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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 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 prohibit bans on clotheslines, as a means of reducing domestic energy use.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump’s son not only met with a Russian lawyer, but he came away frustrated that she didn’t give him anything good.  Michael A. Cohen His defense seems to be that because no information was provided, no one should pay attention to it.  Donald Trump Jr. tweeted Monday that he’s ‘‘happy to work with the committee’’ after Susan Collins said he should be interviewed.

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 9:00 pm on July 9, 2017 by streiff Let’s take a quick trip back to former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8. He had this exchange with Senator Roy Blunt: When Comey personal memos on meetings with Trump were made known, several observers, myself among them made two points. First, the memos were clearly government documents as defined by the Federal Records Act.

Posted at 9:30 pm on July 9, 2017 by Jay Caruso Donald Trump must enjoy throwing people on his team under the bus. It’s difficult to keep track of how many times his aides, press people, and cabinet people say something about Trump or what he’s doing, only to be undercut by Trump down the road. The latest victim is Steven Mnuchin. Appearing on ‘This Week’ with George Stephanpolous, he responded to Trump’s early morning tweet about the supposed cyber security task force idea he floated with Vladimir Putin.

Posted at 10:00 pm on July 9, 2017 by Dan Spencer During an appearance on today’s edition of Fox News Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said President Donald J. Trump “absolutely did not believe the denial of President Vladimir Putin” about meddling in the U.S.

Posted at 4:00 am on July 10, 2017 by Jay Caruso On June 14 of this year, the New York Times published an editorial entitled, ‘America’s Lethal Politics,’ on the day James Hodgkinson, a left-wing Democrat and Bernie Sanders supporter, shot Congressman Steve Scalise and three others at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. In the editorial, they repeated a long-debunked lie about Sarah Palin and her “connection” to the Tuscon, Arizona shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords and the killing of six others in 2011.

Fresh off a weekend meeting with world leaders, President Trump tweeted Sunday evening that he has low hopes for his proposed U.S.-Russia cyber security unit. “The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't-but a ceasefire can,& did!” Trump tweeted on Sunday about three hours after tweeting about a ceasefire in Syria.      In a surprise move coming out of the Group of 20 meetings in Germany, Trump shifted conversation to his proposed "Cyber Security unit," a joint operation with Russia focusing on cyber attacks. U.S.

Former President MORE will headline a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., this week. He’s set to appear Thursday at a closed-door event for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, the Washington Post reported. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez told the Post that Obama wants to help “build the bench” for the Democrats. “That bully pulpit still very much r

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson received a lifetime achievement award from the oil industry on Sunday, months after leaving his role as CEO of Exxon Mobil to join President Trump’s Cabinet. Tillerson accepted a lifetime achievement award in Istanbul from the World Petroleum Congress and in his speech called the industry “marvelous.” "I miss all of you," Tillerson said, according to Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Afterwards, Tillerson