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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 contentious debate among GOP state committee members about an anti-hate-speech resolution is showing the first sharp divisions in the party’s US Senate primary.  Capital Source A long-standing political grudge could end up being rich subtext in the race to fill the seat that US Representative Niki Tsongas is vacating.   Clinton will return to the first-in-the-nation primary state Dec. 5 to pump her upcoming memoir.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Trump’s willingness to spread unverified claims and engage in personal attacks has riled many, but a more covert habit threatens to push the White House into legal trouble.  The Trump administration has ordered three Russian diplomatic facilities in the US closed following the expulsion of American diplomats from Russia.  The president is also soliciting reporters for suggestions on which organizations are the most effective, Sarah Sanders said.

A federal district judge on Wednesday ruled to temporarily block a new Texas law that would have banned sanctuary cities in the state, just two days before the law was set to take effect. "The Court cannot and does not second guess the Legislature," Garcia continued.

Eric Trump ripped negative media coverage of his father during a radio interview Wednesday, saying that a person “would end up killing yourself out of depression” if they got as much negative coverage as the president. Trump told Joe Pagliarulo, of the nationally syndicated “The Joe Pags Show,” on Tuesday that his father was being repeatedly attacked in the media and that it’s important for him to tune it out sometimes. “If they weren’t talking about you, you wouldn’t be do

The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Tropical Storm Harvey to a tropical depression, as the system continues to move inland. While Harvey continues to lose strength over Texas and Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center warned the system was still causing "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding" in southeastern Texas and parts of southwestern Louisiana.  Harvey has dumped over 47 inches of rain over the affected areas, causing massive flooding, according to the report.  Meteorologists expect that the storm will move through central Louisiana on Wednesday, and end up in northern L

Houston, Texas Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) praised a federal judge's decision to temporarily block the implementation of the state's law banning sanctuary cities. "Happy to learn a federal judge blocked the Texas law aimed at making local police immigration enforcers. Need them for fighting local crime," Turner tweeted on Wednesday. A federal judge issued a ruling temporarily Wednesday night blocking the law, which was set to go into effect on September 1.

A Democratic senator is searching for more information after President Trump's appointee to run the Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy claimed that he was the victim of hacks. Sen. MORE. Wyden asked the agencies on Wednesday to "please confirm to my office in writing whether you or any other individual in the General Counsel's office has been made aware of any cyberattacks against Mr.

WASHINGTON — A Trump administration official said Wednesday that the administration wanted to stabilize health insurance markets, but refused to say if the government would promote enrollment this fall under the Affordable Care Act or pay for the activities of counselors who help people sign up for coverage. The official also declined to say whether the administration would continue paying subsidies to insurance companies to compensate them for reducing deductibles and other out-of-pock

HOUSTON — A federal judge in San Antonio on Wednesday blocked Texas from enforcing its ban on so-called sanctuary cities, questioning the constitutionality of a law that has pitted Republican state leaders against several Democratic-leaning cities. The judge’s ruling was only temporary, and prevents the law from taking effect on Friday while a suit against it goes forward.