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PHILADELPHIA — Police were ready and waiting Wednesday night to handle the wave of protesters that successfully barreled through the 8-foot tall metal perimeter fence put in place to protect those inside the Democratic National Convention's Wells Fargo Center from harm. Philadelphia police officers, however, were at the same
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PHILADELPHIA — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tried his best inside the Democratic National Convention to foster unity within the party by closing out the roll call vote nominating Hillary Clinton to be presidential nominee, but outside those secure confines his legion of vocal fans vowed to never back the former secretary
Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Monday it is launching an investigation into the apparent hacking of a trove of Democratic National Committee emails, a string of which have indicated that party bosses worked behind the scenes to tip the nomination in the direction of Hillary Clinton over rival
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CLEVELAND — Coming out as transgender was easy for her; what was harder was coming out as a Republican. Caitlyn Jenner, the talk of the nation a little more than a year ago when she announced she was no longer going to be known as Bruce Jenner, drew laughs Wednesday at
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BOSTON — Mayor Marty Walsh will play a starring role at next week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, according to a report from Politico. Walsh will be a featured speaker when the convention kicks off on Monday. A source familiar with the convention's schedule told Politico that
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BOSTON — It's no secret that the Islamic State wants to see certain people dead, but what may have caught some in the Bay State by surprise is the fact that ISIS is maintaining an apparent "kill list" of Massachusetts state employees. According to various media reports,
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NewBostonPost senior political reporter Evan Lips documents the scene of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. All photos by Evan Lips, NewBostonPost.
Donald Trump
BEACHWOOD, OHIO — A day after the wife of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump drew fire for lifting passages of First Lady Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic National Convention speech, Massachusetts Republican Party Chairwoman Kirsten Hughes looked to downplay the controversy, saying the episode will likely be forgotten as