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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 The White House pushed back on a report that Trump dictated the statement on his son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer.  Trump’s election team couldn’t have colluded with Russia because they were barely talking to each other, Jared Kushner said.  There is, after all, an open communications director position.   Has the Trump base come to its senses?  Late-night hosts were in mourning — sort of — when it was learned Anthony Scaramucci was out of a job.  V.P. Mike Pence, A.G.

Posted at 4:45 pm on July 31, 2017 by Susan Wright You sow humiliation and turmoil, then humiliation and turmoil you should reap. How does it feel, Mooch? You’re all probably caught up with the latest bit of shuffling within the Trump White House. We really were overdue, after all.

Posted at 6:30 pm on July 31, 2017 by Jim Jamitis During any Trump administration dust up, you can easily tell who the serious people are and who are just cheerleaders. Hiring Anthony Scaramucci as White House Comms Director and giving him a ride on your boot within the span of 2 weeks is an embarrassment in and of itself.

Posted at 8:18 pm on July 31, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Former-President Barack Obama’s White House Communications Director, Dan Pfeiffer, trolled Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s new pick for the job as he was escorted off the property upon being fired today. Technically, Scaramucci’s start date was to be Aug. 15, but the announcement and his much-publicized first presser was a scant 10 days ago. Sorry, Mooch.

Posted at 8:30 pm on July 31, 2017 by Joe Cunningham Just as the dust had begun to settle on the Russian meeting scandal – where Donald Trump Jr. was forced to admit he did meet with a Russian lawyer during the campaign – the Washington Post has a new story out this evening that does not look good for President Donald Trump. One of the more controversial aspects of the original story was that Trump Jr. claimed the meeting was about a Russian child adoption program. Later news reports proved that Jr.’s statement was misleading at best.

Posted at 4:00 am on August 1, 2017 by Joe Cunningham Last night, the Washington Post released a shocking report that indicated that it was Donald Trump himself who crafted the lie that Donald Trump Jr. was meeting with a Russian lawyer about a Russian child adoption program. It isn’t anything illegal, mind you, but it is shady as hell.

Sen. MORE (R-S.C.) on Monday said the GOP “should be politically horsewhipped” if the party does not take another stab at passing healthcare legislation. “I am like one-thousand percent with Fox News. “We should be politically horsewhipped if we don’t try again.”  Graham has been pushing an amendment he authored with Sen.

An “email prankster” successfully tricked top White House officials by posing as various administration members in a series of emails, CNN reported Monday night.  The United Kingdom-based emailer managed to present himself as White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, former chief of staff Reince Priebus and recently-nominated ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. CNN obtained the emails from the so-called “prankster” -- in one set, the prankster posed as Kushner in a message sent to Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert. "Tom, we are arranging a bit of a soirée towards the end of