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Boston Globe - Politics

Trump pardons former congressman convicted of insider trading -- President Trump has pardoned Stephen E. Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana who was convicted of insider trading in 2023.

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These candidates for governor worked for Joe Biden. Some don't really talk about it though. -- Joe Biden is not on the ballot this fall.

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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI -- Altman told Sanders that he, too, wants the public to have equity in AI companies.

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Live updates - R.I. judge blocks Trump administration's asylum freeze on 39 countries. See how the day unfolded. The judge wrote that the policies had left immigrants living in the US in "indeterminate legal limbo" because of "anti-immigrant sentiments that it is forbidden from letting influence its decision-making."

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Quotes about slavery, immigrants, and war memorials scheduled to be removed at Bunker Hill historic site

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Representative Lori Trahan's bipartisan AI bill sparks political firestorm

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Democratic senators, including Warren, pressed Platner on whether new allegations could emerge, according to report

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Interest in government careers dipped after 2025 federal workforce purge, Harvard research finds

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State & local politics

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Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner says 'Maine had my back.' -- The race is crucial to Democrats' bid to flip the Senate. Maine voters cast their primary votes Tuesday.

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RI POLITICS -- R.I. House approves $15.2 billion state budget that phases in millionaires tax -- The budget also funds an independent inspector's general office, which would oversee the executive branch but not the legislative or judicial branches.

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IMMIGRATION -- Federal court in Rhode Island strikes down Trump immigration freeze based on nationality -- Federal policies that had halted asylum, work permits and green cards, left countless immigrants in the United States in "indeterminate legal limbo," the judge wrote.

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Flexing influence, Ayotte helps defeat two Republican bills - As they met for the last standard voting day of the year, House and Senate lawmakers took up two conservative priorities — on guns and education — that Ayotte appeared likely to oppose. In both cases, House and Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to vote down the measures with little explanation.

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Casting her 10,000th vote in a row, Susan Collins sets a Senate record

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Democrats are increasingly frustrated with Graham Platner in Maine Senate race

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R.I. judge says Trump officials must restart asylum and immigration processing

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Trump's back-and-forth on troops in Europe potentially cost millions, US officials say

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These Trump voters are starting to sound like skeptics

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Senate OKs $70b immigration bill after rejecting efforts to permanently ban Trump's settlement fund

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What to know about the growing opposition to Trump family-linked resort in Albania

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Trump administration files appeal in Rhode Island voter data privacy case

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