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

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• In an extraordinary step to punish his political opponents, President Trump on Thursday successfully urged Israel to bar Representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — both vocal in their support for Palestinians and the boycott-Israel movement — from entering the country and visiting the West Bank.

• But on Friday, the Israeli government said it would allow Ms. Tlaib to enter on humanitarian grounds so that she could see her 90-year-old grandmother, who lives in the West Bank.

• Against the backdrop of mounting evidence that the global economy is weakening, Mr. Trump is caught between his desire to pursue the trade war with China and his need to keep the economy humming as the 2020 election approaches.