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Union members and activists protest over contract negotiations with Wabtec Corporation in Wilmerding, Pa., on March 6. Many are workers from one of the company's facilities in Erie County, which flipped from voting for Barack Obama to Donald Trump in 2016

Politics & Government

Trump Faces Mixed Reviews Among Union Workers, Who Still Face Insecurity

11:48am March 26, 2019

by Don Gonyea

As they debate whether he's fulfilled promises to restore manufacturing jobs, some union members who were Trump backers from 2016 are reassessing whether they'll support him again in 2020.

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Salvadoran migrants wait for transportation after turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas — where a border fence is under construction. The Pentagon says it will spend up to $1 billion to help build the fence.

Pentagon Takes $1 Billion From Military Personnel Account To Build Border Fence

11:39am March 26, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The money nearly doubles the $1.3 billion Congress authorized for border wall funding — a move made possible after President Trump declared a national emergency.

The uncompensated care costs among Colorado hospitals dropped by more than 60 percent after the state expanded Medicaid coverage — a savings of more than $400 million statewide. But a new report asks why the hospitals didn't pass some of those savings o

Hospital Finances Improve After Medicaid Expansion, But At Whose Expense?

11:00am March 26, 2019

by Phil Galewitz

Now that Colorado has expanded Medicaid coverage to include more low-income residents, hospitals are better off financially. But that hasn't stopped them from shifting costs to other insured patients.

Migrants trudge along the border fence to a waiting bus after turning themselves in to the Border Patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas.

National

A Surge Of Migrants Strains Border Patrol As El Paso Becomes Latest Hot Spot

10:24am March 26, 2019

by John Burnett

The Border Patrol is bringing in more agents and asking the Pentagon for help as thousands of migrants continue to cross the U.S.-Mexico border each day.

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Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who leads the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, testifies on Capitol Hill in January. Nakasone has been calling for the U.S. to take a harder line against rivals in cyberspace. He said the U.S. sent three Cyber Comm

The U.S. Pledges A Harder Line In Cyberspace — And Drops Some Hints

8:53am March 26, 2019

by Greg Myre

Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of the secretive National Security Agency and Cyber Command, is promising more aggressive cybermeasures against rivals. And he's talking about it — at least a little.

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House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks to the media after Michael Cohen, former personal attorney and fixer for President Trump, appeared before a closed-door hearing of the committee at the U.S. Capitol on March 6 in Washingt

Bolstered By Mueller Synopsis, Republicans Go On Offense Over Investigations

8:40am March 26, 2019

by Philip Ewing

President Trump and his allies in Congress are seeking a new wave of investigations that will target their opponents after embracing findings from the Justice Department they said vindicated Trump.

Brad Steinle, Liz Sullivan and Jim Steinle, the brother, mother and father of Kate Steinle appearing at a 2015 news conference on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco.

National

Appeals Court Says Parents Can't Sue San Francisco Over Immigrant Who Killed Daughter

10:19pm March 25, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The case drew national attention when a local sheriff released from a city jail an unauthorized immigrant without notifying federal officials. The immigrant later killed Kate Steinle.

A candlelight vigil was held last year for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen students died in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.

National

Suicides In Parkland Leave Community In Shock

9:49pm March 25, 2019

by Greg Allen

Two students who attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., have taken their own lives in recent days. The school was the site of a 2018 mass shooting that killed 17 students.

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Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stephanie Clifford, speaks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Sept. 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. Avenatti has been arrested on federal bank fraud and wire fraud charges.

Politics & Government

Attorney Michael Avenatti, Sometime Scourge To Trump, Now Faces Federal Charges

9:43pm March 25, 2019

Prosecutors in both California and New York City announced charges against the well-known onetime attorney for Stormy Daniels. Avenatti also had a cameo in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation saga.

Scott Walker, seen here in November 1970, has died at the age of 76.

Music & Culture

Scott Walker, Pop Idol Turned Avant Auteur, Dies At 76

8:45pm March 25, 2019

by Otis Hart

The former member of The Walker Brothers and singer of "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" was also one of experimental music's most beloved composers.