Article snippet: An agreement would break with long-standing asylum rules and place a formidable new barrier in the path of Central American migrants attempting to reach the United States. Capital Source After failing to generate much attention as a candidate, Brianna Wu is looking ahead. “I’m focused on 2020. I’m going to win this time,” Wu said this week. Representative Brian Higgins of New York said he had changed his mind after securing an ‘‘agreement in principle’’ that Democrats would undertake a ‘‘serious good faith effort’’ to advance legislation lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 50. What are we to make of the just reissued “Night of Camp David,’’ a popular 1965 novel by Fletcher Knebel about a president who suffers from severe mental illness? The hearing underway in California comes as thousands of Central Americans are waiting in Tijuana to apply for permission to enter lawfully. Perhaps most jarring to this year’s freshmen, three Democrats in their late 70s are running unopposed in elections this week for the top leadership spots in the House. Legal experts say it’s possible that Supreme Court may give the case a pass, given the complexity of the arguments, the racially tense climate of the country, and the fact that they’ve grappled with the issue as recently as 2016. The administration asked for recommendations to relax rules that prohibit kickbacks and other payments intended to influence care for people on Medicare or Medicaid. Massachusett... Link to the full article to read more