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Joshua Miller, 12, helps remove carpet damaged by floodwaters inside his father's church, Messiah Mission Fellowship, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Church access to FEMA disaster aid affirmed in budget deal

Churches for decades have had to fend for themselves when hurricane winds ripped off the chapel roof while the nonprofit YMCA next door -- because it's not religious -- pocketed Federal Emergency Management Agency payments to repair similar damage to its building.

February 11, 2018
"We can't allow parents to get an advantage just because they brought a child here illegally and get to the head of the line," said Sen. Mike Rounds, South Dakota Republican. "We are trying to think ahead to where we don't allow that to become a problem." (Associated Press)

Chain migration becomes sticking point in Senate negotiations

Chain migration has become the chief sticking point in the Senate's immigration negotiations, with Democrats and some Republicans looking for ways to keep most of the current system intact while not rewarding the very parents who brought "Dreamers" to the U.S. illegally.

February 7, 2018
Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill. questions Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Dick Durbin: Immigration talks make little progress in Congress

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, the chamber's No. 2 Democratic leader, said Wednesday that immigration talks had made little progress, and he was still pushing a proposal that President Trump rejected for being too light on border security.

February 7, 2018
In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights illuminate the U.S. Capitol on second day of the federal shutdown as lawmakers negotiate behind closed doors in Washington. The era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is about make a comeback _ and a brewing budget deal hastened the arrival. Lawmakers are inching closer to a two-year, budget-busting spending pact that would give whopping budget increases to both the Pentagon and domestic programs have been inching closer to an agreement, according to aides and members of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House moves forward on bill that would avert shutdown

The House voted Tuesday to avert another government shutdown, approving a bill to fund the military for the rest of the year and domestic operations for six more weeks, as all sides sounded optimistic about a broader deal.

February 6, 2018
Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. Stock markets around the world took another pummeling Monday as investors continued to fret over rising U.S. bond yields. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow Jones plunges 1,500 points

The stock market tumbled more than 1,000 points Monday, accelerating a rout that some analysts have dubbed the Trump correction, with investors fearing the economy could be overheating and that recent U.S. and international market bubbles were about to pop.

February 5, 2018