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Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - Trump to send envoys Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for talks with Iran foreign minister. Follow live updates. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has made it clear that that there would be no direct negotiations between Iran and American government representatives.

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Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoes bill that would have paused new data centers - Governor Janet Mills said she rejected what would have been the nation's first moratorium on data centers because it failed to exempt a project in a distressed mill town.

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TMZ is flexing in Washington, with high-profile results. What took so long? -- The tabloid site that reinvented Hollywood and celebrity gossip coverage is taking a swing at the nation's capital.

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Justice Department drops criminal probe of Fed chair Powell, likely clearing way for Warsh -- The decision ends an investigation that for months had failed to gain traction as prosecutors struggled to articulate a basis to suspect criminal conduct.

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Trump administration approves firing squad executions for death penalty -- The Trump administration said Friday that it would allow firing squads and readopt lethal injection as part of a broader push to revive the death penalty.

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Only 13 percent of young people say US on right track: Harvard poll

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Former American journalist talks about what Orbán's ouster in Hungary can tell the US

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Elizabeth Warren says it's time to 'put an end to this war right now' during 'Late Show' appearance

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An 'iconic image' or 'white supremacist propaganda'? It's not clear why the DHS posted a photo of Fenway Park.

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Massachusetts GOP to focus on state issues, not Trump, at weekend convention - When Massachusetts Republicans gather in Worcester this weekend for their annual nominating convention, the focus will be less on Trump, more on local issues.

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GLOBE NH | MORNING REPORT -- UNH Survey: Republican Kelly Ayotte ahead of Democrat Cinde Warmington in N.H. governor's race -- Governor Kelly Ayotte is maintaining her lead over Democratic challenger Cinde Warmington in the New Hampshire governor's race, according to polling data released Thursday by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

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Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment

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Appeals court says Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, agreeing with lower court

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How Kevin Warsh could shrink the Fed's footprint in financial markets

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FDA plans ultra-fast review of three psychedelic drugs following Trump directive

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Israel and Lebanon agree to extend cease-fire by 3 weeks, Trump says. Here's what happened.

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