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Senator Luther Strange and former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jeff Sessions in the U.S. Senate. The debate – held without a moderator – focused largely on who would best support and advocate for President Trump’s agenda in the U.S.

Next week, Alabama voters will head to the polls for a Republican primary runoff for the Senate seat previously occupied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

President Donald Trump will visit Alabama Friday to campaign ahead of the Senate runoff for the Republican primary to fill the seat left vacant by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump, who won the state by a nearly 28 percent margin in the 2016 presidential election, has endorsed Luther Strange, the incumbent temporarily appointed to fill the seat. “Alabama is sooo lucky to have a candidate like 'Big' Luther Strange,” Trump tweeted about his favored candidate Wednesday. Vice President Mike Pence is also expected to

President Facebook said it would turn over some 3,000 Russia-linked political ads purchased during the 2016 election to congressional investigators. "The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook.

If North Korea follows through on its latest threat of setting off a nuclear explosion over the Pacific Ocean, it will ultimately be up to Rex Tillerson told ABC News today. ABC News Anchor United Nations General Assembly this week. "If we see this detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific, what will the U.S. do?" Muir asked. "Will there be military action?" "That will be the president’s decision," Tillerson said.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The federal government is telling election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached. States that told The Associated Press they had been targeted include Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. In most cases, they had not known until notified Friday by the U.S.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Although in most cases the systems were not breached.  Senator John McCain said that he could not “in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal.”   Republicans’ last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare is thisclose to being doomed, thanks to two rather vague words: regular order.  The senator wants Medicare for all.

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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 “Obviously someone has a problem with my candidacy,’’ said Robert Cappucci of East Boston  CAPITAL SOURCE Two candidates for City Council have raised more than any of Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s challengers.   CAPITAL SOURCE Jackson, who grew up in Grove Hall and is running for mayor, was No. 84 on The Root 100.  CAPITAL SOURCE Just bad timing?

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Although in most cases the systems were not breached.  Senator John McCain said that he could not “in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal.”   Republicans’ last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare is thisclose to being doomed, thanks to two rather vague words: regular order.  The senator wants Medicare for all.