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Boston Globe - Politics

Lawmakers support congressional reviews of Trump's military strikes on boats -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is said to have verbally ordered that all crew members on a suspected drug smuggling boat be killed in a Sept. 2 strike by the US military.

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Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Leo made the comments as he flew from Istanbul to Beirut for the second and final leg of his maiden voyage as pope.

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US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members -- The Republican administration is promising to pause entry to the United States from some poor nations and review Afghans and other legal migrants already in the country.

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Experts doubt the Pentagon can punish Kelly over the 'illegal orders' video -- Some say the Pentagon is misreading military law to go after Kelly as a retired Navy fighter pilot. Others say the Arizona Democrat cannot be prosecuted as a member of Congress.

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Afghan community shaken by Trump immigration crackdown after D.C. shooting

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Trump's attacks used to pack a punch. Now they're a gift.

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R.I. AG leads coalition in lawsuit against Trump administration over HUD funding cuts to programs reducing homelessness

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Mamdani can have his 'bromance' with Trump, but Mayor Wu says she's 'not interested'

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Republican Aaron Guckian to run for governor of Rhode Island -- Guckian, who lost the 2022 lieutenant governor's race and has been executive director of the RI Dental Association, plans to make an official announcement Monday.

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Years in, panel tasked with offering new Mass. flag says it needs another extension amid 'public misunderstanding' -- The effort to change the state symbols, which Native Americans have long called offensive, has been hobbled for nearly a half-decade by disagreements and delays.

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John Kerry knighted in England for climate change work. 'King Charles and I share the same point of view.' -- King Charles III knighted the former Massachusetts senator and US secretary of state in a closed-door reception Wednesday at Buckingham Palace.

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For Head Start providers, uncertainty is the only thing that's certain -- The Rhode Island Department of Human Services considered eliminating funding for the preschool program in next year's budget. Governor McKee said he won't implement it.

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Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge

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Trump's response to shooting shows intensified anti-immigration stance

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Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran president Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence

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Trump says he wants to 'permanently pause' migration to the US from poorer countries

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Suspect in shooting of National Guard members facing first-degree murder charge. See how the day unfolded.

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What we do and don't know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in D.C.

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Why Nadine Menendez still hasn't visited her husband in prison

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Trump says one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by Afghan national has died

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