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President Donald Trump will travel to New York City for meetings next week during a 17-day working vacation from Washington, a White House official confirmed Monday. Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that he was "working hard" in Bedminster, New Jersey, "while White House goes through long planned renovation." The White House said that Trump will stay overnight at Trump Tower sometime during the "beginning portion" of next week but did not provide additional details about his schedule or the length of his stay. While Tr

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire will send scanned, unsearchable images of voter data to President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud. Two state lawmakers and a civil rights group sued Secretary of State and commission member Bill Gardner last month seeking to block him from sending names, addresses, party affiliation and history of voting to the panel.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Here are a few things to watch as clues that Mike Pence might be actively running for president, and possibly even willing to challenge President Trump.  The state will send scanned, unsearchable images of voter data to President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud.   President Trump lashed out at Richard Blumenthal after the lawmaker embraced the probe investigating possible Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.

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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 Governor Charlie Baker will attend a Republican Governors Association meeting for four days in Aspen, Colo., a spokesman said Friday.  CAPITAL SOURCE Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday endorsed Michael Kelley in the District 2 City Council race.  CAPITAL SOURCE On Monday, almost a year to the day after he was offered the running-mate spot, Kaine was back at One Beacon Street.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Here are a few things to watch as clues that Mike Pence might be actively running for president, and possibly even willing to challenge President Trump.  The state will send scanned, unsearchable images of voter data to President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud.   President Trump lashed out at Richard Blumenthal after the lawmaker embraced the probe investigating possible Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.

Posted at 3:00 pm on August 6, 2017 by Patterico The Strongman is never at fault. When things go well for The Strongman, all credit goes to The Strongman. When things go poorly, it is not because he is ineffective and feckless. No, that cannot ever be true of The Strongman.

Posted at 5:00 pm on August 6, 2017 by Brad Slager   When a towering edifice casts no shadow.   There was a passel of new releases arriving but they led to a soft weekend for returns.

Posted at 5:30 pm on August 6, 2017 by Patterico My colleague streiff posted on Friday about a lawsuit filed by a retired attorney (who else?) accusing the GOP of doing THE RICO!!!1!

Posted at 6:00 pm on August 6, 2017 by Susan Wright It’s not a fishing expedition. That’s the word of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who was making his first appearance on Sunday morning news talk television. While discussing special counsel Robert Mueller, the Russia probe, and concerns that he was extending the investigation beyond the matters of collusion and obstruction: He we