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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump told the UN that as president, he would always put America first, and issued a stern threat to North Korea in his first speech to the body.   Here’s a breakdown of what we heard and what it might mean.

Lawmakers on the House Financial Services subcommittee on financial institutions and consumer credit are requesting feedback on draft legislation that would “represent the toughest financial sanctions yet” for North Korea amid its ongoing nuclear and ballistic tests, subcommittee Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) said.  Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee as well, “commended” Barr for the “bill draft.”  Sherman said he plans on co-sponsoring the measure, because it will “sunset upon verifiable limits on the nuclear weapons program. We might achieve those.

Former Vice President MORE with a golf ball. Biden’s tweet comes after Trump retweeted a gif Sunday that appeared to show him knocking down the former presidential nominee with a golf ball. Trump retweeted the edited gif from an account called @Fuctupmind.

Louisiana’s top health official sent a scathing letter to Sen. MORE (R-La.) blasting his new bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, saying “the harm to Louisiana from this legislation far outweighs any benefit.” “The legislation you’ve introduced this past week gravely threatens health care access and coverage for our state and its people,” Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health Rebekah Gee wrote.  Gee, who was appointed by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D), detailed several concerns she has with Cassidy’s bill, which is co-sponsored by Sen.

Eric Trump's charity Curetivity, previously known as the Eric Trump Foundation, reportedly hosted a secret event Monday at Trump National Golf Club in New York despite still being under investigation by the state attorney general's office. President Trump's son once falsely said that his charity had the plum perk of using his family's assets “100% free of charge,” according to Forbes. A separate Forbes report debunked this claim in Ju

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Fox News, which for more than a year has dealt with the fallout from an embarrassing sexual harassment scandal, was sued on Monday by the political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes, who claimed that she had been raped by the longtime anchor Charles Payne and was then retaliated against by the network after she came forward with her allegation. Mr.

Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the massive data breach at Equifax, which potentially exposed the personal information of up to 143 million Americans, including their Social Security and driver’s license numbers. United States Attorney John A. Horn, the federal prosecutor in Atlanta, said in a statement that his office was working with the F.B.I.

One of the nation’s largest holders of private student-loan debt must refund millions of dollars to borrowers and temporarily stop many of its collection activities, under a settlement with federal regulators announced on Monday. The creditor, the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, holds $12 billion in student loans that were originally made by banks. In Monday’s settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the trusts agreed to pay nearly $19 million in penalties and borrower refunds — and could be on the hook for millions in additional payments and forgiven loans.

The top American admiral in the Middle East said on Monday that Iran continues to smuggle illicit weapons and technology into Yemen, stoking the civil strife there and enabling Iranian-backed rebels to fire missiles into neighboring Saudi Arabia that are more precise and far-reaching. Iran has been repeatedly accused of providing arms helping to fuel one side of the war in Yemen, in which rebels from the country’s north, the Houthis, ousted the government from the capital of Sana in 2014. The officer, Vice Adm. Kevin M.