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Thursday, January 08, 2026 11:00 PM ET

Boston Globe - Politics

Anger and outrage spills onto Minneapolis streets after ICE officer's fatal shooting of Renee Good -- Hundreds of people protesting the killing of Renee Good marched in freezing rain Thursday night down one of Minneapolis' major thoroughfares chanting "ICE out now."

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Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say -- The Department of Homeland Security claimed an officer shot at a vehicle that tried to run agents over. There was no immediate independent corroboration of the events.

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House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders. See a recap of Thursday. -- The bill now goes to the Senate, where pressure is building for a similar bipartisan compromise.

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Governor Walz says state must play role in investigation into ICE agent's killing of Renee Good. Here's a recap. -- The head of Minnesota's investigations agency said that the US attorney's office has barred it from taking part in the investigation into the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

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Trump's Venezuela raid gives old-school Republican hawks a rare chance to cheer him

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'What we saw today is a murder': AOC slams ICE officer who shot Minneapolis woman

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Some Democrats want to impeach Trump after Venezuela raid, but others warn against it

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Trump says GOP must keep House majority to avoid impeachment. These charts show how narrow that path is.

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Mass. Senate to debate local tax relief bills -- The bills are expected to be taken up by the Senate next Thursday.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM - Trump's oil obsession will cost New England thousands of jobs. Well, we all need to sacrifice, right? The president is looking after his friends in oil and gas, at the expense of New England's wind industry.

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Evan MacKay, who narrowly lost 2024 challenge to longtime Cambridge state representative, announces another bid for the State House -- Evan MacKay, a Cambridge graduate student and union leader, is running for state representative after losing the seat by just 41 votes in 2024.

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Healey sues former aide to claw back $31,000 leave payout he received after cocaine trafficking arrest -- Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office argued that Cook was not entitled to receive "any money" for the unused vacation time because he was fired.

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Senate pushes back on Trump's military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote

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Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city

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Trump lays out a vision of power restrained only by 'my own morality'

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House refuses to override Trump vetoes as Republicans stick with president

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Woman killed by ICE was a prize-winning poet. Read one of her poems.

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Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet, and new to the city

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Judge blocks Trump administration from purging DEI-related terms from Head Start grant applications

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