gun control
Take Your Gun Control and Shove It. We’re Arming Up.
Radio silence. It's never a good sign. Experts and pundits will tell you that before a terror attack, the chatter goes silent.
Republicans
Democrats
BACON HILL: Democrats Ram Pay Raise Bill Through House
BOSTON — House lawmakers on Wednesday acted quickly along party lines to ram through a complex $18 million package of legislative, judicial,and constitutional office pay raises, marking the end of a speedy process in which Republicans appeared to be powerless in their opposition. Each Republican amendment went down in defeat,
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Democrats
The waning influence of American political parties
Young Americans don't care much for political parties. According to the Pew Research Center, 48 percent of millennials (ages 18-33) identify as independents. That's almost as many as identify as Democrats (28 percent) and Republicans (18 percent) put together.
Donald Trump
Trump’s new Obama claims push into uncharted territory
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's latest accusation against President Barack Obama — that he's putting U.S. enemies ahead of America's own people — is thrusting him into uncharted territory for the presidential candidate of any major political party. Trump spent the first days following the Orlando
congress
Zika talks to end soon, Republican negotiators promise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have focused on a potential deal in the range of a $1.1 billion measure passed by the Senate last month. A trickier issue involves whether to pair
Massachusetts
Policy differences may delay budget accord, DeLeo says
BOSTON – Acknowledging a sudden erosion in the state budget's fiscal underpinnings just before the budget is due, House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday said policy differences between the House and Senate loom as an even larger obstacle to a budget accord that's due in two weeks.
Donald Trump
Obama scolds Trump over ‘dangerous’ Muslim plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American security and a menacing echo of some of the most shameful moments in U.S. history. Obama's rebuke was
Massachusetts
Baker names three judges as picks for state’s top court
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday named three Superior Court judges with extensive prosecutorial backgrounds as his picks for seats on the Supreme Judicial Court, seeking to elevate experienced jurists in a rare opportunity for a governor to shape the court so early in his first term. Baker, in
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