Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.
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• President Trump plans to begin a fresh effort on Monday to pressure Congress to pay for a border wall. He is expected to request $8.6 billion in his annual budget proposal, and another $3.6 billion to replenish military construction funds he has diverted to begin work on the wall. But with Democrats in control of the House, his plan is likely dead on arrival.
• The relationship between Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has no precedent in their countries’ history, but it has deep parallels in their politics and struggles with scandal. As an Israeli election approaches, is this the last hurrah?
• After last week’s intraparty fight over Representative Ilhan Omar, many Democrats worry that a major response will now be required every time a member transgresses the ill-defined rules of rhetorical decorum.
• Every House Democrat voted for a broadly worded resolution condemning “hateful expressions…
