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Russian internet trolls are trying to stoke the controversy in the U.S. over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem by using opposing hashtags such as #TakeAKnee and #BoycottNFL, a Senate Homeland Security Committee member said today. "We watched even this weekend, the Russians and their troll farms, and their internet folks, start hash-tagging out 'take a knee' and also hash-tagging out 'Boycott NFL,'" Sen. James Lankford of (R-Oklahoma) said at a hearing where FBI Director Christopher Wray testified about some of his agency's work.

The Trump administration has confirmed that the U.S. plans to set a limit of 45,000 refugees for the next fiscal year -– a drop from Trump’s 50,000 cap last year and the 110,000 that Obama pledged the U.S.

THE TAKE with ABC News' Rick Klein It all seemed so easy, so … normal. GOP leaders released their consensus framework, the president delivered a coordinated address, and the Freedom Caucus and conservative outside groups spoke with one voice. Tax reform means so much to the President Trump described it?

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — Fighting to keep his job, health secretary Tom Price said Thursday he’d write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his travel on charter flights taken on government business and pledged to fly commercial — ‘‘no exceptions.’’ ‘‘I regret the concerns this has raised regarding the use of taxpayer dollars,’’ Price said in a statement.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Tom Price said Thursday he’d write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his travel on charter flights taken on government business.  Evan Horowitz | Quick Study Tax cuts haven’t appeared to have worked in Indiana—or many other places.  Officials at Cambridge Public Schools are distancing the district from a letter penned by a school librarian rejecting books donated by first lady Melania Trump. The former Utah governor takes over a high-profile diplomatic post amid i

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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 The Cambridge comedian says former congressman Barney Frank will campaign with him after “encouraging me for months to get in” the lieutenant governor race.  CAPITAL SOURCE It’s a move that could be a game-changer in the Republican party’s 2018 selection of Elizabeth Warren’s opponent.   capital source Mayor Martin J. Walsh has named a new budget director, and he tapped him from the last place he found a financial aide — the State House.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Tom Price said Thursday he’d write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his travel on charter flights taken on government business.  Evan Horowitz | Quick Study Tax cuts haven’t appeared to have worked in Indiana—or many other places.  Officials at Cambridge Public Schools are distancing the district from a letter penned by a school librarian rejecting books donated by first lady Melania Trump. The former Utah governor takes over a high-profile diplomatic post amid i

House Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that the lower chamber has passed numerous bills that are stalled in the Senate. In an interview with Fox News’ “Hannity,” Ryan said the House is “on schedule,” noting it has passed legislation on issues ranging from health care, to sanctuary cities, to the military. “We’ve done all these things.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Wednesday cast President Trump and congressional Republicans' tax proposal not just as bad policy, but bad math.  "If you believe 2+2=7, you will like GOP #TaxReform plan," Lieu wrote on Twitter.