The Massachusetts Republican Party hascondemned U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) over a controversial remark she made in the wake of the recent death of a health insurance executive.
UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson was assassinated in New York on December 4, 2024, and a 26-year-old man arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, is being charged for murdering him.
No one from the Massachusetts congressional delegation voted in favor of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act this week.
The bill (H.R. 5009) would allocate $895 billion for the U.S. military next year. It passed 281-140 in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, December 11; 200 Republicans supported the measure while 16 opposed it, and 81 Democrats voted for it, while 124 Democrats voted no.
