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Boston Globe - Politics

Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers' testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man -- The officers, whose names were not disclosed, are on administrative leave while the investigation is carried out.

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Partial government shutdown ahead as funding set to lapse for Homeland Security. Here's a recap of Friday. -- Lawmakers are set to leave for a 10-day break and negotiations over Democrats' demands for new restrictions have stalled.

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With Congress gone, much of DHS is set to run out of money after midnight -- Much of the Department of Homeland Security is set to run out of money Saturday morning after negotiations stalled between the White House and congressional Democrats over new restrictions on federal immigration agents, and lawmakers left town without funding the department.

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Newly released documents detail ICE plans for warehouse facility in Merrimack, N.H.

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to travel to Germany to speak at Munich Security Conference

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Goodlander calls attempt to indict Democratic lawmakers an 'outrage'

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Full scope of ICE's 'new detention model' outlined in records released by N.H. Governor Ayotte

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Shirley Leung - For Karen Spilka, this year's Galentine's Day is serious business - On Galentine's Day, we sat down with Mass. Senate President Karen Spilka to talk about her priorities and relationship with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

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'Concerned but never courageous': Janet Mills ad slams Susan Collins for Trump response -- Maine US Senator Susan Collins faced a new attack ad this week from Maine Governor Janet Mills, who is criticizing her response to President Trump.

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As city approves new campus plan, Wentworth agrees to new annual payments -- The small Fenway campus is the second Boston school whose expansion plans were dangled as leverage by City Hall to extract higher voluntary payments-in-lieu-of-taxes from colleges.

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Second US aircraft carrier is reportedly being sent to the Middle East as Iran tensions high

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What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend

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Trump administration erases the government's power to fight climate change

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Trump heads to Fort Bragg to cheer special forces members who ousted Venezuela's Maduro

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Trump boasts of over $1.5b in political funds. How he chooses to spend it could rock the midterms.

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Affordable housing residents near Portland ICE building to ask judge to limit feds' use of tear gas

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NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

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Border czar says Minnesota immigration crackdown is over, after angry protests and 2 fatal shootings

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