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On June 18, the Supreme Court made clear that it wants no part of the transgender debate — and, in attempting to avoid a decision, made a mess of more than one area of law. Faced with a challenge to Tennessee’s S.B. 1,...Read more

President Donald Trump’s reelection was fueled partly by an unmistakable boost of support from Black men, especially young ones, demonstrating yet another troublesome crack in the Democratic Party’s electoral ...Read more

BOSTON — President Donald Trump’s administration nominated a South Shore native for the second-highest post in the military.

Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney, a Weymouth native, has been nominated to serve as the...Read more

The U.S. is demanding the European Union make what the bloc’s officials see as unbalanced, unilateral concessions as part of ongoing trade talks, setting up a tough decision over whether to move ahead with ...Read more

Pakistan said it will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, a move that may annoy rival India while building stronger ties to Washington.

The recommendation is being made for Trump’s “...Read more

To bomb or not to bomb.

That is the question.

And the answer is: he'll decide "within the next two weeks."

Why two weeks?

Because with President Donald Trump, "two weeks" could mean almost anything.

Asked two months...Read more

I find myself unhappily on trend. Young people everywhere are increasingly “on the wagon” — to use the American idiom for sobriety from the 1920s, when the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — New laws from the 2025 legislative session aim to increase accessibility to Nevada’s elections and improve voters’ experiences.

Election reform was a major focus in Carson City, though bills that sought ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Democratic interest in primarying U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans is getting louder.

State Sen. Sharif Street, the state Democratic Party chair, said Friday he is considering a primary run against the 71-year-old ...Read more

BOSTON — President Donald Trump said his administration has been holding talks with Harvard University and may announce a deal over the next week, potentially ending a standoff that has jeopardized billions of dollars of...Read more

The Trump administration said Friday it has given California 60 days to remove all mention of gender identity from its federally funded sexual education curriculum or the state risks losing grant funding.

The directive ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has loomed large over this year’s mayoral contest, particularly as his administration has ramped up its mass arrests and deportations in New York, cut funding to universities and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday joined President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans in siding with the oil and gas industry in its challenge to California's drive for electric vehicles.

In a 7-2 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court backed a 2019 federal law Friday meant to allow lawsuits against the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority for damages from terror attacks.

Congress passed the law ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City is facing intertwined housing and affordability crises, with record rents and historically low apartment vacancy rates. About half of households struggle to pay for the basics while a quarter ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans say they are looking for ways to safeguard rural hospitals from proposed cuts to a key Medicaid funding method, amid concerns from the powerful hospital lobby and others that the budget ...Read more

A technological revolution is unfolding — one that will transform our world in ways we can barely comprehend. As artificial intelligence rapidly evolves and corporate America’s investment in AI continues to explode, we...Read more

It has been five years since May 25, 2020, when George Floyd gasped for air beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. Five years since 17-year-old Darnella Frazier ...Read more

June 19, 1865.

On that date, Union troops freed a quarter-million African American slaves in Texas. It was the last state to recognize President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation issued on Jan. 1, 1863.

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The foreign policy of President Donald Trump, as captured in the simplistic slogan “peace through strength,” has always been fraught with contradictions. So it was only a matter of time before those would explode, ...Read more