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In a move that is open to multiple interpretations, Hillary Clinton has invited Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to speak on the first night of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, according to a report by Boston.com. The prime time speaking spot is a coveted one, but not one typically offered
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U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), stood with her party's leadership and voted for a pair of measures Thursday — the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act and Kate's Law — aimed at limiting the influence of "sanctuary cities" and keeping previously deported illegal immigrants out
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BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker plans to file an amendment to the Massachusetts state budget that he says will keep illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses, according to a report in the Boston Herald. Massachusetts has until October to meet federal identification standards developed after the Sept. 11 terrorist
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New Hampshire U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte said plenty in the single paragraph statement she released in response to news that Hillary Clinton has in all likelihood escaped without punishment for her handling of classified information on a private email server. "Despite finding evidence that Secretary Clinton was '
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On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted a resolution of independence from Great Britain. (The delegates from New York abstained from the vote). The resolution had first been presented to Congress on June 7, but New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and South Carolina were unwilling
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In June 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed a committee to draft a formal document outlining the arguments in support of independence. Although Thomas Jefferson of Virginia gets most of the credit for the document we know today as the Declaration of Independence, the drafting committee also included John Adams
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The meager 1 percent budget increase for the University of Massachusetts approved by the state legislature on Thursday foreshadows a coming debate over tuition and fee increases, which are set to be voted on by the university's board of trustees on July 14. ["We] appreciate the fact