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New Englanders are great at handling blizzards. Let’s apply that know-how to heat waves.

We know how to do snow around here. But can we New Englanders be just as hardy when it comes to extreme heat?

The multiracial population of Mass. — and the US — is growing rapidly. That could change electoral politics.
Birth data show more than one in five babies born in Massachusetts are multiracial.

Massachusetts ‘millionaires tax’ generated $2.2 billion in first year, but budget gap remains
After adjusting for the new tax revenue, the state currently faces a budget gap of around $233 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30.

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Massachusetts Democratic leader manages state politics while providing $2m in aid to Ukraine

With Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the Divine Nine is set to play a key role heading into November

GOP attacks on Walz’s military service echo ‘swift-boating’ of Kerry two decades ago. Democrats say they’ve learned since.

VP candidate Tim Walz to appear in Rhode Island next week

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New poll shows Harris leading Trump in three battleground states

We're gathering the latest news, updates, and analysis on the 2024 presidential race. Follow along.

Trump says Microsoft told his campaign Iran was behind hack

Former president Donald Trump said he was informed by Microsoft Corp. that one of his campaign websites was hacked by the Iranian government, but said the hackers were only able to access “publicly available information” in the breach.

Harris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vow

Harris made the announcement at a rally on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where the economy relies heavily on the hotel, restaurant and entertainment industries.

‘Original sin’: Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict

A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others has thrown the cases into disarray

‘Original sin’: Torture of 9/11 suspects means even without plea deal, they may never face a verdict

A Defense Department disagreement over how to bring to justice the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others has thrown the cases into disarray

Donald Trump headlines Montana rally after plane was diverted but landed safely

Trump kicked off his rally about 90 minutes behind schedule and immediately began lacing into Democratic Senator Jon Tester. “We are going to defeat radical left Democrat Jon Tester, he’s terrible,” he said.

Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried.

The former president is putting immigration at the center of his plan to retake the White House and pushing the Republican Party towards a bellicose strategy that hearkens back to the 1950s.

Kamala Harris makes an immigration pitch in Arizona as she fights to gain ground in the Sun Belt

Harris drew on her prosecutorial background to make her first expansive pitch on immigration to border-state voters as she and her new running mate attracted thousands to a campaign rally.

Man who attacked police at the US Capitol with poles gets 20 years, one of longest Jan. 6 sentences

Prosecutors described him as one of the most violent members of the mob of former president Donald Trump supporters that attacked the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify President Biden’s 2020 election victory.

Biden promised peace, but will leave his successor a nation consumed by war

While America is no longer waging a large-scale ground war like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, for much of his tenure, Biden has seemed like a wartime leader.

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Trump open to curbing access to abortion pills through federal regulations

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President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris to make first joint trip since Biden dropped out

The White House announced Friday morning that Biden and Harris will head to Maryland on Aug. 15 for an event to “discuss the progress they are making to lower costs for the American people.” They did not disclose the location or more specifics.

Trump’s tax plan could add trillions in debt. Harris’s is a mystery.

Independent analyses suggest Trump’s plans could add close to $4 trillion over the next decade to America’s already fast-growing national debt. Harris has no policy proposals posted on her campaign website — economic or otherwise.

Fact check: A look at claims made by Trump at news conference

The Republican presidential nominee spoke for more than an hour, discussing a number of issues facing the country and then taking questions from reporters. He made a number of false and misleading claims.

That time Trump nearly died in a helicopter crash? Didn’t happen.

Former president Donald Trump told a story about nearly dying in a helicopter ride with Willie Brown, the former California politician and ex-boyfriend of his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Massachusetts Democratic leader manages state politics while providing $2m in aid to Ukraine

Adam Roof is a founding board member of Actions Beyond Words, a nonprofit that has provided almost $2 million of aid in Ukraine.

With Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the Divine Nine is set to play a key role heading into November

As Harris, a graduate of Howard University, a historically Black school, has made a point of highlighting her membership and spoken at several Black Greek-letter organization events, members have grown excited about her candidacy.

Analysis

Richard Nixon resigned 50 years ago amid questions of presidential privilege and immunity. We’re still considering those issues.

Here, as in so many other ways, former president Donald Trump has changed the calculus.

Harris and Walz show their support for organized labor with appearance at Detroit union hall

Harris and Walz spoke Thursday to about 100 United Auto Workers members at Local 900 Hall, which represents Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant.

Trump recommits to a Sept. 10 debate and lashes out at Harris at news conference

As Trump addressed reporters at his Palm Beach, Florida, estate, ABC announced that Trump and Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a widely anticipated faceoff in an already unparalleled presidential election.