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Boston Globe - Politics

Mass. Republicans caught up in a signature fraud controversy won't be on September primary ballot, commission rules - The state Republican Party, already struggling to field candidates down-ballot, is now only officially challenging for three of the six statewide constitutional offices.

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Live updates - US strikes Iran in response to drone attack on ship, US military says. Follow live updates. US Central Command said the military struck missile and drone locations and coastal radar sites in Iran.

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John Bolton, former Trump adviser, pleads guilty in classified information case -- John Bolton, a former top adviser to President Trump who became one of his most outspoken critics, pleaded guilty Friday to mishandling classified information in a case that could send him to prison for up to five years.

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Buttigieg was briefly separated from his children after police say he was target of false report -- Michigan State Police said they received an "anonymous report" and that they and child protective services "responded and determined the report was false."

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D.C. reaches court settlement with man detained while protesting troops' patrol with Darth Vader song -- Court records say Sam O'Hara will drop his lawsuit that claims police illegally detained him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing the "Star Wars" tune from his phone.

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R.I. Bar Association decries call to impeach judge for ruling against Trump policies

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Aspiring spoiler in New Hampshire's US Senate race scrambles to salvage independent candidacy

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to revoke immigration protections for thousands of Haitians and Syrians in US

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Here are the top cases before the Supreme Court and what they mean for Trump's agenda

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State & local politics

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Healey slams brakes on data center tax incentives - Governor Maura Healey has both embraced the artificial intelligence industry that is driving much of the data center boom and moved to shore up state environmental protections.

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Judge blocks Tennessee from reporting sick children to immigration authorities, for now

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Billionaire Leon Black defends $158m paid to Epstein: 'I knew Jekyll. I didn't know Hyde'

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Disagreements between Supreme Court justices bubble into public view as major rulings loom

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Immigration hard-liners repeatedly lost in court before justices ruled in their favor

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Vance, an admirer of Richard Nixon, says Watergate would be 'a 12-hour news story' today

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How three months of war changed the Gulf forever

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