ZAQS.ORG

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 6:25 PM ET

Boston Globe - Politics

Senate fails to advance war powers resolution to halt US action against Iran -- Senators of both parties have have been skeptical of the Trump administration's emerging Iran deal and frustrated by the White House's refusal to share details.

4 minutes ago

Live updates - Trump's influence put to the test in primaries in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Georgia. Follow live updates. The District of Columbia is also holding a primary Tuesday. Voters in California are casting ballots to fill former Representative Eric Swalwell's seat.

4 minutes ago

Oklahoma begins choosing a new US senator and governor in crowded primary

5 hours ago

Trump-backed US Representative Barry Moore battles ex-Navy SEAL Jared Hudson in GOP Senate runoff in Alabama

6 hours ago

Trump ramps up Education Department's dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights -- In a move that further dismantles the Education Department, the White House said that the DOJ will take on enforcement of civil rights in education while the HHS will oversee special education.

21 minutes ago

House panel wants Alan Dershowitz to testify about Jeffrey Epstein, his former client

4 hours ago

'His ego is out of control.' The White House UFC fight is another Trump birthday spectacle.

3 days ago

Federal judge in R.I. demands Trump administration comply with order to end unlawful immigration halt for 39 countries

4 days ago

Trump has run roughshod over Washington. This federal agency has stymied him — so far.

4 days ago

State & local politics

14 days ago

'The world is scratching its head': John Kerry calls Trump's plan to end Iran war an attempt to fix his own mistakes -- John Kerry, who helped negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, called the Trump administration's deal to end the war in Iran an attempt to "dig itself out of a hole they dug themselves."

4 hours ago

Governor Ayotte vetoes bipartisan bill to expand cultivation of medicinal marijuana -- Senate Bill 468 would have allowed medicinal marijuana dispensaries to have their own greenhouse on site, to increase supply and lower prices.

6 hours ago

Many voters can't name a signature achievement for Healey, Suffolk/Globe poll finds. It may not matter in November. -- About 56 percent of the 500 voters surveyed said, if the general election were today, they would vote for, or lean toward, Governor Maura Healey over either of her potential Republican opponents.

12 hours ago

More than half of Massachusetts voters say they've weighed leaving the state, new Suffolk/Globe poll finds. Here's why. -- One in four of the 500 voters polled said they've seriously considered a move, despite the vast majority also saying they had enough money to live comfortably.

10 hours ago

Special election for former US representative Eric Swalwell's seat draws a crowded field in California

7 hours ago

Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine wants state to abolish the death penalty, saying it is not a deterrent

36 minutes ago

Hot mics at the G7 capture world leaders' chats between weighty topics

1 hour ago

FBI disrupts a planned attack on the White House UFC cage-fighting show, court papers say

1 hour ago

Judge who had sex in courthouse and attended political event agrees to exit Georgia election case

4 hours ago