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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 Terrorist attacks around the world are rattling the folks who run the State House, so much so they have created a new position – director of security – and are on the verge of filling it.  Capital Source The Massachusetts Dental Society has conducted a poll it says shows widespread concern about a new type of advanced dental hygienist, a sort of nurse practitioner of the dental world.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump said he saw the possibility of a new alignment of Muslim nations and Israel against a shared foe — Iran.   ground game There needs to be at least three parties at the table to make it happen, and, so far, President Trump is sitting alone — and no one is even coming near the room.  President Trump is the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall and it’s unclear whether he intends to change US policy on the officially recognized location.

Posted at 6:05 pm on May 21, 2017 by Jay Caruso Is this how far Trump supporters will go? They’re so willing to divert attention from President Trump’s problems that they spread conspiracy theories? Sean Hannity and Newt Gingrich are not low profile Republicans and two of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters.

Posted at 7:00 pm on May 21, 2017 by Susan Wright Let’s face it… Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump… they were both too darned old to be running for the presidency. Trump slammed Clinton for her lack of stamina. Then he had that weird guy that’s supposed to be his doctor come out with a hastily written letter, saying he would be the healthiest president ever. Maybe not so much, and maybe, if he had his druthers, Trump would rather be back in the States, propped up in an easy chair, next to Hillary, trading war stories. This is President Trump’s first trip abroad.

Posted at 9:30 pm on May 21, 2017 by Brad Slager This is the time of year when things take on a familiar appearance. As a sign of Summer hitting theaters this was a Xerox-inspired frame — sequels ruled the weekend, as they usually do in blockbuster season.

Posted at 2:30 am on May 22, 2017 by Andrea Ruth During construction in Birmingham, West Minster, the biggest bomb from World Wolrd II was detonated. A drone caught the blast:

Posted at 4:00 am on May 22, 2017 by Joe Cunningham Make no mistake about it, last week wasn’t just a bad week for Donald Trump, but a bad week for the Republican Party as a whole. And while there are many conservatives who would wash their hands of the GOP after its embrace of Trumpism, it remains the only major party really capable of advancing conservatism. So we have to look at what the GOP can do to recover its image ahead of the 2018 elections. That cycle is going to be a critically important one.

The Trump administration will have to decide Monday whether it wants to continue fighting a court decision that could undo one of ObamaCare’s key features. If the White House drops its appeal in a lawsuit over ObamaCare cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurers, it could fast-track the end of the health law — something Republicans have made a major campaign promise for years.  But administration officials are wary of ending the lawsuit, because they know that doing so would send the insurance markets into chaos.

In an in-depth interview with “The Hollywood Reporter” published Sunday, NBC’s Billy Bush spoke out for the first time about the "Access Hollywood" tape of MORE bragging about sexually assaulting women while Bush laughed along with Trump's comments. In the aftermath of the tape’s release, Bush was suspended from NBC News and then ousted, getting a multimillion-dollar

Former President Obama was spotted golfing at a resort Tuscany, Italy, over the weekend. TMZ reports that Obama was spotted golfing at the Castiglion Del Bosco Resort in Tuscany. It’s unclear who the former president was playing with, but TMZ video shows Obama driving a golf cart around the course. After remaining out of the public eye during the first few months of President Trump’s term, Obama has slowly begun re-entering the public sphere.