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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walked back his comments on abortion, which did not fall in line with the GOP. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump trips over policy as media presses harder for specifics

Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to impose criminal punishment against women who seek abortions in violation of the law — then recanted just hours later, as the GOP presidential front-runner continues to try to calibrate his stances with his new political party.

March 30, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Border Patrol union endorses Trump

The Border Patrol agents who would patrol Donald Trump's promised border wall endorsed the GOP presidential frontrunner Wednesday, saying he's shown he's not beholden to special interests and is willing to buck stiff media criticism to do what he thinks is right.

March 30, 2016
In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool, File)

Hillary Clinton email stories ‘constantly shifting,’ judge says

Former Secretary Hillary Clinton and her State Department colleagues have given "constantly shifting" stories about her secret email account, a federal judge said Tuesday, finding there's evidence the Obama administration showed "bad faith" in how it followed open-records laws.

March 29, 2016
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, participates in a CNN town hall in the historic Riverside Theatre, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Ted Cruz declines to back Donald Trump as nominee

Sen. Ted Cruz refused to say Tuesday whether he would still back Donald Trump if the GOP presidential front-runner wins their party's nomination, backing away from a firm pledge he made earlier in the campaign.

March 29, 2016
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen insisted that his agency was secure even after a Government Accountability Office report pointed out holes in the IRS' cybersecurity. (Associated Press)

IRS still vulnerable to hackers: GAO

The IRS's computers remain vulnerable to hackers, the government's top auditor said Monday, saying changes were still needed months after the agency suffered a breach that saw hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' most sensitive information stolen.

March 28, 2016
Attorney General Loretta Lynch, accompanied by FBI Director James Comey, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Iran indictments, sanctions send signal to Obama nuclear deal critics

An Iranian hacker managed to gain control of the computer systems that worked the sluices on a New York dam -- but luckily the gates had been taken offline for maintenance at the time, foiling any possible mischief, federal prosecutors said Thursday, announcing charges against seven Iran-backed operatives for hacking American infrastructure.

March 24, 2016
The health law will continue to steadily grow in both cost and coverage, working toward President Obama's goal of expanding those with access to insurance — but the government will shell out tens of billions of dollars to pay for it, analysts said in their latest evaluation of the federal budget and the Affordable Care Act, which is driving much of the change. (Associated Press)

Obamacare coverage costs spike as Medicaid expansion proves popular

Obamacare insurance premiums will leap 6 percent a year over the next decade, and companies will drop millions of employees from their health plans as insurers and employers calibrate their offerings for the new marketplace, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.

March 24, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks to congressional interns on the state of American politics and the changing tenor of the current political discourse in the presidential race, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ryan has weighed in on the contentious GOP presidential primary on only a few occasions and has publicly criticized Donald Trump on three occasions without mentioning the billionaire's name: for calling for a ban on Muslim immigrants, failing to strenuously disavow his endorsement by a former Ku Klux Klan leader and fueling anger at political events. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan pleads for more civil politics

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan called for more civility in politics Wednesday, and while not naming any specific presidential candidates he said all politicians have a responsibility to fight over ideas and principles rather than play to voters' fears.

March 23, 2016
In this Jan. 28, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump poses with a ring given to him by a group of veterans during a campaign event on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. For some Americans, the promise of political change and disruption has come too slowly, or failed altogether. On the eve of the first voting contest in the 2016 presidential election, these voters are pushing for bolder, more uncompromising action, with an intensity that has shaken both the Republican and Democratic establishment. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Donald Trump wins Arizona primary; Ted Cruz takes Utah

Donald Trump won the Arizona primary Tuesday night, collecting all of the state's 58 delegates and keeping him on track to win the GOP presidential nomination on a first ballot. Sen. Ted Cruz won the Utah caucuses and took all 40 delegates.

March 22, 2016