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Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 politicians, activists, athletes and more
President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people on Friday, including civil rights icons such as the late Medgar Evers, political leaders such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the actor Michelle Yeoh.
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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, testifies in the former president's hush money trial
Former White House official and Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks took the stand Friday at the former president’s hush money trial
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Man who bragged that he ‘fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
A Georgia business owner struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him into the mob of Donald Trump supporters on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace.
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Salisbury shoreline needs help before possible catastrophe, officials say
“We need to have a managed beach,” Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said Monday, calling for more help for the erosion-hit shoreline in Salisbury
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Prosecutors in hush money trial play call between Trump and Cohen on plan to buy affair story
Jurors appeared riveted as prosecutors on Thursday played a September 2016 recording that attorney Michael Cohen secretly made of himself briefing his celebrity client on a plan to buy Karen McDougal’s story of an extramarital relationship.
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House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war
The House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws.
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Migrant with alleged ISIS ties was living in the U.S. for more than two years, officials say
Jovokhir Attoev was released inside the U.S. in 2022. A year later, Uzbekistan put out a global notice that he was wanted for alleged ISIS ties. U.S. officials didn’t arrest him until 2024.
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Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
A new report released Tuesday details how oil and gas companies knew the consequences of their emissions since at least the 1960s. Congressional Democrats spent three years investigating the fossil fuel industry’s deception and highlighted their findings during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. National climate reporter Chase Cain recaps the milestone... -
Arizona Senate passes bill to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban
The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to pass a repeal of the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the battleground state’s Supreme Court last month.
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Almost 40% of local election officials surveyed report threats or abuse, says a new report
The Brennan Center survey also found 62% of local election officials are concerned about political leaders’ attempting to interfere with how they do their jobs.
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Takeaways from the start of week 2 of testimony in Trump's hush money trial
Here’s a look at how things are shaping up so far this week at the historic trial.
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More communities push back against MBTA zoning law
Towns across Massachusetts are working to come into compliance with the MBTA Communities Law, which requires municipalities to rezone for more housing near transit stops. Areas like Wakefield and Marshfield have both faced pushback over zoning plans, others like Rockport have seen citizens file lawsuits to block proposed changes. Massachusetts Atto... -
Healey signs emergency shelter funding, stay limit bill
Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed into law a new nine-month limit on how long families can live in Massachusetts emergency shelters, and stamped her approval on the Legislature’s plan to pull up to $426 million from a savings account to pour into the ongoing migrant housing crisis. Numerous exemptions will be available to families that bump... -
Judge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 in hush money trial
Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case.
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Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News ‘imminently'
A letter obtained by NBC News says action is pending because of Fox’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light.”
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Trump meets privately with former GOP rival Ron DeSantis
Former President Donald Trump met privately over breakfast with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday, six sources said.