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Boston Globe - Politics

Former political rivals head to rematch in Alabama governor's race and runoffs for US Senate seat -- Alabama will get a rematch between two high-profile nominees for governor while candidates of both major parties will head to runoff elections next month for an open US Senate seat.

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Oregon voters reject Democrats' gas tax increase as Iran war causes prices to soar -- Democrats had raised the state gas tax by 6 cents a gallon and increased a series of fees to help pay for road improvements and plug a hole in the state's transportation budget.

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Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries: Massie's loss leaves no doubt about Trump's power over the GOP -- While President Trump has racked up several wins this primary season, this one perhaps sends an even more forceful message to the president's Republican critics.

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Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie charted his own way, until toppled by Trump -- The stunning outcome caps a career like few others and shows the extent of the president's ability to badger, badmouth, and eventually boot out his political adversaries.

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Texas judge demands medical records of trans youth, and Rhode Island Hospital says it will comply

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In Texas, Trump made one of the dumbest political decisions of his presidencies

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Five takeaways from Graham Platner's New York Times interview

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Trump-approved 'Freedom Trucks' are doing an American history roadshow. We took a tour of one.

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RI POLITICS -- McKee unveils 6 picks for revamped CRMC. Critics are underwhelmed. -- The troubled coastal regulatory panel's current chairman made the list, but no women did.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- She hated her fifth-grade teacher. Decades later, an unexpected reunion unfolded at the edge of life and death. -- More than 40 years after Montana Miller left Mr. Grosky behind, she gave him an unexpected gift.

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The fight on Beacon Hill over the legislative audit is a messy one. Here's what to know. The sparring between state Auditor Diana DiZoglio and top Democratic leaders on Beacon Hill — and DiZoglio and Attorney General Andrea Campbell — about what DiZoglio can, and cannot, audit has been messy.

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Shapiro-backed Democrats win House primaries in Pennsylvania swing districts the party hopes to flip

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Gallrein defeats Massie in Kentucky, furthering Trump's hold on GOP. See how the day unfolded.

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Senate advances bill aimed at ending Iran war as Cassidy, after primary loss, flips to support it

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Health worker shortage will worsen with federal loan limit, 25 states say in suit

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Georgia primary could be the starting gun for Democratic and Republican runoffs

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Top Treasury lawyer resigns after creation of 'anti-weaponization fund'

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Iran war exposes shortcomings in US military industrial base

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