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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 A Russian-American lobbyist says he attended the meeting that has heightened questions about whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with the Russian government.   People used to mock Roger Stone’s conspiracy theories.

Posted at 7:31 pm on July 8, 2017 by streiff I missed this in the tumult of the past week but good news is always welcome. When Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was released by the Taliban in 2014 he was feted by the Obama administration despite ample evidence that he was actually a deserter. His parent were guests at a Rose Garden ceremony with Obama, himself.

Posted at 5:30 pm on July 13, 2017 by J. Cal Davenport To stand with Republicans recently has been difficult, for reasons ranging from the fact that experienceless celebrity Kid Rock may run for U.S. Senate in my home state of Michigan, to the embarrassing, status quo-maintaining health care reform bills put forward in the GOP-controlled Congress.

Posted at 6:00 pm on July 13, 2017 by Susan Wright If anyone needed a reminder that Trump’s campaign promises were just the stuff of smoke and mirrors, here we go again. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, as he traveled to France, Trump addressed the DACA (or “Dreamers”) program, put into place by then-President Obama, in 2012, Trump used a term most often used by liberals and amnesty humps,

Posted at 6:15 pm on July 13, 2017 by Dan Spencer The Washington Examiner reports that Texas Sen.

Posted at 7:30 pm on July 13, 2017 by Susan Wright Let’s see… Somebody in President Trump’s circle doing something completely unhinged and psychotic… Gee, is it Thursday already? After a gentleman heard MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow discuss a ProPublica piece on Trump’s Russia lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, he decided to send Kasowitz an email, with the subject heading, “Resign Now.” He probably thought that email would either be ignored, or he’d get some vague, automatic reply. Yeah.

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Thursday he has "nothing to hide" in the ongoing Russia probe into 2016 election interference. "I have never colluded, cooperated, or contacted any Russians that I’m aware of.

Former Presidents, George W. Bush and Reuters reported that the two made several veiled references to the 45th president. "The decisions you make have a monumental effect on people,” Bush told the crowd. “Presidency is often defined by the unexpected. It makes the job interesting." Clinton concurred. "If you don’t deal with the incoming fire, it will undermine your ability to do anything else.

Oregon Sen. MORE. Trump Jr., campaign manager Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner all met with the attorney. Trump Jr. has defended himself in following days by saying that the meeting was a "waste of time," and that no information was obtained. Merkley said that Trump Jr.'s defense that he obtained no useful information was "not the question." "That's not the question.