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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 While Beacon Hill works behind closed doors, Maine legislators are drawing praise for their transparency.  Capital Source Yes, a manhole fire in the state’s second-biggest city disrupted connectivity in the state’s third-largest.  CAPITAL SOURCE John Kingston, the wealthy Winchester businessman, recently hired campaign consultant Mark Harris, a top Republican operative from Pennsylvania.  capital source A legislative committee is considering a bill to allow towns to pr

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories How a four-minute music video was the start of what would become a critical relationship between Donald Trump and a Russian family.  Ty Cobb, a veteran Washington lawyer, is joining President Trump’s legal team to coordinate the response to an expanding investigation.

Posted at 6:00 pm on July 14, 2017 by streiff Yesterday, NBC News ran a breathless and, as it turned out, dishonest story about a “former Soviet counterintelligence official” who was also in the now-famous meeting with Donald Trump, Jr.

Posted at 7:28 pm on July 14, 2017 by streiff If you ever had any doubt about the degree to which John Kerry and the Obama administration was, and remains, a shill for the Iranian regime, let that doubt be dismissed: This is the story. On Tuesday, a Iranian “cancer researcher” (yes, I had to laugh at that, too, because everyone knows that if you want cancer research you have to go to Tehran) was detained at Boston’s Logan International Airport by US Customs and Border Protection.

Posted at 8:00 pm on July 14, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Giving the South Africans a run for their money, the Taiwanese parliament erupted into a full-scale brawl on Friday, with chairs being thrown along with punches. This fight seems to be expected by some as members started throwing water balloons they’d brought with them that morning. The traditional Taiwanese “opposition party” has control of both the presidency and the legislature for the first time.

Posted at 9:16 pm on July 14, 2017 by streiff The immigration court system is close to broken. The New York Times reported that there was a backlog of some 525,000 cases: By delaying these hearings, no one is well-served. The immigrant loses years of their life in a limbo and immigration law is made to look like an ass to citizens and non-citizens alike.

Posted at 10:06 pm on July 14, 2017 by streiff Yesterday, Roger Stone was on Michael Caputo’s radio show carried on WBEN in Buffalo, NY. The subject, naturally, was the Russia probe as both Stone and Caputo have been asked to testify. Stone was incensed that his testimony had been delayed from July 24 until some time after the August recess.

The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) has elected ABC News' Jonathan Karl as its next president.  Karl, who has been ABC News' chief White House correspondent since 2012, will serve as the organization's president for the 2019-2020 term. Karl beat Dallas Morning News White House correspondent Todd Gillman for the WHCA's top role, winning 104 of 265 votes.  He was also appointed to serve a three-year term on the WHCA's board of directors.

The title sponsor of the Scottish Open cast doubt Friday on the prospect of holding the golf tournament at President Trump's golf course in Scotland, saying that politics posed an issue.  “Politics aside, Trump (International Golf Links) would be an ideal venue,” said Martin Gilbert, CEO of Scottish Open sponsor Aberdeen Asset Management, according to The Associated Press, “but you can’t put politics aside.