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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary Wednesday and cut a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief. In the course of a relatively brief negotiating session at the White House, Trump largely sided with Democratic leaders as they pushed for the three-month deal.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump overruled congressional Republicans to cut a deal with Democrats, as part of an agreement to speed a $7.9 billion Harvey aid bill to his desk.  Well, 2017 keeps rolling along, every day feeling like a week, every breaking news alert fraying our nerves just a little bit more.   Democrats in Washington have proven themselves fairly unified in recent months.

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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE The former Trump campaign manager will be a visiting fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump overruled congressional Republicans to cut a deal with Democrats, as part of an agreement to speed a $7.9 billion Harvey aid bill to his desk.  Well, 2017 keeps rolling along, every day feeling like a week, every breaking news alert fraying our nerves just a little bit more.   Democrats in Washington have proven themselves fairly unified in recent months.

A group of bipartisan lawmakers in the House and Senate known as the Problem Solvers Caucus met Tuesday night to discuss the fall legislative agenda, as Congress returned to Washington for the first time since the August recess. Legislative items set for discussion included health care, taxes and how Congress will address the debt limit. Caucus members also discussed the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program shielding young undocumented immigrants from deportation, which the Trump administration announced earlier it will rescind. 

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez blasted President Trump on Tuesday, calling him a “champion for cruelty” after his administration announced it was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “Rescinding DACA is the latest tactic in the Republican playbook to promote hate and discrimination. Because of the Republican party, DREAMers will lose their ability to go to work and contribute to their communities. Deportations will tear families apart and drive immigrants back into the shadows,” Perez said. “DREAMers share our values and strengthen our nation.

Australian Prime Minister BuzzFeed reported. In a news conference following the call, Turnbull said he and Trump had a "very warm" and "very constructive" discussion about North Korea, the Islamic State in the Philippines and Hurricane Harvey. "We are absolutely of the one mind in condemning this reckless conduct," he said, according to BuzzFeed.

Late President Ronald Reagan’s son, Michael, said that his father wouldn’t have decided to “kick the [Dreamers] out of the US" after the Trump administration announced it was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Tuesday. “Fyi,my father would not kick the dreamers out of the US.He would find a way to work with Congress and lead,” Reagan tweeted Tuesday.     Reagan’s tweet comes after Attorney General MORE announced that President Trump had decided to rescind DACA with a six-month window, giving Congress the chance to pass a legislative fix

The Trump administration is advising beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to "prepare for and arrange their departure from the United States," ABC News reported Tuesday. Talking points distributed to GOP lawmakers and obtained by ABC News say that DACA recipients should use their remaining time in the U.S.