National News Of Note:

A group of lawmakers tasked with reaching a deal on border security is meeting for the first time today. The House and Senate members must come up with an agreement in three weeks to avoid another partial government shutdown.

The U.S. has turned back its first asylum seeker from the southern border, as part of the Trump administration’s new policy requiring people to wait in Mexico for their cases to work their way through immigration courts.

The number of measles cases in Washington State now totals 36 – with another twelve suspected.  Officials say most of the cases are unvaccinated children.

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest Brexit plan survived a tight vote Tuesday that could have delayed the United Kingdom’s efforts to leave the European Union. Still, May lacks a concrete plan for Brexit and that March 29th deadline.