Perrone, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

As a candidate, Trump advocated Medicare negotiations and he called for allowing consumers to import lower-priced medicines from abroad. But the White House strategy paper veers away from such dramatic steps.

Pennsylvania race to test how tax law plays with voters

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

The tax law has formed a defining fault line ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

Trump accuses Democrats of playing politics with memo

By Jonathan Lemire and Chad Day, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is explaining his decision not to declassify a Democratic memo, saying the document is “very political” and needs heavy redactions.