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Monday, April 06, 2026 1:46 AM ET

Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - Iran dismisses Trump's expletive-filled threat over Strait of Hormuz. Follow live updates. A defiant Iran struck infrastructure targets in neighboring Gulf Arab countries and threatened to restrict another heavily used waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Arabian Peninsula.

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Trump vows strikes on Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened. See how the day unfolded. -- It comes after a frantic search-and-rescue operation. The crew member has been missing since Friday.

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Trump issues a fiery, expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge -- Iran showed no signs of backing down, striking economic and infrastructure targets in neighboring countries even as Trump demanded Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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'Dystopian death market': Polymarket halts bets regarding US airman after Moulton condemns site

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N.H. eliminates use of student IDs as valid voter identification

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Trump's at the Supreme Court, cable news, and your favorite sporting event. Are voters growing 'weary' of his presence?

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Golden statues of himself, a 747 inside: Trump's presidential library rendering is unsurprising — and unlikely to become reality

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'It wasn't an easy fight.' After suing Trump to get work permit, Healey aide returns to work. Valentina Amaro Bowser, a media director for Governor Maura Healey, has returned to work after being placed on leave following immigration status challenges from the Trump administration.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- Looking for hope in hopeless times? You'll find it in an office park in Burlington. -- For the protesters, the alternative of doing nothing is one not worth considering.

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Boston pays $12 million settlement to man freed from prison amid revelations of police misconduct - Shaun Jenkins filed a federal lawsuit against the city and several Boston police detectives in 2023, after previously unreleased documents showed the detectives had paid key witnesses and prosecutors had buried evidence that could have implicated another suspect.

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Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz as search continues for missing US pilot

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US and Iran race to find missing crew member from downed military plane. Follow live updates.

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US military jets hit in Iran war are the first shot down by enemy fire in over 20 years

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Trump's go-it-alone certainty confronts the uncertainties of war

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Trump pledged a quick end to the Iran war, but he hasn't explained how

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Trump budget does little to address nation's fiscal challenges

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A-10 aircraft hit by Iran's air defenses, AP reports, the second US aircraft to go down in Middle East. Here's what happened.

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Moms for Liberty wanted a seat on the school board. Trump gave them a voice in the White House.

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