Decision 2024

There were “serious problems” with how Boston administered its last election in November, an investigation found, leading Massachusetts’ secretary of state to order reform at the Boston Election Commission.

2024 was filled with some incredible political headlines in Boston and beyond. A presidential election, a migrant housing crisis, and federal charges against a Boston city councilor all come to mind in what was an impactful year on the political beat. Our recap starts in the frozen tundra of Des Moines, Iowa, where former President Donald Trump won the Hawkeye…

Political analyst Sue O’Connell looks at the data from this year’s elections around the world, as well as President Joe Biden’s wave of pardons and President-elect Donald Trump’s posturing in Canada.

President-elect Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against  The Des Moines Register in Iowa. He has also taken action against the judge in his hush money trial over evidence that was presented during that case. NBC10 Boston Political Commentator Sue O’Connell breaks it down.

The announcement was made exclusively on TODAY on Dec. 12.

Here are five things to know about Paul Atkins, former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Trump nominee for SEC chairman.

Democrat Adam Gray has flipped California’s 13th District, handing Republicans a slimmer majority in the House.

Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community. But he’s receiving fresh attention, from the public and from Congress, now that Trump has selected him to lead the FBI. As he braces for a bruising and likely protracted Senate confirmation fight, Patel...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weighing which proposed rules on its agenda to finalize before the end of the Biden administration.

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.

Bondi served as the Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019 after she was the first woman elected to the office.

Senator Bob Casey has conceded in the race for reelection to the U.S. Senate to Republican Dave McCormick.

Congressman Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration for U.S. Attorney General. The announcement ends a chaotic few days on Capitol Hill.

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Here are five things to know about former wrestling executive Linda McMahon.

Kirabo Jackson, professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University and former economic advisor to President Biden, discusses how education policy in the U.S. may shift under the new Trump administration.

Eighteen months after the pandemic ended, nearly two-thirds of the country’s 2.2 million federal workers are still approved to work from home. 

A recess appointment takes place when a president bypasses the Senate to confirm cabinet nominees when both the House and Senate are not in session for at least 10 days.

The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.

President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: fierce battles inside the octagon and New York City.