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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a pro-Israel group that wants to put ads on Boston-area mass transit that authorities rejected as inflammatory. The justices on Monday let stand court rulings that upheld rejection of the ads by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The agency said
Abortion
WASHINGTON – The Little Sisters of the Poor found out it has 205 Republican and 2 Democratic friends in Congress after the members filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday on behalf of the religious order in the U.S. Supreme Court case Zubik v. Burwell. The case will decide whether the government
gun control
NewBostonPost Editor Jennifer C. Braceras appeared on WGBH's "Greater Boston" on Monday, Jan. 4 to discuss gun control, including President Obama's executive order, and the situation at the wildlife refuge in Oregon.
Massachusetts
NewBostonPost Editor Jennifer C. Braceras appeared on NECN's "Broadside" this past weekend to discuss the gun debate alongside Democratic political analyst Maura Dolan.
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
Politics
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former technology executive Carly Fiorina will not appear on the primetime debate stage when the Republican Party's 2016 presidential class faces off later this week in South Carolina. Debate host Fox Business Network announced the debate lineup Monday evening,
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address will attempt to frame the choice Americans face as they select his successor. He'll dole out an optimistic vision for the country's future in contrast to what he sees as the pervasive pessimism
Massachusetts
LITTLETON – Vandals hit Donald Trump's Massachusetts campaign headquarters over the weekend, spray painting vulgar symbols, expletives and "nazi" on the storefront in Littleton center. The Republican presidential contender's Bay State headquarters opened in the historic Conant Building in December. Trump was in the area
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