AYANNA PRESSLEY

Panic buttons in the congressional office of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., were removed, without explanation, some time before a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol last week, according to her chief of staff. Sarah Groh told The Boston Globe that, during the Jan. 6 riot, she looked for the buttons in the office as she and her colleagues attempted to barricade…

The husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., has tested positive for COVID-19 after last week’s lockdown at the Capitol.

The House has introduced an article of impeachment charging Trump with incitement of insurrection.

It’s the time of year when politicians on both sides of the aisle come together in harmony for a holiday song with Alison King, a tradition 2020 couldn’t interrupt — for the most part.

As the United States continues to roll out the Pfizer vaccine for health care workers and nursing home residents, a number of New England politicians said Saturday they have received their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Washington upon the advice of their physicians. Members of Congress received notice at the end of this week from the Office of the Attending...

Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren were among a handful of New England politicians who said they received their COVID-19 vaccinations this weekend.

Gov. Charlie Baker insisted that Massachusetts’ Department of Correction is doing a “terrific job” keeping coronavirus under control Tuesday, despite arguments from Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins that prisons act as “petri dishes” for spreading it. “They’ve done a terrific job of keeping prisoners and inmates separated, providing them with PPE, sanitization, all that sort of...

With election day quickly approaching, the campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are focusing much of their attention on New Hampshire. Donald Trump Jr. was in Manchester Thursday hoping to close a 10-point gap in the polls. Trump mocked the idea that his father’s opponent would be considered a moderate. “You’re not a moderate...

A new poll from UMass Lowell shows Joe Biden 10 points ahead of Donald Trump in New Hampshire, where Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., campaigned for the former vice president Thursday.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is among the local politicians reacting to news Wednesday that no police officers are facing criminal charges in direct connection to Breonna Taylor’s death. While one officer was indicted for shooting into apartments next to Taylor’s during the March 13 raid in Louisville, Kentucky, the two other officers who fired inside Taylor’s apartment — including...

A Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong, with prosecutors saying Wednesday that two officers who fired their weapons at the Black woman were justified in using force to protect themselves.

This series has discussed how African-Americans are disproportionately affected by climate change. We talked to experts, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley, about how to fix that.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is criticizing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the White House approach on preparing for schools to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Three Massachusetts lawmakers are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly outbreak of COVID-19 at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home. U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker Friday requesting the independent investigation into the outbreak of the new coronavirus at the Chelsea facility. At least 31 veteran residents with…

Gov. Charlie Baker announced a series of reforms after an investigation into a coronavirus outbreak that killed dozens at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley took to Twitter on Tuesday to criticize Gov. Charlie Baker’s plan to reopen Massachusetts, saying the state isn’t ready and he should re-evaluate his timeline. “MA isn’t ready to ‘reopen,’” Pressley tweeted Tuesday morning. “Policy decisions that offer a false choice between public health & economic recovery will hurt our communities.” “I urge @MassGovernor to re-evaluate...

Massachusetts is currently in the first of a four-phased reopening plan, unveiled by Gov. Charlie Baker Monday.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley is calling out the weaponization of assault victims in politics in light of a former Senate staffer’s sexual assault allegations against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The Boston Democrat made the comments in a personal essay published Monday, in which she also called for Biden to speak more to the “broken systems” allegations like Tara...

When Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, opened up about her experience living with alopecia and bared her bald head for the first time last month, her words and reveal led many on social media to cheer for her. But the cheers weren’t universal.