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Boston Globe - Politics

US is said to open criminal inquiry of E. Jean Carroll over accusations against Trump -- The investigation is reportedly believed to center on whether Carroll committed perjury in lawsuits against Trump.

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Wu, a longtime climate champion, lays off city's director of green infrastructure, eliminates office -- The now former director was told on Tuesday his position, and the office, are being eliminated.

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Congress members visit NJ detention center where advocates say immigrants are on a hunger strike

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Live updates - Trump says the midterm elections won't impact his Iran war strategy. Follow live updates. "They thought they were gonna outwait me. You know, 'We'll outwait him. He's got the midterms,'" Trump said. "I don't care about the midterms."

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Cornyn's defeat fuels tensions with Trump in Senate GOP -- Senator John Cornyn's colleagues saw the president's last-minute endorsement of his scandal-mired opponent as a move to punish a senator whom Trump deemed insufficiently loyal.

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'I don't know what happened': Jill Biden was 'frightened' by Joe Biden's 2024 debate performance

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Impeachment, an alleged affair, and burner phones in office: A short history of Ken Paxton, Trump's Texas Senate pick

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The Texas Senate contest used to be about Donald Trump. Why it's now about Susan Collins, too.

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No, that's not a Six Flags. A UFC ring is going up on the White House South Lawn.

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Popular Open Newbury Street events will be scaled back this summer, Mayor Wu says -- "June and July are mega-programmed with lots of events already," Wu commented about having fewer pedestrian-friendly events this summer.

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Wu backs bill to extend last call to as late as 3 a.m. during World Cup summer in Mass. -- The proposal would give cities and towns the option to allow certain licensed businesses to sell alcohol for consumption in designated public areas from June 1 through Aug. 31.

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Wu 'disagreed' with striking Harvard union's decision to picket commencement ceremony, canceled her speech anyway -- The mayor says she tried to broker a compromise with the graduate student union before canceling her Law School speech.

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Trump plays mayor at Cabinet meeting, showcasing his DC renovations

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Trump's latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards

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Two survivors left at sea after US attacks boat in Pacific

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Watch live: President Trump holds meeting with Cabinet officials

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Millions of people have been placed in new voting districts. Here's where the redistricting stands.

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Zelensky asks Trump for more US air defense help against Russian missile attacks, Kyiv says

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