Negotiators on a $1.3 trillion government spending bill dropped protections for so-called Dreamer immigrants and gave President Donald Trump only a partial victory on paying for his U.S.-Mexico border wall as talks entered their final stage on Wednesday.

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The White House is threatening to veto transportation legislation that would extend money for highway construction projects through the end of September because it would mandate construction of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that President Barack Obama earlier blocked.

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Washington (AP) — People walking by the front lawn of the White House can expect to see a mixture of construction crews, rigs and chain-link fencing for the next two years. The executive mansion has launched the first major upgrade ...

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Andrew Taylor AP Writer Washington — President Barack Obama said Tuesday Washington must urgently confront unpleasant truths about deficits, while the Federal Reserve chairman said failure to mop up red-ink spending would “ultimately do great damage” to the country. Obama ...

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Los Angeles (AP) — The homebuilding industry’s main trade association spent $1.1 million in the fourth quarter lobbying Congress, the White House and several government agencies on housing, taxes, health care and other issues, according to a disclosure report. The ...

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By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As unemployment spikes, the cost of compassion is going up too. By as much as $100 billion. That’s the potential price of a push by Democrats in Congress to continue providing ...

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By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has alerted domestic agencies to plan for a freeze or even a 5 percent cut in their budgets, part of an election-year push to rein in record deficits ...

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By JULIE PACE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said new figures released Friday showing national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are a sobering reminder of the challenges still facing the U.S. economy. Standing in the ...

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By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left ...

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Tom Raum AP Writer Washington — The White House is being forced to acknowledge the wide gap between its once-upbeat predictions about the economy and today’s bleak landscape. The administration’s annual midsummer budget update is sure to show higher deficits ...

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