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No decision yet on who gets Trump’s pledge of disaster aid

By Jonathan Lemire and Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

The White House is still trying to decide who will get President Donald Trump's pledged $1 million donation for Harvey storm relief efforts.

For Trump, chance to return to Texas with empathy for Harvey victims

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press

At stops in Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Saturday, the president planned to survey storm damage, talk with residents and meet with volunteers.

Trump mulls decision on young immigrants in U.S. illegally

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

After months of dragging his feet, the president on Tuesday will announce his plans for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

AP report: Trump seeks an initial $7.9 billion in Harvey aid

By Andrew Taylor and Erica Werner, Associated Press

President Donald Trump has sent lawmakers an initial request for a $7.9 billion down payment toward Harvey relief and recovery efforts.

Shields and Brooks on Hurricane Harvey unity, climate change politics

By PBS News Hour

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Miles O’Brien to discuss the week’s news, including how Hurricane Harvey might redirect Republicans’ fall agenda, the Trump administration’s response to the emergency, how the government will pay…

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McCain, undergoing cancer treatment, to attend Italy forum

By Associated Press

Republican Sen. John McCain, who has spent the congressional recess undergoing treatment for brain cancer, is capping a busy summer with a trip to an international forum in Italy.

Mueller team has draft letter on Comey firing

By Eric Tucker, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators is in possession of a letter that President Donald Trump wrote, but did not send, that laid out a rationale for firing FBI Director James Comey.

WATCH: White House says Trump will make DACA decision Tuesday

By Erica R. Hendry

As a candidate, Trump pledged to end the program launched by President Barack Obama in 2012.

AP CHECK: Here’s how Donald Trump’s tweet about James Comey compares to facts

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Trump flared up again Friday, tweeting that FBI Director James Comey exonerated Clinton months before the investigation was actually over.

WATCH: Jeff Sessions meets with law enforcement in Alabama

By News Desk

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear before the 30th annual Alabama Statewide Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Conference in Orange Beach, Alabama Friday at 12 p.m. ET.