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In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Recording of crying children at border adds to outrage

By: NOMAAN MERCHANT and ANITA SNOW, Associated Press • Updated: 1 hr ago

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a U.S. immigration facility took center stage Monday...

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President Donald Trump shows off a "Space Policy Directive" after signing it during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump orders creation of 'space force,' taking Colorado Springs and Pentagon by surprise

By: TOM ROEDER AND TONY PECK The Gazette • Updated: 2 hr ago

President Donald Trump on Monday redoubled his efforts to create a separate military force for space, directing the Pentagon to clear the way for the new service branch ahead of a congressional move to create...

China US ZTE
FILE - In this May 8, 2018, file photo, a woman passes by a ZTE building in Beijing, China. Chinese tech giant ZTE Corp.'s chairman promised no further compliance violations and apologized to customers in a letter Friday, June 8, 2018, for disruptions caused by its violation of U.S. export controls, a newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Senate backs bill blocking deal with Chinese telecom firm

By: MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press • Updated: 5 hr ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved a defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for the military and would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts...

China US ZTE
FILE - In this May 8, 2018, file photo, a woman passes by a ZTE building in Beijing, China. Chinese tech giant ZTE Corp.'s chairman promised no further compliance violations and apologized to customers in a letter Friday, June 8, 2018, for disruptions caused by its violation of U.S. export controls, a newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

The Latest: Senate backs bill blocking deal with firm ZTE

By: The Associated Press • Updated: 6 hr ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a defense policy bill that would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts from the U.S. (all times local):

6:40 p.m.

The...

Immigration Holding Facility
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

WHAT'S HAPPENING: Border policy fuels backlash against Trump

By: The Associated Press, Associated Press • Updated: 6 hr ago

The forced separation of migrant children from their parents fueled a weekend of intense criticism of President Trump's immigration policies. Both Democrats and some Republicans are now calling for an end to the...

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President Donald Trump shows off a "Space Policy Directive" after signing it during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create 'Space Force'

By: LOLITA C. BALDOR, KEN THOMAS and MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press • Updated: 7 hr ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new "Space Force" as an independent military service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space — though...

Clayton "Cole" Cole carries a portrait of his brother, Lee Cole, as he hikes into the Strawberry Hill area Friday, June 1, 2018, to the spot where his brother posted a Facebook Live video before comitting suicide by jumping off a cliff. Lee Cole, 39, was an Army National Guard veteran who was struggling with depression, PTSD, and chronic pain he'd suffered after a training accident before being deployed. His body was found April 25, 2018, by a stranger who'd seen the Facebook post and headed out to find him. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock)

Foretold on Facebook: A Colorado Springs veteran leaps to his death

By: STEPHANIE EARLS stephanie.earls@gazette.com • Updated: 10 hr ago

Hours after being discharged from a mental health treatment facility, 38-year-old disabled veteran Lee Cole hiked into a wilderness area in southwest Colorado Springs with a backpack and the cellphone on which he...

Military Kids Sex Assault Congress
FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Military officials want to limit congressional efforts to address sexual assaults among service members’ children, even as new data show the problem is larger than previously acknowledged. Members of Congress demanded answers after an Associated Press investigation revealed that many reports of child-on-child sexual violence on military installations languish in a dead zone of justice. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create 'Space Force'

By: MARCIA DUNN , AP Aerospace Writer • Updated: 11 hr ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — The Latest on President Donald Trump announcing new “Space Force,” other space initiatives. (all times local):

12:50 p.m.:

President Donald Trump is signing a new space...

Immigration Holding Facility
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

Immigrant kids seen held in fenced cages at border facility

By: NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press • Updated: 11 hr ago

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of...

Trade Dispute Auto Prices
In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018, photo, trucks cross the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor, Ontario into Detroit. In nearly a quarter-century since NAFTA was approved, a complex chain of automotive parts makers has sprung up on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. About 7,400 trucks cross the bridge between Detroit and Windsor every day, many laden with auto parts. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Experts say auto tariffs would raise prices, cost jobs

By: TOM KRISHER, Associated Press • Updated: 11 hr ago

DETROIT (AP) — Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor.

But...

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