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WASHINGTON — State election officials, worried about the integrity of their voting systems, are pressing to make them more secure ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Reacting in large part to Russian efforts to hack the presidential election last year, a growing number of states are upgrading electoral databases and voting machines, and even adding cybersecurity experts to their election teams.

President Obamacare marketplaces. With the “power of the pen,” Trump's executive order seeks to unravel significant parts of insurance rules under the Department of Labor and the Treasury Department, aims to get those agencies to expand association health plans, short term limited duration plans and makes recommendations for changes to health reimbursement arrangements. The president said during the signing that he is "taking the first s

President Donald Trump shot down NBC News reports Wednesday that he called for a reported tenfold increase to the nation's nuclear arsenal during a national security meeting this summer and slammed the media for spreading what he calls “fake news.” During a meeting in the Oval Office with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump said it was “absolutely disgusting” that the press is able to “write whatever they want to write” and insisted the reporting that he had called for more nuclear weapons was not true. "But I want modernization and I want total rehabilitation.

White House chief of staff Donald Trump on Thursday, telling reporters that he has no plans to resign or reason to believe he will be fired. "Although I read it all the time, pretty consistently, I'm not quitting today," Kelly said in his first public appearance at a White House press briefing. "I don't believe -- and I just talked to the president -- I don't think I'm being fired today.

President Iran deal and supporters of decertification, has recommended holding off on “snapping back,” or restoring immediately, the nuclear sanctions lifted as part of the deal.

THE TAKE President Trump is once again the bull in the china shop, telling Congress, "I broke it, you buy it." Within 24 hours, he will make two statements that could wreak havoc on systems in place expecting lawmakers to pick up the pieces. First, the monumental decision to end subsidies the federal government pays to insurers to keep out-of-pocket health care costs down for lower-income Americans.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is inviting congressional Democrats to ‘‘call me to fix’’ America’s health care system, as he prepares an order ceasing federal subsidy payments to health insurers. In a pre-dawn post on his Twitter account Friday, the president reiterated his oft-stated argument that the Obama-era health care law is a “broken mess” and “imploding.” Since his presidential campaign and nearly nine months in office, Trump has persistentl

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Governor Charlie Baker joined Democrats in denouncing the White House move to roll back a key component of the Affordable Care Act.  Evan Horowitz | Quick Study In the Byzantine world of health care, the effect on lower-income Americans could be limited.  Ground Game Trump’s move to consider removing subsidies for health insurance for lower-income Americans might be the worst political decision he has made so far.  While efforts in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act

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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 Longtime Republican operative Beth Lindstrom will take square aim at Democratic US Senator Elizabeth Warren, whom she hopes to topple next year.  capital source Democratic congressional candidate Lori Trahan formalized her campaign Thursday, touting a $242,000 fund-raising haul in the last two weeks of September.