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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — President Trump’s frustration at the investigations into his campaign’s ties with Russia boiled over Sunday, as he sought to shift the focus to accusations against his 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton, a day before the special counsel inquiry will reportedly produce its first indictment in the case. In a series of midmorning Twitter posts, Trump said Republicans are now pushing back against the Russia allegations by looking into Clinton.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Today’s Republican leaders are pursuing a very different strategy to try to pass their yet-unseen tax overhaul legislation.   “Please, President Trump, please. . . Don’t send me home.

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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Capital Source That’s what it looks like at first blush in a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll released earlier this week.   CAPITAL SOURCE The GOP candidate for the US Senate collected about $50,000 in nearly six weeks between forming her fund-raising committee and Sept.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Today’s Republican leaders are pursuing a very different strategy to try to pass their yet-unseen tax overhaul legislation.   “Please, President Trump, please. . . Don’t send me home.

Congressional Republicans are feeling enormous pressure to deliver a win on tax reform before Christmas Day. After a humiliating defeat on ObamaCare repeal, GOP leaders are desperate for their first major legislative victory of 2017 and are doubling down on their ambitious timeline to overhaul the U.S. tax code. Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) reiterated this week that House Republicans will pass their tax bill out of their chamber before the Thanksgiving recess kicks off on Nov.

The House Intelligence Committee announced Saturday that it has reached a settlement to obtain bank records from the private intelligence firm that produced a controversial dossier alleging ties between President Trump and Russia. "The parties have reached an agreement related to the House Intelligence Committee's subpoena for Fusion GPS's bank records that will secure the Committee's access to the records necessary for its investigation," the committee said in a statement. Fusion GPS had hired Christopher Steele, a former British spy, to compile the dossier on Trump.

A massive rebuilding contract between Puerto Rico and a small Montana energy company has sparked controversy and raised questions about relief efforts after Hurricane Maria. The $300 million contract between the stricken island’s power utility and two-year-old firm Whitefish Energy Holdings is looking more and more unusual each day. On Friday, the Trump administration distanced itself from the contract, which the White House, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Interior Secretary MORE all said Puerto Rican officials were responsible for having signed. “

The revelation that MORE’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) helped fund an explosive dossier about President Trump has roiled the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Republicans are on the offensive, claiming the new funding revelations as evidence the investigations into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia were fixed against them from the start.

President Trump waded back into the Virginia governor’s race this week, highlighting the challenges he presents for both Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam. Trump praised Gillespie on Twitter, saying that he'll be tough on crime and try to protect Confederate monuments.