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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump seems willing to push whatever stomach-churning buttons are necessary to drive this country apart.  Republicans are on their way to becoming the party of those who fear and hate immigrants.  The president insisted he was not “angry at anybody” and that investigations into his campaign’s links to Russia had not come near him personally.  Many of the ads purchased during the 2016 election focused on divisive issues such as immigration, gun control, and politics.

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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump seems willing to push whatever stomach-churning buttons are necessary to drive this country apart.  Republicans are on their way to becoming the party of those who fear and hate immigrants.  The president insisted he was not “angry at anybody” and that investigations into his campaign’s links to Russia had not come near him personally.  Many of the ads purchased during the 2016 election focused on divisive issues such as immigration, gun control, and politics.

Facebook, Google and Twitter officials were grilled on Tuesday by lawmakers from both parties on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who expressed frustration with the companies’ response so far to the use of their platforms by Russia in last year’s election. Lawmakers pushed the companies for more answers on how their platforms were used by both Russia and terrorist groups, and stressed that it was in the national security interests of the U.S. to find solutions. “The bottom line is that these platforms are being used to undermine and harm our way of life,” said Sen.

A truck drove off the road and onto a bicycle path in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, leaving at least eight dead and several others injured in what officials say was a terror attack. After striking several people on the bicycle path, a suspect exited the vehicle displaying "imitation firearms" and was shot by police, the New York Police Department wrote on Twitter. The suspect was identified as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, 29, who came to the U.S.

Special counsel Robert Mueller put himself in a protected position on Monday morning when he publicly revealed the first charges in his controversial and wide-ranging investigation into Russia’s involvement in the presidential election. President Trump has long fumed that the investigation is a “witch hunt” engineered by his political enemies, sparking speculation that he will try to fire the special counsel.   “It’s fair to say ... Mr.

Some Senate Republicans are pushing for changes to the party’s tax-reform bill, fearing it will be portrayed as a handout to the rich that hurts the poor. A group of GOP lawmakers want to leave the lowest tax bracket where it is, rather than raising it from 10 percent to 12 percent. Some senators also support creating a fourth tax bracket to limit the size of the tax cut for millionaires. “The optics don’t look very good, taking 10 percent to 12. If you’re a 10 percent payer, you’re really going to zero [under the bill], but the optics are that it looks like you’re going from 10 to 12.

House Republicans rushing to finish a far-reaching tax cut package by Thanksgiving conceded late Tuesday that they would have to delay the release of their legislation by a day. The GOP now says the bill will be released on Thursday as lawmakers scramble to reach a consensus on how to restructure the nation’s tax laws. Fights over possible changes to the tax status of 401(k) retirement plans and the state and local taxes deduction are at the center of the delay. Lobbyists chattered throughout the day over whether Wednesday’s big unveiling of the GOP tax package would have to be delayed as it b

HANOVER, N.H. — Three Dartmouth College professors whose research included studies of sexual desire and attractiveness have been put on paid leave while a criminal investigation of alleged sexual misconduct is carried out, the authorities said Tuesday. Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald of New Hampshire said his office was part of a joint criminal investigation by five law enforcement agencies into allegations of “serious misconduct” by the professors, all male tenured faculty members in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.