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Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - US military seizes oil tanker associated with Iran . Follow live updates. The seizure comes after Iran attacked three cargo ships Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, capturing two of them.

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Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security -- The entire department has been shut down since mid-February as Democrats have demanded policy changes in the wake of fatal shootings of two protesters by federal agents.

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Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving in latest departure of a top defense leader -- The sudden departure comes just a day after Phelan addressed a large crowd of sailors and industry professionals at the Navy's annual conference in D.C.

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Iran attacks 3 ships in Strait of Hormuz as Trump indefinitely extends cease-fire. See how the day unfolded. -- The standoff over Iran's closure of the strait and the US blockade raised doubts about when or if talks would resume to end the crisis.

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An 'iconic image' or 'white supremacist propaganda'? It's not clear why the DHS posted a photo of Fenway Park.

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RFK Jr. faces scrutiny from Hassan over HHS videos, clashes with Warren on drug pricing in tense Senate hearing

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John Kerry tells Colbert that US would be better off 'if neither Iran nor Kash Patel are getting bombed'

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Janet Mills was Democrats' safe bet to face Susan Collins. Now she's falling behind.

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Mass. sheriffs know their budget process is 'deeply flawed.' They have ideas for how to fix it. In a letter sent last week to top budget writers, state's 14 county sheriffs outlined a series of reforms they say would begin to address the "real problems" Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro found in their budget process.

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Transit advocates and Boston residents push officials to advance street projects -- Advocates expressed their frustration over the stalled projects at a council hearing Wednesday, which comes one month after a Globe report revealed the Wu administration has substantially slowed or effectively paused most streets projects involving design or infrastructure changes for the past year.

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'Like Bain came to the T.' Before his gubernatorial run, Brian Shortsleeve brought a private eye to the MBTA. -- Brian Shortsleeve came in as the MBTA's first "chief administrator" with a mandate to slash the T's budget deficit. Now, he's running as a Republican for governor.

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Kalshi fines and suspends three political candidates for betting on their races

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Immigration officer is charged with assault after protest outside Colorado ICE facility, DA says

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In Virginia redistricting win, Democrats play hardball to thwart Trump

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RFK Jr. faced the Senate. One lawmaker's competing loyalties were on display.

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FBI said to have investigated Times reporter after article on Kash Patel's girlfriend

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Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls

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Representative David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80

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