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Boston Globe - Politics

Boston wants to limit GLP-1 coverage for city employees amid 'skyrocketing' health care costs, budget crunch - Health insurance rates for city employees are projected to spike by nearly 23 percent next fiscal year, according to a letter the city's chief financial officer sent to the City Council.

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Live updates - UAE briefly closes airspace over Iranian attacks. Follow live updates. The sound of explosions could be heard in Dubai as the military worked to intercept the incoming fire.

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Israel launches new strikes on Tehran and Lebanon as Iran hits back and fires on Gulf neighbors -- Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions as air defenses worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire.

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Trump's Homeland Security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges -- Senator Markwayne Mullin has a tough path as he moves toward leading the Department of Homeland Security, with immigration fights, disaster anger, and Iran threats piling up.

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A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections -- The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, created a decade ago, aims to make caregiver issues more salient in elections.

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Publicly, Ed Markey is mostly ignoring his primary challenge from Seth Moulton. Privately, it's a different story.

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In a rare bipartisan win, Warren-backed housing bill passes the Senate, but faces a murky future

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'The US initiated this.' Amid airstrikes, these Mass. natives had to find a way out.

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Late-night hosts roast Hegseth's $93 billion spending spree on fruit basket stands, rib-eye steaks, and ice cream machines

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Company asks judge to hold N.H. officials in contempt over 'suspended' motor vehicle inspections program -- Gordon-Darby Holdings Inc., which had overseen the state's vehicle inspections for decades, said in a court filing that a judge should impose 'significant escalating fines' until the program is restored.

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At annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast, Democrats roast their rivals -- Notably missing from the celebration: Mayor Michelle Wu, who skipped the annual event amid a clash with Collins over long-stalled property tax legislation he has opposed on Beacon Hill.

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Delayed projects, low morale: Boston's streets department is stalling under Wu, long a transit champion -- Advocates and city staff say the policy change has caused an epic bottleneck, stalling the majority of Boston's transit and street safety projects for the past year.

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Trump team applying pressure to media: Tell the war's story the way we see it

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Trump seeks help opening the Strait of Hormuz as Iran war chokes oil shipping. See how the day unfolded.

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Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for 2 years and names a new president

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Boston judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations

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Trump blasts allies after cool response to requests for warships

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Winds, blizzards, and triple-digit heat put over half of the US in the path of extreme weather

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Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for 2 years and names a new president

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Last protester in immigration detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released

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