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Monday, March 09, 2026 1:18 PM ET

Boston Globe - Politics

On 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, worries about the future of voting rights and calls to action -- Civil rights leaders and visitors gathered in Selma to honor the Civil Rights Movement and warn of threats to voting rights, immigration, and DEI initiatives.

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Live updates - Pentagon identifies seventh US service member killed in Iran war. Follow live updates. The 26-year-old Army staff sergeant from Kentucky was killed after being wounded on a base in Saudi Arabia on March 1, the Pentagon said.

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Authorities investigate explosives thrown near NYC mayor's residence as 'ISIS-inspired terrorism' -- The devices, which did not explode, were hurled during raucous counterprotests on Saturday near Gracie Mansion.

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Iran names former supreme leader's son to succeed him as war sends oil prices soaring -- On Monday, a fire broke out at an oil facility that was attacked in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Bahrain's only oil refinery was apparently also hit, and Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted several drones attacking its Shaybah oil field.

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A key to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's success? Talking to voters 'like a normal human being.'

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Watch: 'SNL' pokes fun at RFK Jr. over Dunkin' challenge

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Could Massachusetts be the next target of Trump's 'war on fraud'?

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Gavin Newsom blasts Trump's 'wrecking-ball presidency' in book stop at JFK Library in Boston

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RHODE MAP - Former Rhode Island leaders push their visions for the economy and schools nationally - In the last month, former R.I. governor Gina Raimondo and former Providence mayor Jorge Elorza have published separate opinion pieces outlining their respective visions on the economy and schools.

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In one year, Healey has lost more than half of her Cabinet, outpacing the departures under her predecessors -- Eight Cabinet members have departed Governor Maura Healey's administration since she took office in 2023.

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Trump administration officials blast Healey's demands for data about ICE arrests in Mass. -- The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts and the leader of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement responded to a letter Governor Maura Healey, a Democrat, sent Friday to the Trump administration seeking "complete and accurate information" about all the people ICE has arrested statewide since last January.

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These lawmakers were shaped by combat after 9/11. Now they're grappling with a new Mideast war.

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US begins large military exercise with South Korea while waging war in the Middle East

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US military kills 6 in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific

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Counterprotester threw improvised explosive at anti-Islam event in NYC, police say

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Armed or unarmed? US and Iran spar over status of Iranian warship sunk by a submarine.

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Where things stand after another weekend of war

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