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Graham commented on MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell’s reporting on the shooting by saying, “In 2011, when Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords was shot, they jumped on the idea that this was the Tea Party. In Denver, they jumped on the notion that the shooter was the Tea Party. In both cases, they didn’t have anything. Here, in this case, it’s quite clear.” Graham continued, “That’s not to say Bernie Sanders is in any way responsible for this.

Graham commented on MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell’s reporting on the shooting by saying, “In 2011, when Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords was shot, they jumped on the idea that this was the Tea Party. In Denver, they jumped on the notion that the shooter was the Tea Party. In both cases, they didn’t have anything. Here, in this case, it’s quite clear.” Graham continued, “That’s not to say Bernie Sanders is in any way responsible for this.

Members of congress, their staff and voters across the country had come to expect a rhythm that these days is perhaps petering out.

When I was 10 years old, whispers spread around my school in suburban Washington, D.C. -- there had been a shooting in the Capitol. The nuns tried to keep the news from us, since several of us were children of the men (and it was almost entirely men) who served there. Even then news spread, and we were terrified. We children of congressmen knew each other well, went to school together, played in each other’s houses. Our fathers represented opposing political parties and we would sometimes go at it in history classes, or during a campaign season.

The attorneys general of Washington, D.C., and Maryland filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against President Donald Trump, alleging he violated the Constitution by allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments. Karl Racine, the attorney general for Washington, D.C., and his Maryland counterpart, Brian Frosh, who are both Democrats, said their suit was born out of concern for upholding the Constitution. "We are a nation of laws, and no one, including the president of the United States, is above the law," Racine said at a press conference. The lawsuit, first repo

A vaguely worded statement released by the President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice. "Americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous ‘officials,’ particularly when they do not identify the country – let alone the branch or agency of government – with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated," read the statement from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. "Americans should

After nearly three years of warming relations between the United States and Donald Trump is poised to unravel many of his predecessor’s policies on the communist state. Later today the president is headed to Miami, Florida, where he is expected to announce changes to President Obama’s historic rapprochement with Cuba -– fulfilling a promise to the anti-Castro voting bloc he believes helped his campaign clinch the state, but stirring fear among others he could setback business interests and Cuba’s potential for a more prosperous private

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — As a US congressman remained hospitalized with a gunshot wound and the president called for unity, some, but not all, of America’s political combatants engaged Thursday in introspection and called for cooler rhetoric in the wake of the armed assault on a Republican baseball practice. Republican congressman Steve Scalise was still listed in critical condition in a Washington hospital.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Some, but not all, of America’s political combatants called for unity.  Lawmakers throughout the day on Thursday struggled to point to tangible across-the-aisle measures that would emerge from proclaimations of accord.  Vice President Mike Pence has hired outside legal help for the investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the election.  In a series of angry tweets over several hours, President Trump Thursday responded to reports that he’s being investigated for possible obstru

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