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Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - Ex-CIA Director John Brennan sues Trump administration, asks records from investigations be preserved. Follow along. Brennan said in the lawsuit that the records would be essential for him to mount a defense on vindictive prosecution grounds.

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Trump will visit newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands -- The 96,000-square-foot library is in the rugged, lonely landscape where the young Easterner built his conservation values while ranching and hunting in the 1880s.

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Retrofitted Qatari jet takes flight as Air Force One for Trump's trip to North Dakota -- Gone is the trademark light blue hull that helped Air Force One blend into the sky.

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Ex-CIA Director John Brennan seeks court order requiring records from investigations be preserved -- Brennan said in the lawsuit that the records would be essential for him to defend himself against any eventual indictment.

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Will Democrats flip the Senate? Their path is looking clearer.

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Birthright citizenship ruling brings relief to N.H. plaintiffs, ACLU attorney says

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Democrats don't have a socialism problem. They have a vision problem.

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Supreme Court preserves birthright citizenship, upholds state bans on trans athletes in girls' sports. See how the day unfolded.

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State & local politics

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Massachusetts lawmakers, promising a tidier close to their session, still have a lot they want to get done -- Massachusetts lawmakers are approaching the end of their formal lawmaking sessions with several major bills left to act on, including legislation Governor Maura Healey has deemed policy priorities in an election year.

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Supreme Court decision on transgender athletes 'paves the way' for N.H. to enforce its girls sports law, governor says -- The impact of the US Supreme Court's ruling on a pending lawsuit in New Hampshire won't necessarily be immediate, as the plaintiffs vow to keep fighting.

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Proposed budget from state lawmakers won't raise taxes and includes review of school funding -- Massachusetts House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled details of a $63 billion budget deal they said would not raise taxes on residents or businesses.

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The birthright decision was surprisingly close, some legal scholars say

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ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit

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A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren four months ago. We still don't know the full story.

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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime US House incumbent in Colorado

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Despite some losses for Trump, Supreme Court delivers enduring conservative wins

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Judge orders Pentagon to lift policy that New York Times journalists be accompanied by an escort

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