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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos flies on her personal plane at her own expense when she visits schools around the country, according to her office, as other Cabinet secretaries’ flying habits at taxpayers’ cost have drawn scrutiny. Education Department press secretary Liz Hill said in a prepared statement to the Associated Press that DeVos travels ‘‘on personally owned aircraft’’ at zero cost to taxpayers.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The move comes during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, where US officials met with Japan and South Korea, among others.  North Korea’s leader called President Trump “deranged” and said Trump will “pay dearly” for his threats.  Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski is key to a last-ditch effort to fulfill Republicans’ years-long ambition of repealing Obamacare.  Trump cracked a joke Thursday about Hillary Clinton’s description of his supporters as “a basket of deplorables.”

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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 The move comes during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, where US officials met with Japan and South Korea, among others.  North Korea’s leader called President Trump “deranged” and said Trump will “pay dearly” for his threats.  Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski is key to a last-ditch effort to fulfill Republicans’ years-long ambition of repealing Obamacare.  Trump cracked a joke Thursday about Hillary Clinton’s description of his supporters as “a basket of deplorables.”

Secretary of State The Associated Press. President Trump, however, has railed against the deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – saying during a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that it is "one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into." Trump is nearing an October deadline for certifying Iran's compliance with the JCPOA, which aims to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, and has signalled recently that he could decline to do so.  The meeting Wednesday night, which included

Preet Bharara says he believes President Trump would have asked him "to do something inappropriate” if he had stayed on as U.S.

President Trump's former campaign chairman is working to help promote a referendum on Kurdish independence from Iraq, even as his international business dealings have become a focus of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to a New York Times report. Manafort is reportedly working for Kurdish groups allied with Iraqi Kurdish Leader Massoud Barzani to advance a non-binding referendum on Kurdish independence. 

The Securities and Exchange Commission revealed Wednesday that hackers breached its system for public-company filings and may have profited from stolen insider information. SEC Chairman said in a statement that hackers exploited a software vulnerability in the regulator's EDGAR filing system.

MSNBC anchor Mediaite on Wednesday, O'Donnell can be seen yelling and cursing at his production crew amid technical difficulties.  At one point, the MSNBC host demands that someone call Phil Griffin, the network's president." "I don't care who the f--- you have to call. Stop the hammering," he says in the video. "Empty out the goddamned control room and find out what's going on."     The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.