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Barbershop: What A Democrat's Red-District Win Means For Midterms

6:00pm March 17, 2018

Conor Lamb's upset win in Pennsylvania's special election poses questions for his party. Three Democrats talk strategy: Rep. Luis Gutierrez, strategist Maria Cardona and Guy Cecil of Priorities USA.

White House Turmoil Limits U.S. Ability To Respond To Crises, Panetta Says

6:00pm March 17, 2018

President Trump fired his secretary of state this week, triggering a Cabinet shake-up. NPR's Michel Martin talks with former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta about potential effects on foreign policy.

UMBC's President Talks About His School's Historic Basketball Win

6:00pm March 17, 2018

The University of Maryland Baltimore County men's basketball team beat the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament — by a lot. NPR's Michel Martin talks with UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski about the win.

Steel Tariffs Could Crunch Foreign Carmakers In The U.S. South

6:00pm March 17, 2018

Mercedes Benz USA showed off its new headquarters in Atlanta — all in the midst of a possible trade war that could affect the car industry in the South, which has become a truly global car market.

Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a data-analysis firm that worked for President Trump's 2016 campaign, over allegations that it held onto improperly obtained user data after telling Facebook it had deleted the information.

Facebook Suspends Political Data Firm Used In Trump Campaign

4:43pm March 17, 2018

by Amy Held

Cambridge Analytica concedes it improperly received Facebook users' personal information but denies using it for the campaign. Facebook said the company may not have deleted the data as promised.

House intelligence committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes is in a position to know what the U.S. intelligence community knows about the Russia matter.

The Russia Investigations: What Does Devin Nunes Know?

3:16pm March 17, 2018

by Philip Ewing

When Nunes and his House intelligence committee concluded there was "no evidence of collusion, coordination or conspiracy," which Nunes was speaking: the intelligence insider or the party loyalist?

Students hold their lighted cellphones at a rally at Parkland High School outside Allentown, Pa., on Wednesday.

The Big Student Walkout; DeVos On School Safety; The First Amendment On Campus

11:58am March 17, 2018

A month after Parkland, the nation's focus remains on school safety. Plus, long rides to school in our weekly roundup of education news.

Arizona's Special Election

8:13am March 17, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laurie Roberts of The Arizona Republic about voting patterns and issues for the upcoming special election in Arizona's 8th district on April 24.

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Oregon Republican Lawmakers Face Gun-Rights Backlash Over New Law

8:13am March 17, 2018

by Lauren Dake

Oregon passed the first gun restrictions after the shooting in Parkland, Fla. Lawmakers in Salem said it was a tough vote — and one that has stuck with them.

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Oklahoma Tries A New Execution Method: Nitrogen Gas

8:13am March 17, 2018

Oklahoma has switched to nitrogen as its primary execution method. But first, as Fordham University law professor Deborah Denno tells Scott Simon, they must figure out how to use it.