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Boston Globe - Politics

Former senator Ben Sasse says he has terminal pancreatic cancer -- Sasse, a former senator from Nebraska, wrote on social media that he had received a diagnosis last week for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

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Election law expert chosen as new deputy in N.H. Secretary of State's office

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The rarest of birds in the Boston skyline: the construction crane -- Two years ago, there were 20 tower cranes active in Boston. Now are there are just five.

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Epstein victims ask Congress to ensure Justice Dept. releases all files

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Live updates - More Epstein files are released and some include references to Trump. Follow live updates. It was the latest batch in a slow drip that began Friday, the deadline that Congress had set for the release of all the files in connection with the investigation.

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Trump announces plans for new Navy 'battleship' as part of a 'Golden Fleet' -- The ship, according to President Trump, will be longer and larger than the World War II-era Iowa-class battleships and have an array of modern weapons.

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Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that. -- A federal watchdog found widespread improper Medicaid payments to providers for deceased beneficiaries, an issue officials say a new auditing requirement may finally help rein in.

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The Republican Party is fracturing. JD Vance's 2028 hopes are caught in the middle.

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RFK Jr. vows campaign to fight Lyme disease, claiming officials in past administrations felt it 'did not exist'

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Enhanced Obamacare tax credits are guaranteed to expire at year's end, but the fight isn't over

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Imprisoned ex-state senator Dean Tran pleads guilty in federal court to obstruction, lying to obtain pandemic unemployment pay -- Dean Tran, a former Republican state senator from Fitchburg, pleaded guilty to charges he arranged a fake job at his sister's company to collect pandemic unemployment benefits.

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Electioneering accusation against high-ranking N.H. Democrat cleared -- Republicans questioned a Democrat's use of her official inbox to help the Elias Law Group connect with voters impacted by a new state law.

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Judge chides Ghislaine Maxwell for mentioning victim names in papers seeking to overturn conviction

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Trump holds an event with Rubio and Hegseth during vacation as tensions with Venezuela mount

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In Congress and at home, Omar faces Trump's anti-Somali attacks

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Ex-CIA chief asks to keep Justice Department from steering case to favored judge

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Judge allows Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain free while she considers immigration issues

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Attorneys urge judge to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' to assess detainees' access to lawyers

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