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AP Exclusive: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area

By Michael Biesecker and Jason Dearen, Associated Press

The Houston metro area has more than a dozen Superfund sites, designated by the EPA as being among America’s most intensely contaminated places.

DOJ says it has no records related to Trump Tower ‘wiretaps’

By Associated Press

The Justice Department says in a legal filing that it has no information about wiretaps President Donald Trump once claimed had been made of Trump Tower in New York.

Upbeat Trump pitches in at shelter for Harvey victims

By Darlene Superville and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press

An upbeat and optimistic President Donald Trump visited with victims of Harvey on Saturday, touring a Houston mega-shelter housing hundreds of displaced people and briefly walking streets lined with soggy, discarded possessions.

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.

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.

U.S. ban on travel North Korea kicks in, with few exceptions

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

The ban makes U.S. passports invalid for travel to North Korea and allows the State Department to revoke the passport of anyone who flouts the ban.

As Trump’s decision on DACA looms, ‘Dreamers’ wonder what’s next

By Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica

The Trump administration seems poised to eliminate the immigration program, which has allowed almost 800,000 young immigrants to receive renewable work permits.