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Why are there no girl presidents? Sen. Elizabeth Warren said it's just like the ‘Minions'
What do “Minions” movies and female presidents have in common? A lot, according to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. In a recent episode of the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Sen. Warren made a guest appearance Tuesday night, answering a question from a 5-year-old who asked why there aren’t any girl presidents. This comes at a time when Vice President...
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Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race: What's next?
History was made in the U.S. this weekend after President Joe Biden announced he would end his presidential reelection campaign. The Democrats are now without a presumptive presidential nominee, less than four months before election day.
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Biden exits 2024 presidential race: What comes next for Democrats?
President Joe Biden announced over the weekend he’s not seeking reelection and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to fill that vacancy.
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Biden exits 2024 presidential race: What comes next for Democrats?
After weeks of mounting pressure to step aside, President Joe Biden has ended his bid for reelection. The 81-year-old Biden announced he’s dropping out of the race after heavy criticism over his ability to lead at his age. A historical decision, Biden is the first sitting president since Lyndon B. Johnson to drop out of the presidential race. That...
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Mass. legislature enacts overdue budget, breaks for weekend
Lawmakers sent Gov. Maura Healey an overdue state budget Friday afternoon that pitches a bevy of statewide policy changes baked into a $58 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2025. The compromise budget was filed Thursday night, the product of about a month and a half of private negotiations among a group of six lawmakers. The House voted 154-3 to accept the...
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Security scrutinized after Trump assassination attempt
Experts who have worked in security are raising questions about how a gunman was able to get onto a roof and shoot at former President Donald Trump.
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Trump to announce VP pick after assassination attempt; RNC safety
Following Saturday’s assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, we’re learning Trump is planning on announcing his VP pick Monday, with Secret Service confirming no changes to its security plan for the RNC.
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New details on Trump assassination attempt, RNC security plan
Days after former President Donald Trump’s assassination attempt, we’re learning more about the gunman, the RNC’s security plan and hear from a Boston Globe reporter who witnessed the incident.
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New details about Trump assassination attempt
We’re learning more Monday morning about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The FBI is now saying they believe the shooter, who apparently had bomb making materials in his car, acted alone. In the wake of the attempted assassination of Trump, President Joe Biden addressed the nation Sunday night, asking Americans to lower the temperature in politics,...
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Republican platform, Biden woes will be focus at national convention headlined by Trump
It’s Déjà vu all over again. Donald Trump headlining his third Republican National Convention touting a new party platform when the festivities begin Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The policy document is filled with sentences written in all caps and an abundance of exclamation points, showing a focus on immigration, inflation and crime but distancing from the issue of abortion....
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Republicans ready to rally at national convention in Milwaukee next week
Donald Trump will be headlining his third Republican National Convention, this time in Milwaukee and touting a new party platform that focuses heavily on immigration, inflation and crime but largely leaves out the issue of abortion.
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‘With sadness,' Vt. Sen. Welch calls on Biden to withdraw from race, first Senate Dem to do so
President Joe Biden’s candidacy remains under scrutiny as the first Senate Democrat, Peter Welch of Vermont, publicly called for Biden to end his campaign on Wednesday. In an opinion piece for the Washington Post published Wednesday evening, Welch wrote that “the stakes could not be higher.” “We cannot unsee President Biden’s disastrous debate performance,” Welch wrote. “We cannot ignore or...
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Massachusetts lawmakers look to expand scope of certain sexual offenses
A bill that would expand the scope of certain sexual offenses under Massachusetts law perpetrated by a health care provider or a member of the clergy is making its way through Beacon Hill. The bill also would add rape of a patient or client by a health care provider, indecent assault and battery on vulnerable persons in law enforcement custody,…
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Biden's performance at center of first presidential debate
From the outset of Thursday night’s presidential debate, it was clear President Joe Biden was struggling under the spotlight. The commander-in-chief navigated through meandering sentences that often verged on incoherence. Biden would find his footing as the evening went along but the damage was done, leaving Democrats across the country and in New England weighing next steps. “I hope...
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The clock is ticking to pass a budget in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is on the verge of beginning the 14th straight fiscal year with an overdue state budget, and a Republican lawmaker seasoned in Beacon Hill’s ways is worried the cycle of procrastination will lead to poor policymaking. Rep. Todd Smola, one of the two Republicans assigned to negotiations about the fiscal 2025 budget, said his colleagues in the minority party…
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Mass. electricity demand set to hit high mark for 2024
Senate debate on a climate and energy bill Thursday may coincide with the year’s maximum demand for electricity. There is a chance for demand on the New England power grid to climb to about 23.9 gigawatts between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council said in an alert telling municipalities to reduce their consumption in the…
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Gabrielle Giffords visits Mass., calling for action during Gun Violence Awareness Month
In 2011, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head during a constituent event in a supermarket parking lot. Thirteen years later, Giffords travels the country sharing her story of survival and calling for action on gun reform. “It can be so difficult. Losses hurt, setbacks are hard, but I tell myself to move ahead,” said Giffords. Those words…
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Gabrielle Giffords in Mass. calling for action during gun violence awareness month
As the Massachusetts Legislature considers a sweeping bill that would ban ghost guns, Glock switches and more, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords visited Beacon Hill to give the effort a boost.
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Mass. lawmakers pushing to finalize budget, last-minute bills before session ends
For the first time in months, legislative leadership on Beacon Hill met behind closed doors on Monday. Six weeks of formal sessions remain, with a backlog of bills and an even tighter deadline on the fiscal year 2025 budget. “They’re working on it, they’re exchanging proposals,” said House Speaker Ron Mariano. “They’re working hard and continue to have discussions,...
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State lawmakers push to pass fiscal year 2025 budget
Six weeks of formal session remains, with a backlog of bills and a tight deadline to push a 2025 budget.
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