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Boston Globe - Politics

RI POLITICS - Businessman Ken Block will run for R.I. governor again, this time as an independent - The Barrington businessman and Watchdog RI founder has run for governor twice before, as a Republican and as a member of the Moderate party.

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Live updates - Trump says he'll bypass Congress and sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security. Follow live updates. He announced the unilateral move in a social media post, blaming Democrats for the impasse while thanking Republican leaders for their work this week in trying to end the standoff.

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Trump's White House ballroom is expected to get approved days after judge's ruling halting work -- The National Capital Planning Commission is going ahead with the vote because the judge's ruling on Tuesday affects construction activities, not the planning process.

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Trump says he'll sign order to resume pay for Homeland Security. His move bypasses Congress. -- He announced the unilateral move in a social media post, blaming Democrats for the impasse while thanking Republican leaders for their work this week in trying to end the standoff.

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Trump has reportedly discussed firing Attorney General Pam Bondi -- Trump has floated the idea of replacing Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the New York Times reports.

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According to Trump, there's a gay national anthem, and it helped him do 'very well' with gay voters

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Local election leaders dismiss Trump's order to overhaul mail-in voting as confounding, likely to fail

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Three takeaways from Trump's address to the nation

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Mother of baby girl in N.H. looking to US Supreme Court for final word on birthright citizenship

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Voting rights group sue Trump in Massachusetts to block his order overhauling mail-in voting - President Trump Tuesday issued an order that requires the Department of Homeland Security to create a new federal database of all eligible voters in each state.

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Amid Trump attacks, Boston nonprofits' payments to city remained flat -- The city is under pressure to push tax-exempt institutions to pony up more for city services as it faces a stiff budget crunch.

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Wu says Boston and Silicon Valley should team up on tech efforts -- A bicoastal summit could match West Coast AI giants with Boston's biotech and health care leaders.

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See more state and local political coverage

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Key justices appear skeptical of limiting birthright citizenship

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Trump says US forces will 'finish the job' soon in first prime-time speech since starting Iran war

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Trump says Iran war is 'nearing completion' but did not offer specific timeline. See how the day unfolded.

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Democrats sue to block Trump's executive order targeting mail ballots

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A look at false claims Trump made as he addressed the nation about Iran

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Read the complete transcript of Trump's address to the nation

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