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GOP Sen. Hedlund elected Weymouth mayor, aide to run for vacated seat

WEYMOUTH — With Republican state Sen. Robert L. Hedlund's mayoral victory in the books, aide Patrick O'Connor confirmed he will run for his boss's Plymouth and Norfolk District seat. "I am running," O'Connor said by phone, moments after the Massachusetts Republican

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Paul Ryan ushers in a more open House, for better or worse

WASHINGTON (AP) — Late nights dealing with scores of amendments on the House floor. An invite to the famously staid Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, to appear at an open mic session.

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Carson might have taken ‘different approach’ on rap ad

MIAMI (AP) — Even Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson doesn't seem to think his campaign ad featuring rap lyrics is the best idea. Carson said Thursday he "probably would have taken a little different approach," when asked about the new ad during book-signing events in Miami and

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Trump, O’Malley file for New Hampshire primary ballot

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A leading Republican and a lagging Democrat became the first major candidates Wednesday to file for New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Celebrity businessman Donald Trump and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley were among a handful of candidates who signed up to get

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Conflicting strategies shape GOP debate furor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a handful of high-profile defections, most Republican presidential candidates are still demanding changes to the GOP's coming debates. That's not to say they are speaking with one voice. The White House hopefuls have distinct, sometimes contradictory, strategies to score political points from the

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Keystone backers look to Obama’s successor to make the call

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company pleading for permission to build the Keystone XL pipeline looked beyond President Barack Obama on Tuesday in apparent hopes a future Republican president would greenlight the project. But the administration signaled it was in no mood to hand off the decision to the winner of the

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Policy fights, funding battles still pose shutdown threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a broad budget deal, the White House and congressional Republicans must resolve dozens of policy issues and spending fights if they are to avoid a holiday season government shutdown. Hot-button battles over Planned Parenthood, the environment and money for agencies like the IRS could still derail a

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What’s ahead in long grind of 2016 campaign for president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day 2015 is Tuesday, which means we're a year away from the big Election Day to come — the one with the next president on the ballot. Here's a look at some of the milestones ahead before the end of the 2016 presidential campaign.