Good Friday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• Joe Biden denounced the Hyde Amendment, which bans most federal funding for abortion, on Thursday night. Mr. Biden has often been at odds with the Democratic Party on issues of abortion rights, and his support for the amendment had become a major target for his primary rivals.

• Mr. Biden’s Democratic primary opponents have intensified their criticisms of him. But you’d be forgiven if you missed it, because they almost never mention him by name.

• Mexico and the United States have made significant progress in discussions that could forestall President Trump from following through on his threat of imposing tariffs on all Mexican imports, senior officials from both countries said Thursday. Immigration experts say Mexico could step up enforcement but cannot completely stop all immigration into the United States.