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Live updates - A 10-day Lebanon cease-fire appears to hold as European leaders set to meet over strait. Follow live updates. We're following the latest updates and analysis on the Donald Trump administration. Follow along live.

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ICE acting director and South Boston native Todd Lyons will resign, DHS says -- Lyons has been a key executor of President Trump's mass deportations agenda.

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House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt sinks GOP plan -- US officials say the authority is critical to disrupting terrorist plots, cyber intrusions and foreign espionage.

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Senate fund-raising hauls are getting especially bonkers. Here is why.

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RFK Jr. sat for his first congressional hearings this year. Here are some takeaways.

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Police say former Virginia lieutenant governor, wife dead in murder-suicide

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- Mass. is the only state in New England with an age of consent loophole. The time to close it is now. -- Every state in New England has closed it. Why won't we?

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'A job that's equal for everyone.' Wu appoints Rodney Marshall as Boston's first Black fire commissioner - Rodney Marshall is a 35-year veteran of the Boston Fire Department, and will be its 45th commissioner.

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Celebrations break out in Beirut as 10-day cease-fire agreed on by Israel and Lebanon goes into effect. See how the day unfolded.

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Progressive Analilia Mejia takes New Jersey US House special election, giving Democrats another win

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A 10-day ceasefire agreed on by Israel and Lebanon goes into effect

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Trump rails against court decision that once again stalls his White House ballroom project

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