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Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as Trump's director of national intelligence, citing husband's health. Follow live updates. Gabbard said in a letter addressed to President Trump that her husband, Abraham Williams, "faces major challenges in the coming weeks and month."

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Tulsi Gabbard is resigni as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health -- Gabbard is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during President Trump's second term.

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Trump says he's working 'very hard' to make daylight saving time permanent

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Trump confirms he's skipping son Donald Jr.'s wedding, says he will instead remain in D.C.

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In bipartisan vote, N.H. lawmaker censured for inflammatory taunts invoking deportation and the Holocaust

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Trump says it's 'not good timing' for him to attend his eldest son's wedding this weekend

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Boston paid $11 million settlement to man freed after nearly 40 years in prison -- Joseph Jabir Pope, who served 37 years in prison before a judge vacated his conviction, sued the city and several former Boston police officials in 2024.

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After crash that killed state trooper, Mass. Senate votes to expand wrong-way driving detection -- After a wrong-way driver on Route 1 caused a deadly head-on collision, the Massachusetts Senate passed a measure to expand the state's wrong-way detection technology and create a protocol to prevent future incidents.

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Taiwan's government says US hasn't notified it of any pause in a planned $14 billion arms sale

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NATO allies bewildered by Trump's about-face on US troop moves in Europe

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Pushed to the limit, Republicans show rare defiance to Trump's demands

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Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing

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GOP rift over Trump's $1.8 settlement fund delays vote on immigration bill. See how Thursday unfolded.

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Republicans delay budget votes as they balk at Trump's fund

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Backlash to Trump's $1.8 billion settlement fund delays Republican immigration bill

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The Trump administration expands its use of AI in the hunt for healthcare fraud

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