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Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats. Follow live updates. No justices dissented from the brief order denying the appeal without explanation, as is common on the court's emergency docket.

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Man who tried to shoot Trump at a Florida golf course gets life in prison -- Prosecutors said the man spent weeks plotting to kill President Trump before aiming a rifle through shrubbery as the presidential candidate played golf at his West Palm Beach country club.

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Judge appears skeptical of Trump's latest bid to nix his hush-money conviction -- President Trump was convicted in May 2024 of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.

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Government lawyer yanked from immigration detail in Minnesota after telling judge 'this job sucks' -- The lawyer said she was working for the Department of Homeland Security as an ICE attorney in immigration court before she "stupidly" volunteered to work the detail in Minnesota.

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Scott Brown's New Hampshire problem: no lane, no leverage, no luck

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Stephen Miller is a top Trump adviser. Katie Miller has a podcast. So who's advertising on it?

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President Trump endorses John E. Sununu in closely watched N.H. race for US Senate

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Here's a list of all the artists who canceled at the Kennedy Center before Trump announced it must close for two years

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Mass. inspector general close to wrapping up investigation into service plaza snafu - Jeff Shapiro testified at the State House on Tuesday about his office's investigation into MassDOT's process for putting the service plaza leases out to bid.

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Bill Galvin, already Massachusetts' longest-serving secretary of state, says he will seek a record ninth term -- Galvin, 75, has led the secretary's office since 1995, and in each of the last two election cycles beat back high-profile primary challengers who pitched themselves as more progressive alternatives to the Brighton Democrat.

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Beacon Hill may not be able to avoid rent control much longer -- Some tenant advocates are hoping lawmakers will take up a legislative compromise to enact a version of rent control while avoiding a bruising ballot fight.

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Legal groups sue Galvin, accusing him of not producing data on voting in Mass. jails -- A pair of groups sued Secretary of State William F. Galvin on Tuesday, asking the state's highest court to force his office to publish what they say are long overdue reports on jail-based voting.

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Trump's border czar pulling 700 immigration officers out of Minnesota immediately

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UK will release files about Mandelson's ambassador appointment as anger mounts over Epstein

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New York governor picks a new running mate, as her current No. 2 moves to unseat her

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US wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies to counter China

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Democrats demand 'dramatic changes' for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants

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Trump scolds CNN's Kaitlan Collins for 'not smiling'

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What the immigration crackdown has done to Minneapolis children

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Trump says he discussed Iran with China's Xi as the US pushes Beijing and others to isolate Tehran

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