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The South Bend, Ind., mayor and presidential hopeful said Wednesday in Boston that as the American economy has been on the upswing, many people have been left behind.   The councilor is the latest incumbent to step down from a council that’s already in the midst of a major membership shift.   Trump abandons plan for pre-election vote on health care after talking to McConnell  The city will direct $15 million from next year’s budget into a fund that will be used over the next five years to fund high-quality seats for approximately 750 youngsters, Mayor Walsh said.

JOAN VENNOCHI I believe Lucy Flores, but does that make Joe Biden unfit to be president?   EDITORIAL CARTOON | DAN WASSERMAN Call it a healthcare gap, if you will.   The South Bend, Ind., mayor and presidential hopeful said Wednesday in Boston that as the American economy has been on the upswing, many people have been left behind.   The Globe interviewed DNC Chairman Tom Perez when he spoke Monday at Brandeis University.  The councilor is the latest incumbent to step down from a council that’s already in the midst of a major membership shift.

JOAN VENNOCHI I believe Lucy Flores, but does that make Joe Biden unfit to be president?   EDITORIAL CARTOON | DAN WASSERMAN Call it a healthcare gap, if you will.   The South Bend, Ind., mayor and presidential hopeful said Wednesday in Boston that as the American economy has been on the upswing, many people have been left behind.   The Globe interviewed DNC Chairman Tom Perez when he spoke Monday at Brandeis University.  The councilor is the latest incumbent to step down from a council that’s already in the midst of a major membership shift.

JOAN VENNOCHI I believe Lucy Flores, but does that make Joe Biden unfit to be president?   EDITORIAL CARTOON | DAN WASSERMAN Call it a healthcare gap, if you will.   The South Bend, Ind., mayor and presidential hopeful said Wednesday in Boston that as the American economy has been on the upswing, many people have been left behind.   The Globe interviewed DNC Chairman Tom Perez when he spoke Monday at Brandeis University.  The councilor is the latest incumbent to step down from a council that’s already in the midst of a major membership shift.

MORE is facing bipartisan pushback for cutting off aid to three Central American countries, with lawmakers arguing it would backfire on his efforts to curb illegal immigration. The two top Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees panned the move, and other GOP members in both chambers agreed it would be counterproductive to attempts to reduce the number of migrants fleeing poverty and violence in those nations. Democrats indicated that they will try to prevent the Trump administration from carrying out the cuts through the appropriations

MORE after two women came forward in recent days to detail interactions with the former vice president they said involved inappropriate or unwanted touching. Trump, speaking at a National Republican Congressional Committee dinner, sought advice from the crowd of GOP lawmakers and conservatives about his 2020 campaign slogan as he prepared to face a Democratic challenge. "We’re going into the war with some socialists," Trump said of the field of prospective Democratic candidates.

Two additional women came forward Tuesday to say former Vice President MORE touched them in ways that made them uncomfortable.  The women, Caitlyn Caruso and D. J.

MORE on Tuesday predicted Republicans will win back the majority in the House and suggested that Democrats have tampered with votes to win close elections. "We’re going to take the House back. We are. I feel totally confident," Trump said during remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner. The president added that Republicans should be "paranoid" about Democrats winning close elections and said he doesn't "like the way votes are being tallied." I don’t like it and you don’t like it either.

Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) shut the door Tuesday on any possibility that the Senate would move legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act before the 2020 election. McConnell rejected a request from MORE last week that Republican lawmakers prepare a comprehensive package, ending the debate and attempting to protect GOP senators up for reelection next year. McConnell delivered the message to Trump in a phone conversation Monday afternoon. “We had a good conversation yesterday afternoon, and I pointed out to him the Senate Republica

Just within the last few days, Twitter suspended the account of the film Unplanned, a new pro-life movie, for no apparent reason other than to censor their message of protecting innocent life and exposing Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. Their Twitter account was only restored after an outcry from conservatives who rightly pointed out that the account did not violate Twitter’s terms of service. Even after the account was restored, numerous Twitter users, including U.S.