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Monday, June 08, 2026 12:41 AM ET

Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - Israel launches airstrikes on Iran after being targeted by missiles. Follow live updates. Israel struck Iran on Monday after being targeted by missiles, while a US military base in Saudi Arabia came under fire in the most serious exchange of hostilities since an April cease-fire.

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Graham Platner gets a lift from friendly Maine crowd after week of damage control in Senate campaign -- The Democratic primary is still seen as Platner's to win, but he is facing questions about his past that could make it difficult to defeat longtime incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

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Kennedy shows minimal engagement with vast health portfolio -- Kennedy has shown little interest in managing the details of work in his department, according to multiple colleagues. Instead, they say, he is single-mindedly focused on his top priorities, including food recommendations and pesticide exposures, and hunting for evidence to support his long-held beliefs that vaccines are harmful.

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Long criticized by conservatives, this federal agency has transformed under Trump

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This lobster boat captain from Down East quit Platner's campaign, but hasn't left it behind

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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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State & local politics

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To get on the Mass. ballot, incumbent Democrats got a hand from their public employees - Public employees' decision to pitch in on their bosses' reelection campaigns can create a delicate dance, and uncomfortable optics for the elected officials, experts say.

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Graham Platner campaigns in Bar Harbor amid controversy: 'The state of Maine raised me' The race is crucial to Democrats' bid to flip the Senate. Maine voters cast their primary votes Tuesday.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- A giant waterfront sanctuary plus much-needed housing in Chelsea. What took so long? -- Their plans for those blighted 18 acres, affordable housing and a gorgeous park, could ripple far beyond them.

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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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Female Navy officers fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list

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FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed 'Catholic ideology' memo

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Trump pardons former congressman convicted of insider trading

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These candidates for governor worked for Joe Biden. Some don't really talk about it though.

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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI

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R.I. judge blocks Trump administration's asylum freeze on 39 countries. See how the day unfolded.

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Court can't stop Trump ballroom construction, government lawyer tells judge

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