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Mass. Legislature sends clean energy accord to Healey
After months of delay, the Massachusetts Legislature sent a major clean energy bill to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk amid shifting national energy policy dynamics. The House voted 125-17 to approve the 139-page House-Senate compromise bill (S 2967), and both chambers took final procedural votes to send it to the governor for her signature, amendme... -
Trump to nominate his criminal defense lawyer for deputy attorney general
The president-elect said he’d chosen Todd Blanche, who represented him in his criminal trial this year, for the No. 2 job at the Justice Department.
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Former Detroit Lions player charged in Jan. 6 riot
Leander Antwione Williams, a linebacker who played with the Lions in the 2016 season, is charged with two felonies in connection with the attack on the Capitol in 2021.
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What are recess appointments, and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet?
President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government.
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Trump chooses former Rep. Doug Collins to run Veterans Affairs
Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DiZoglio says Mass. House is ‘slapping voters in the face' with audit rule change
A widely popular ballot law that authorizes the state auditor to probe the Legislature still has not taken effect, and the latest response from representatives set off another political fracas about transparency on Beacon Hill. Auditor Diana DiZoglio said Thursday that the state’s House of Representatives was “slapping voters in the fac... -
What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick for health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.
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Insiders weigh replacement standard after MCAS vote
After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that Massachusetts high school students pass the MCAS exam in order to receive a diploma, the question of whether the state will pursue a new statewide standard in the exams’ place — and what, exactly, that would look like — looms over the upcoming legislative session... -
Elon Musk's new ‘department' seeks ‘super high-IQ' staff for unpaid jobs
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new commission to slash government spending began soliciting applications for staff jobs Thursday, saying it wants to hire “revolutionaries” who score highly on IQ tests.
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Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for Health and Human Services secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Vaccine maker stocks fall as Trump chooses RFK Jr. to lead HHS
Shares of Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer, BioNTech and GSK closed lower on Thursday.
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Senators want details of Matt Gaetz ethics probe before his confirmation vote for attorney general
Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.
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Incoming Trump admin is eyeing new immigrant detention centers near major US cities
The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.
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What to know about Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick to serve as attorney general
In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist who has been seen as divisive even within his own party.
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Group looking at ‘any and all ideas' for replacing Tobin Bridge
A constellation of transportation planners, elected officials and community groups embarked Wednesday on a campaign to think about a massive project coming into focus on the horizon: replacing the Tobin Bridge. Over the next 18 months, a state working group will examine options to succeed the 74-year-old bridge that connects Chelsea and Boston̵... -
Top Mass. Democrats mulling options after big audit law vote
A week after Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly embraced Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s ability to audit the Legislature, Beacon Hill’s top Democrats said Wednesday they are mulling over unspecified potential alterations to the voter law. House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka, who have long resisted DiZoglio’s mis... -
Mass. AG Campbell: Gaetz ‘absolutely is not qualified' to be nation's AG
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz to become the nation’s attorney general was met with shock Wednesday, including from fellow Republicans. Massachusetts’ Democratic attorney general was among those highly critical of the pick. Trump announced Wednesday that Gaetz, a firebrand lawmaker from Florida, was hi...