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Trump Lawyers Take Aggressive Stance on Mueller Investigation

President Donald Trump’s legal team is striking a more combative tone with Robert Mueller, suggesting publicly that the president may decline to cooperate with the special counsel’s prosecutors.

U.S. Pushes Nafta Partners to Accept Wage Floor for Autos

The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement seeks to force Mexican factories to pay more for labor—or send auto jobs back to the U.S. or Canada. In recent talks, the U.S. side has discussed a wage floor of around $16 an hour for the Mexican auto industry.

Senate Primaries in Three States Feature Contentious GOP Races

Republicans in three states will vote Tuesday in contentious Senate primaries, choosing nominees to go up against some of the Democrats’ most vulnerable senators and help defend the GOP majority.

Revenue Surge Boosts State Coffers

Officials from Utah to Connecticut are reporting better tax revenues and say their fiscal outlook has improved, thanks to an expanding economy and job growth.

House Democrats Plan to Release 3,000 Russian-Linked Facebook Ads

The Democrats are preparing to soon release the ads, which Facebook identified as bought by the pro-Kremlin Internet Research Agency, according to people familiar with the matter.

Korean Peace Hopes Spark Troop Debate

Voices in Washington and Seoul have given a burst of energy to an idea long considered taboo: If a peace deal can be struck with Pyongyang, would there be any need for U.S. forces on the Korean Peninsula?

House Republicans Tackle Next Battle: Wooing Their Own on Farm Bill

House Republicans return to Washington this week facing an intraparty fight over a sweeping agricultural and food-stamp bill, one of the last major policy battles before November’s midterm elections.