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President Donald Trump has praised tariffs and announced an array of import duties on specific countries and products since taking office.

The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer Patrick Henry to persuade colonists to prepare for war against Great Britain.

At the first stop of their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour out West, two of the Democratic Party’s most unabashed progressive lawmakers had plenty to say about President Donald Trump. But they also had some strong words for their own party.

Warning of “economic hardship” and a possible “constitutional crisis,” Attorney General Andrea Campbell delivered a message Thursday for the president, who her office has already sued more than half a dozen times. “Bring it on,” Campbell said twice during a speech to business leaders, discussing her office’s efforts to combat President Donald Trump’s agenda in his first two months...

Ben & Jerry’s claims its CEO was wrongly fired because of the ice cream company’s progressive political stance.

Two weeks before the policies are set to expire, the House and Senate took the first steps Monday to once again temporarily extend pandemic-era laws allowing remote access for public meetings in Massachusetts.

Nine other members of the Democratic Caucus — a contingent of mostly swing-state and retiring senators — eventually joined Schumer in voting to advance the Republican funding proposal

Massachusetts is losing $12.2 million in federal money that had been earmarked for Bay State schools to buy food from local farms and Gov. Maura Healey indicated that the state has no plans to backstop the funding for more than 200 school systems.

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure  Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump’s address to Congress. The Republican-controlled body voted 224-198, including 10 Democrats in favor of approving the resolution.

Here’s what it means to be censured in Congress.

The border visit aims to highlight how the Trump administration’s tougher immigration policies have led to fewer arrests for illegal crossings.

Protestors in Serbia threw smoke grenades and tear gas during a Parliament session Tuesday in an effort to denounce government corruption. Three were injured, and one was hospitalized.

As the federal government vows to to tackle rising prices, there are key steps consumers can take to bring monthly costs down.

The Texas Democrat disrupted Trump early in his speech and was removed soon after.

President Donald Trump’s speech in Congress started with disruptions by Rep. Al Green from Texas.

A top government official named designated survivor to preserve the presidential line of succession in the event of a catastrophe.

A federal employee who was laid off by DOGE and the Trump administration talks about why he wishes he could go back in time and vote for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

A spokesperson for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed to NBC Washington that the Black Lives Matter Plaza will be rennamed. There’s no timeline yet for the change.

A government official is chosen as the designated survivor during high-profile political events to maintain the presidential line of succession in the event of a catastrophe. Here’s how it works.

In a meeting on Sunday with European leaders in London, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believes relations will continue with the United States.