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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.

Trump's hiring, budget raises questions about U.S. Harvey help

By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

Much of FEMA's widely-praised response is the product of laws and procedures that grew under Trump's predecessors after the government's botched response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The U.S. and allies flew bombers over the Korean Peninsula in a show of force. Here's why that's important.

By Erica R. Hendry, Nick Schifrin

Here's what you should know about the demonstration -- a direct response to North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan earlier this week.

Trump administration awards contracts for prototypes of concrete border wall

By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has taken another step toward building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, even as funding for the project remains in question. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday it will award contracts to…

Trump administration cuts funding for Affordable Care Act sign-up programs

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

In a call with reporters, Health and Human Services officials say advertising will be cut to $10 million for the 2018 open enrollment season. That's down from $100 million for the 2017 sign-up season.