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Invoking the spirit of the American Revolution just across the street from Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, Mayor Michelle Wu has issued a fiery and defiant rebuke to the U.S. Attorney General. Her press conference on Tuesday was a direct response to a new, aggressive push by the Trump administration to force so-called “sanctuary cities” to…

In a constitutionally alarming development, the President of the United States, fresh from a summit with the autocratic leader of Russia, is now citing that leader’s “advice” as the basis for a new campaign to overhaul the American election system. Citing Vladimir Putin, President Trump is now vowing to lead a movement to eliminate mail-in…

“Donald Trump, you have poked the bear and we will punch back,” California Governor Gavin Newsom recently declared. The “punch” he is proposing is a plan to dismantle his own state’s celebrated, voter-approved independent redistricting commission in order to draw a new, partisan gerrymander to favor Democrats. The stated reason for this move is to…

The dramatic, month-long exile is over. The Texas Democrats who fled the state to block a Republican power play have returned to Austin, but not to a hero’s welcome from their colleagues. Instead, they were met by state police and a demand from Republican leadership to sign what they are calling “permission slips” just to…

In the wake of his high-stakes summit with Ukrainian and European leaders, President Trump has made a powerful and seemingly definitive promise to the American people. He declared on Tuesday that there will be “no U.S. troops defending Ukraine’s border,” an “assurance” he suggested would hold even after he leaves office. This is the centerpiece…

The first results of the federal takeover of Washington, D.C. are in. The administration is hailing its crime crackdown as an “extraordinary effort,” highlighted by the arrest of an MS-13 gang member and the seizure of dozens of firearms. At the same time, the city’s elected leaders are decrying the federal presence as an “authoritarian…

A political veteran, narrowly defeated after decades in office, is stepping back into the arena for a high-stakes rematch. Former Senator Sherrod Brown’s announcement that he will run for his old Ohio Senate seat in 2026 sets the stage for one of the most closely watched races of the midterm elections. This is not just…

In the stately, climate-controlled quiet of the White House, the President of the United States met with his Ukrainian counterpart to discuss the delicate framework of a potential peace deal. At that very moment, half a world away, Russian drones were slamming into a residential building in Kharkiv, killing a toddler and a teenager as…

A recently fired top official from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has accused his former superiors of corruption, alleging they allowed “corrupt lobbyists” to pervert justice in the handling of a major technology merger. Roger Alford, the former No. 2 official in the division, delivered a blistering speech on Monday, framing his dismissal as a…

In a remarkably candid television interview this weekend, the man President Trump has put in charge of investigating the “weaponization” of the government has revealed a stunning and controversial investigative philosophy. Ed Martin, the head of the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group,” described a strategy that critics are calling a blueprint for “punitive fishing expeditions”…