Senate slaps down Trump border emergency; Republicans defect
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats Thursday to block the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared so he could build his border wall with Mexico. The rejection capped a week of confrontation with the White House as both parties in Congress strained to exert their power in new ways.
Thing you should know today: 3/14/19
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Poland’s Catholic Church set to release sex abuse statistics
Poland's Catholic Church leaders are preparing to publish statistics on the abuse of minors by priests since 1990.Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki says the documented cases...
Colorado’s ‘bomb cyclone’ storm barrels toward Midwest
National Guard troops used specialized vehicles with tank-like treads to rescue stranded drivers in Colorado in the wake of a massive late-winter storm that...
Charity masked web of fraudulent college donations, feds say
The mastermind of a wide-ranging college admissions scandal set up a charity that wove a deep web of deception and fraud to mask bribes...
2019 Utah legislative session focuses on victims of violence, harassment
A common thread connecting multiple bills from the 2019 legislative session is a focus on victims of violence and sexual harassment or abuse.