RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday for the first leg of his Middle East tour in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where he was welcomed with a pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremony and a high-powered lunch with top business leaders and government figures before giving a speech at an investment forum.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday for the first leg of his Middle East tour in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where he was welcomed with a pomp-and-circumstance-filled ceremony and a high-powered lunch with top business leaders and government figures before giving a speech at an investment forum.

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BOSTON — Brian Shortsleeve, a venture capitalist and former MBTA executive, raised more than $135,000 in the 24 hours since he announced he was running for governor as a Republican Monday morning, his campaign said in a statement to the Herald.

Shortsleeve’s haul, which cannot be verified with state campaign finance data until fundraising ...Read more

So-called Hollywood ambassadors Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone joined with a coalition of entertainment industry groups for a letter delivered this week to President Trump urging him to support tax measures and a federal tax incentive that would help bring film and TV production back to the U.S.

The letter is signed by Voight, Stallone, all ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s 2026 “skinny budget” is out, and at first glance it gives small-government advocates reason to cheer. It proposes deep cuts to domestic agencies, calls for eliminating redundant programs and gestures toward reviving federalism by shifting power and responsibility back to the states. It promises to slash ...Read more

The Trump White House is 1,000% wrong in “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus in the context of immigration. It is the only protection written into the Constitution, not the Bill of Rights, a fundamental shield — stretching back to the Magna Carta — to contest one’s detention by the government: “The Privilege of the Writ of...Read more

That there’s a spasm of dislike for Trump’s chaotic presidency is not news — new polls show Americans unhappier with this president at 100 days than any of his predecessors.

Much of the attention has focused on his rapidly falling numbers with young voters (“Is Gen Z abandoning Trump?” Newsweek asked last week), but we’re seeing ...Read more

It’s no surprise that President Donald Trump’s first trade “deal” after his disastrous tariffs is more-so a framework than a done deal, but a handshake with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is better than a trade war.

Still, we are hard-pressed to give Trump too much credit just like you wouldn’t exactly praise a friend for paying ...Read more

It was the kind of week that would make even a seasoned diplomat’s head spin: China trade talks, India-Pakistan truce, a ceasefire with the Houthis and Iran nuclear negotiations. Not to mention a Gaza hostage release, new trade framework with the U.K. and the tantalizing prospect of ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

For President Donald ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two lawsuits in Wisconsin are seeking to have the state’s congressional map thrown out in a development that follows Republican warnings earlier this year that the election of a Democratic-backed state Supreme Court candidate could lead to new lines.

With the lawsuits filed last week, Wisconsin joined a handful of states that ...Read more

BOSTON — Harvard President Alan Garber sought “common ground” with the Trump administration in the latest communications Monday, but again said the university will “not surrender its core, legally-protected principles out of fear of unfounded retaliation.”

“As your letter suggests, we share common ground on a number of critical ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards said he was the victim of a drunken man’s belligerence on Saturday night, but a Rotarian who helped organize the event where Edwards spoke said the congressman was the aggressor — striking a man in anger with a clipboard after finishing his speech.

Guy Gooder says he heard, but didn’t see, Edwards ...Read more

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine voters appear to have delivered a blow to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and a boost to the rival Duterte clan, whose members and allies outperformed expectations in Monday’s midterm elections.

Ex-President Rodrigo Duterte looks set to become mayor of Davao City despite his detention by the International ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are proposing to eliminate a tax credit for electric vehicles and phase out incentives to develop clean-energy projects to help pay for President Donald Trump’s massive tax package.

The incentives put in place by former President Joe Biden’s signature climate law have been ripe targets for lawmakers looking...Read more

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has filed a defamation lawsuit against a man she previously accused of involvement in sex crimes.

The lawsuit filed in a Charleston court Monday accuses Eric Bowman of defaming her in a series of tweets that the lawsuit calls “objectively falsehoods,” including the allegation that Mace did “illegally steer or...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s reconciliation text would renew the Federal Communications Commission’s lapsed spectrum auction authority through fiscal 2034 and establish a pipeline of at least 600 megahertz of mid-band spectrum.

Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., disclosed in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that ...Read more

The dismissal of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has triggered a group of Democratic lawmakers to request an investigation of potential improper communication between the Library of Congress and the executive branch.

“The abrupt firing of Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden raises serious concerns that the executive branch is improperly...Read more