WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is grabbing center stage in the 2016 presidential race as Donald Trump's most effective antagonist and Sen. Bernie Sanders' top rival for the affections of progressive voters. The combination could make Warren an indispensable ally to Hillary Clinton, in the process elevating her own stature and allowing her to draw attention to the issues she cares about most.
"She doesn't talk often. And when she talks, you should listen to her," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday, a day after Warren delivered a much-noticed speech lashing Trump as a "small, insecure moneygrubber who doesn't care who gets hurt, so long as he makes some money."
BOSTON – Environmentalists across Massachusetts were ecstatic Wednesday after members of the state Senate voted during budget deliberations to adopt an amendment banning plastic disposable shopping bags in the commonwealth.
The amendment, proposed by state Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), would take effect in August 2018 if it passes in the House of Representatives and remains in the fiscal 2017 spending measure that is ultimately signed into law.
