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AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - The surprise winners of Trump's immigration wars

If you're an immigrant worker in the U.S. right now, you've got a better shot landing a visa as a farmer than a tech worker, researcher, doctor or nurse . Why it matters: The Trump administration's crackdown on H-1B visas is crushing sectors that rely on high-skilled immigrant workers, while seasonal programs for farm workers have gotten a pass. - "There was all of this hype that Trump would be friendly toward high-skilled immigration and harder on low-skilled immigration," said Sam Peak, an immigration expert at the Economic Innovation Group. - The opposite has been true, including an admission from the administration that seasonal farm labor jobs can't be filled with Americans. The big picture: Huge new fees ($100k a pop for H-1B…

NPR (Leila Fadel) - Morning news brief

Trump tells allies who need Strait of Hormuz for oil to get it themselves, how the Iran war is impacting the U.S. and global economy, SCOTUS to hear arguments on birthright citizenship.

NPR (Becky Sullivan) - 4 takeaways from the U.S. men's national soccer team's World Cup tune-up games

The two losses — 5-2 to Belgium and 2-0 to Portugal — were a wakeup call for the USMNT and the team's ambitions for this summer's World Cup. But the Americans said they welcomed the lessons learned.

NPR (Amina Khan) - NASA's Artemis II astronauts are hours away from moon launch. Watch it here

NASA's Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey that could help pave the way toward a future lunar landing.

NPR (Autumn Barnes) - Homesick in a foreign country, a teenager meets a lifelong friend

Holly Deiaco-Smith was feeling homesick while studying abroad in France when she was 19 years old. An encounter at the post office changed everything and led to a decades-long friendship.

NPR (Chloe Veltman) - From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year

Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism.

NPR (Nina Totenberg) - Supreme Court considers a historic case about who is — and isn't — born a citizen

At issue is President Trump's challenge to a constitutional provision that has long been interpreted to guarantee American citizenship to every child born in the United States.

WASHINGTONPOST (Scott Clement) - Americans have little appetite for sending U.S. troops to Iran, polls show

Most want the war to end quickly, and opposition has hardened since it began, posing political dangers for the president and his party as the midterms approach.

WASHINGTONPOST (Riley Beggin) - The longest (partial) government shutdown in U.S. history

The partial shutdown is the longest in history, so far.