Sept. 6, 2017

Mr. Trump strikes bipartisan deal to increase the debt limit and keep the government open until mid-December and tells Democrats that he wants to do something to help the Dreamers. “Chuck and Nancy would like to see something happen, and so do I,” the president said.

Sept. 13, 2017

The president has dinner with “Chuck and Nancy” in the Blue Room of the White House and discussed a possible deal in which Congress would legalize Dreamers in exchange for border security. The two Democrats left the dinner and declared they had reached “a deal” with the president.

Sept. 14, 2017

Conservatives recoil at the idea of Mr. Trump embracing what they call amnesty for lawbreakers. The White House says that no deal was reached. Trump tweets: “No deal was made last night on DACA. Massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent” and says that would include “the wall.”