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WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-two Democratic senators asked President Barack Obama on Friday to halt the recent round of federal deportation raids in another break between the party and the administration over its handling of Central American immigrants. In a letter Friday, the senators wrote that the raids were sweeping up mothers
Massachusetts
BOSTON – State Sen. Brian Joyce of Milton has made a $3,367 personal donation to charity to resolve the use of campaign funds to help cover the $5,200 cost of his son's graduation party at the senator's home, as well as a $1,250 donation
Democrats
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More than 40 years ago, a scheduling quirk vaulted Iowa to the front of the presidential nominating process, and ever since most White House hopefuls have devoted enormous time and money to a state that otherwise would get little attention. Here's how the caucuses
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will deliver a final State of the Union address Tuesday brimming with optimism — far more than most Americans possess. After six years of pitching ambitious proposals in his annual speech to Congress, Obama plans to take a rhetorical step back this year as he opens
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BOSTON – Speaker Robert DeLeo of the state House of Representatives took to social media Friday to demand an apology from the Boston Globe after Frank Phillips, the newspaper's State House bureau chief, penned a column comparing the powerful Winthrop Democrat to a plantation owner. "If it could
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is at risk of being excluded from the next Democratic presidential debate based on criteria released Friday by NBC News. In order to qualify for the Jan. 17 debate in Charleston, South Carolina, a candidate must reach an average of 5
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — You can take Joe Biden out of the presidential campaign, but you can't take the campaign out of Joe Biden. Three months after bowing out of the 2016 competition, the vice president has a few second thoughts about his decision.
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Several of the state's leading Democrats on Tuesday rushed to back President Barack Obama as he issued an executive order tightening gun controls by beefing up background checks on prospective buyers and imposing new restrictions on sellers. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh traveled to Washington to be one
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