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

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• The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the care of children in federal custody, has identified 2,737 children who were separated from their parents under President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. But the real number may be much higher, a government investigation has found.

• Mr. Trump responded to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s threat to cancel his State of the Union address by grounding the military plane that was going to take her to Afghanistan, a trip he called a “public relations event.” Read about it here (and read the president’s letter to Ms. Pelosi here).

• House Democrats are contemplating a homeland security spending measure that would counter the president’s demand for a wall with their own ideas for securing the border.