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Boston Globe - Politics

Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void -- When CBS announced that the show would end, the network said it was for economic reasons but others have expressed skepticism that President Trump's criticism of the show had nothing to do with it.

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Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie charted his own way, until toppled by Trump -- The stunning outcome caps a career like few others and shows the extent of the president's ability to badger, badmouth, and eventually boot out his political adversaries.

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Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries: Massie's loss leaves no doubt about Trump's power over the GOP -- While President Trump has racked up several wins this primary season, this one perhaps sends an even more forceful message to the president's Republican critics.

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'A tough New Englander.' Meet the South Natick carpenter's son frustrating Trump as a federal judge.

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Platner earns backing of influential, big-spending Democratic veterans group in Maine Senate race

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Texas judge demands medical records of trans youth, and Rhode Island Hospital says it will comply

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In Texas, Trump made one of the dumbest political decisions of his presidencies

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You're headed to work. A man lies at the bottom of a T station escalator. What do you do? -- You want to think you'd do more.

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RI POLITICS -- McKee unveils 6 picks for revamped CRMC. Critics are underwhelmed. -- The troubled coastal regulatory panel's current chairman made the list, but no women did.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- She hated her fifth-grade teacher. Decades later, an unexpected reunion unfolded at the edge of life and death. -- More than 40 years after Montana Miller left Mr. Grosky behind, she gave him an unexpected gift.

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Where Trump falters with Republicans — and where he holds steady, according to a new poll

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Former political rivals head to rematch in Alabama governor's race and runoffs for US Senate seat

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Oregon voters reject Democrats' gas tax increase as Iran war causes prices to soar

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Representative Thomas Massie loses Kentucky GOP primary to Ed Gallrein in another victory for Trump

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Shapiro-backed Democrats win House primaries in Pennsylvania swing districts the party hopes to flip

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Gallrein defeats Massie in Kentucky, furthering Trump's hold on GOP. See how the day unfolded.

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Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it

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