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Boston Globe - Politics

Senate readies vote on Venezuela war powers as Trump pressures GOP defectors -- Five Republicans senators joined with Democrats to advance the resolution, but Trump has lashed out at the defectors as he tries to head off passage of the bill.

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Greenlandic and Danish officials meet with Vance and Rubio as Trump insists on US control of island -- Greenland is strategically important because, as climate change causes the ice to melt, it opens up the possibility of shorter trade routes to Asia.

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Here's what Americans think about Trump's military intervention abroad

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Senator Slotkin is being investigated by the Trump administration for Democrats' video to troops

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Live updates - Hillary Clinton defies House subpoena for testimony. Follow live updates. The Clintons released a letter to Representative James Comer explaining that they see the attempt to force their testimonies in the committee's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein as "legally invalid."

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FBI searches Washington Post reporter's home, confiscates her phone in exceedingly rare step -- Attorney General Pam Bondi said the search was done at the request of the Pentagon.

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In wake of ICE shooting, Markey and Pressley introduce bill to end federal law enforcement immunity

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Warren publicly criticized Trump, accusing him of failing to lower costs. Then he called her.

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As Justice Department probe of Fed's Powell roils Washington, economists warn investigation could backfire

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Senators accuse Trump of trying to end independence of Federal Reserve

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'Not how we rock here in Roxbury': Michelle Wu has a plan for Madison Park, no matter what the neighbors say - The Wu administration is once again trying to rush through a project that is upsetting the Black community.

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Local Iranian-Americans are cut off from families and worried by ongoing protests in home country -- Iranian-Americans in the Boston area are having difficulty contacted family members in their home country.

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Mass. GOP gubernatorial candidates call the economy a nightmare. Healey claims it's thriving. Who's right? -- Depending on the candidate for Massachusetts governor, voters are seemingly living in two realities.

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Healey taps Mass General Brigham doctor Eric Goralnick to be new veterans secretary -- Governor Maura Healey turned again to an emergency medicine physician to lead the office responsible for managing the state's veterans' homes.

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Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention

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Trump makes obscene gesture at heckler in Ford factory tour

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Mark Brnovich, Arizona attorney general during Trump's push to find 2020 election fraud, has died

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From Minneapolis to Venezuela, Trump piles up the risks as he faces midterm verdict

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Federal crackdown in Minneapolis is 'like a military occupation,' residents say. See a recap.

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Justices seem inclined to allow states to bar transgender athletes

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