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U.S. to offer 15,000 extra temporary worker visas this year

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

The extra H-2B visas are for seasonal, non-agriculture workers for jobs at a variety of businesses, including resorts.

For young adults, the GOP health bill is a hard sell

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

Young adults worry that opening the door to bare-bones plans proposed by the latest iteration of the GOP health bill will make the more comprehensive coverage they know now too expensive or even unavailable.

U.S. to create the independent U.S. Cyber Command, split off from NSA

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

After months of delay, the Trump administration is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command in hopes of intensifying America's ability to wage cyberwar against the Islamic State group, according to U.S. officials.

California lawmakers to decide fate of landmark climate law

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

California lawmakers are nearing a high-stakes decision that will decide the fate of a climate initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as a model to be replicated around the world to confront rising global temperatures.

With 2018 midterms looming, Democrats are divided on their core message

By Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Despite a Russia scandal engulfing the White House, a historically unpopular health-care plan wrenching Capitol Hill and no major GOP legislative achievement, Democrats are still struggling to tell voters what their party stands for.

Russia developments have little effect on Trump’s base

By PBS News Hour

A new Washington Post-ABC news poll shows 60 percent of Americans believe Russia tried to influence last year’s election and 41 percent believe the Trump campaign intentionally aided those efforts. The poll also shows President Trump’s approval rating has dropped…

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Trump lawyer says nothing illegal in son’s Russia meeting

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump's attorney insisted Sunday there was nothing illegal in the meeting Trump's eldest son had with a Russian lawyer.

WATCH: President Trump speaks at White House ‘Made in America’ event

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the White House's "Made in America" event today at 3 p.m. ET. Watch the president's speech here.

Texas ‘bathroom bill’ may shape 2018 GOP primary campaigns

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

As the Texas legislature heads into a special session to revive the "bathroom bill," conservative groups are vowing revenge on Republican lawmakers in Texas who don't approve it. Whether the law is enacted or not, the issue looms large over…

Illinois has budget but no school funding plan

By John O'Connor, Associated Press

Illinois has its belated state budget, but the state Capitol's next flashpoint in the political struggle over finances is about how to fund public education with just weeks before the first day of school.