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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The newly issued rules give employers the right to deny women birth control coverage by claiming religious or moral objections.  The Trump administration is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons.

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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories While he has not yet held a public campaign kick-off event, candidates don’t raise that much money if they don’t plan to run.  CAPITAL SOURCE Tennant, whom Charlie Baker once removed as a fund raiser because of his raffish reputation, is hosting a fund raising event for Beth Lindstrom at his Swampscott home Wednesday night.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The newly issued rules give employers the right to deny women birth control coverage by claiming religious or moral objections.  The Trump administration is allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons.

President Trump waded into the Virginia gubernatorial race in a tweet Thursday night, accusing Democratic candidate Ralph Northam of “fighting for” the MS-13 gang. “Ralph Northam, who is running for Governor of Virginia, is fighting for the violent MS-13 killer gangs & sanctuary cities,” Trump tweeted. “Vote Ed Gillespie!” Northam's campaign fired back at Trump in a statement blasting his GOP opponent Ed Gillespie. "They both want to cut funding to education, roll back healthcare, and divide Virginians for political gains.

Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning on Thursday ripped the Trump administration's request to throw out a lawsuit against President Trump's transgender military ban, calling the move "harmful." "Any time you take a group and imply … that they are different or set apart for reasons unrelated to their ability to serve and meet the requirements, it's harmful for the force," Fanning, who served under former President The Washington Examiner. "It's harmful to the individuals, but it is harmful to the force as a whole," he continued.  Fanning's comments come after the Justice Department

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) is going after President Trump's strategy on North Korea, saying the president lacks a game plan in dealing with the regime's nuclear ambitions.  "Ten months into this administration, if you ask a very simple and crucial question on North Korea, they can’t answer it: 'Does the U.S.

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National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre on Thursday night ripped critics calling for gun control after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, calling them hypocritical. "Now you have [Sen.] NRA issued its first statement on the Las Vegas shooting earlier Thursday backing additional regulations on bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic guns to fire hundreds of rounds per minute. “The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations,” the organization said. However, LaPierre emphasize

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has flown on military aircraft seven times since March at a cost of more than $800,000, including a $15,000 round-trip flight to New York to meet with President Trump at Trump Tower, according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General. The inquiry into Mr.