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Tom Joyce is a seasoned journalist and political commentator with a rich background in covering politics, sports, and pop culture. Since 2019, Tom has been a prominent contributor to NewBostonPost.
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A primary challenger to President Joe Biden held a campaign event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, but no voters showed up. U.S. Representative Dean Phillips (D-Minnesota) hosted an event called "Government Repair Truck Coffee Conversations" outside of the Double Tree Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire. While reporters
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Gas prices took a slight dip in Massachusetts over the past week. The average price for a gallon of gas dropped three cents, from $3.20 per gallon to $3.17. That means gas is $0.16 per gallon cheaper than it was last year in Massachusetts.
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If a recent CNN poll isn't fake news, the 2024 New Hampshire Republican primary will be competitive. In it, former President Donald Trump holds a seven-point lead over former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley: 39 percent to 32 percent.
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If you've ever donated money to Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, you may have helped pay for an abortion. That's because she donated $1,918.75 worth of campaign funds to what's known as an abortion fund in 2023, and $2,100 in 2022 — a
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No Labels will be on the ballot in Maine this year if it decides to run a presidential candidate. The centrist political movement wants to run a unity presidential ticket that features both a moderate Republican and Democrat in opposition to both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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Former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) does not want to see former President Donald Trump win his party's nomination in the 2024 presidential primary. Cheney made that clear while speaking at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire this past weekend.
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) wants to put conditions on future foreign aid to Israel. Warren expressed her dismay with the Likud government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu on X (formerly known as Twitter) and said the United States should try to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
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Each school year, more Massachusetts public school students are identifying as non-binary. Since the start of the 2019-2020 school year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's public school enrollment data has broken down gender into three categories: male, female, and non-binary. In this instance, "non-binary&