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Boston Globe - Politics

US military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz -- The exchange occurred on Thursday as US Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said.

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Live updates - Federal court rules against Trump's new global tariffs. Follow live updates. A split three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade handed down an order blocking the 10 perfect global tariffs narrowly.

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US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns -- Under the new policy, HHS will inform the State Department of all past-due payments of more than $2,500 and parents in that group with passports will have their documents revoked.

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Tennessee enacts new US House map carving up majority-Black district in Memphis -- Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the new map into law Thursday quickly after the Republican-led legislature gave final approval to the redistricting plan.

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What do New York, Maine, and Indiana have in common? The ruling class was thrown out.

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Maine's Susan Collins reveals she's long been diagnosed with a benign tremor

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Obama weighs in on Colbert for president, current political climate, and aliens on 'The Late Show'

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Barney Frank and Rudy Giuliani will leave very different legacies

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Mike Minogue won the GOP's endorsement for governor. He wants to clear the field for the nomination, too. -- Mike Minogue and his supporters are running a pressure campaign to squeeze Brian Shortsleeve, his lone remaining Republican rival, out of the race.

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N.H. Executive Council tables $1.2m for childcare program over DEI language -- The money would have extended an existing contract and provided professional development opportunities for those caring for children with special needs.

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N.H. lawmakers move to censure colleague for inflammatory social media posts, including Holocaust reference -- A legislative committee tasked with reviewing whether a Republican state lawmaker in New Hampshire should be punished for his inflammatory social media activity decided Wednesday to recommend that he be formally censured.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM - I was ready to hate the new Copley Square Park. Then I visited it. It seems like nobody leaves anything alone any more in Boston, I get it. But hear me out.

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Clarence Thomas becomes the second longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history

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Jack Smith says Justice Department has been 'corrupted' by Trump and his allies

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Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized from Georgia's Fulton County, judge rules

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Possible suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein released by judge

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Man charged in D.C. shooting was walking along the path of Vance's motorcade, agent says

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Lutnick's testimony about Epstein draws praise from GOP chair and derision from Democrats

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