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The Boston Democrat’s surprise decision to take an executive post at Suffolk Construction will leave the Senate with no black members.  For many Americans, it will be their first introduction to the latest Kennedy on the political scene.   Will Oprah Winfrey run for president in 2020?  The White House says President Trump is proposing to provide a path to citizenship for 1.8 million younger immigrants living in the US illegally.  ‘‘I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,’’ Trump said at the White House.

The Boston Democrat’s surprise decision to take an executive post at Suffolk Construction will leave the Senate with no black members.  For many Americans, it will be their first introduction to the latest Kennedy on the political scene.   Will Oprah Winfrey run for president in 2020?  The White House says President Trump is proposing to provide a path to citizenship for 1.8 million younger immigrants living in the US illegally.  ‘‘I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,’’ Trump said at the White House.

Special counsel MORE and ask him questions regarding former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to a new report Wednesday. Mueller’s team sent Trump’s lawyers a list of potential interview topics, CNN reported.  The special counsel is also interested in Trump's outreach to lawmakers about congressional investigations into R

Republicans are floating the idea that FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials formed a “secret society” that held meetings in which they plotted to undermine MORE and his administration. Two FBI agents accused by Republicans of harboring anti-Trump bias exchanged text messages, one of which mentioned a “secret society” — possibly as a private joke. The message, first described by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman MORE (R-Texas), lacks context and the lawmakers have admitted that they don't know for sure what it m

on Wednesday said he is open to offering young immigrants a pathway to citizenship over 10-12 years, as long as he gets billions of dollars to pay for a border wall and other security measures.

MORE, laying the groundwork for a high-stakes meeting that could shape the course of the Russia investigation. “I'm looking forward to it," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked whether he would submit to questioning by Mueller's team. "I would do it under oath," he added. Trump has ridiculed the Russia investigation as a “witch hunt” and a “hoax,” but the White House has sought to comply with the special counsel’s requests in hopes that the investigation will wrap soon and clear the president of wrongdoing. Trump said he expects to speak with Mueller in

Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday that he will give an immigration bill a vote, but it won't be attached to a spending deal. "It is still my view that I will call up a DACA related immigration bill that ... the president will sign and that it will not be a part of any overall spending agreement," McConnell told reporters, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congress has less than two weeks to meet a Jan.

Even before senators reached an agreement Monday to re-open the government and walk the country back from the brink - assessing the political fallout was in full swing. More than 30 Democrats essentially flipped their votes to back a short-term extension in government funding in return for a public promise from Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he would allow a floor debate and vote on immigration before the new Feb.

On their first day back at work since voting to reopen the federal government, senators spent Tuesday regrouping on immigration reform. Congress voted to end the three-day shutdown Monday after Republican leaders provided assurances to Democrats that issues like immigration reform - especially the fate of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients - would be addressed soon. But the path forward remained murky Tuesday a

Vice President Mike Pence will head to Pennsylvania’s 18th district next month to campaign for Republican candidate Rick Saccone in a special election that's ignited new GOP anxieties that it might lose another race ahead of the 2018 midterms. Pence’s visit on Feb.