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WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerted Republican opposition to considering President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court showed early signs of splintering on Wednesday as a handful of influential senators opened the door to a possible confirmation hearing. One Republican even suggested the president should nominate a candidate from his
Massachusetts
BOSTON – An investigation into state Sen. Brian Joyce has expanded beyond the Massachusetts Ethics Commission to the FBI and the IRS, as agents from the two federal agencies on Wednesday raided the Milton Democrat's Canton law offices, officials said. Joyce, who has been the subject of several media
Massachusetts
BOSTON – With just under two weeks until Massachusetts voters head to the polls to pick presidential candidates, supporters of the two Democratic contenders pitched communities of color from the State House steps on Wednesday. With separate press conferences scheduled two hours apart, politicians and activists backing Hillary Clinton and Bernie
Massachusetts
CONCORD, N.H. – The "People's Pledge," conjured up by then-U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, attempted to curb outside influence over the Bay State's 2012 Senate race. Today, New Hampshire's Republican senator Kelly Ayotte is attempting to breathe new life into
washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday that the president would veto legislation to rename the area in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington after a prominent Chinese political prisoner. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters that the bill proposed by Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of
GOP
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he would nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court who is "indisputably" qualified. He called on the staunch Republican opposition in the Senate to rise above "venom and rancor" and give the nominee
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Recognizing two Boston area charter schools named as finalists for a $80,000 prize on Tuesday, Education Secretary James Peyser said that charter schools in Massachusetts have a "tremendous impact" on the course of education reform in the state. "From pilot schools to innovation schools, extended
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(CNSNews.com) –- A three-judge federal appeals panel in Washington has overturned a lower court ruling that allowed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withhold documents from the public regarding its Fast and Furious gun-running scandal. Senior Circuit Judge Douglas Ginsburg, who wrote the February 12 ruling, cited a prior
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