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Tom Brady wins his sixth Super Bowl ring comes at 41 years old, and the media and other critics of Trump–including CNN and the Daily Beast–cannot be happy. Earlier on Sunday, the Daily Beast ran a hit piece on Boston sports fans, calling the city’s history one filled with racism.

Tom Brady wins his sixth Super Bowl ring comes at 41 years old, and the media and other critics of Trump–including CNN and the Daily Beast–cannot be happy. Earlier on Sunday, the Daily Beast ran a hit piece on Boston sports fans, calling the city’s history one filled with racism.

JEFF JACOBY When has Bill Weld ever been politically or ideologically reliable?  Renée Graham Voting is power, and that’s why white men like McConnell have connived for centuries to hoard that right.  Far away from Beto O’Rourke’s home in El Paso, Texas, three thirtysomething Massachusetts political operatives launched an effort to draft the failed Senate candidate into the race for president.  Adrian Walker Will he be anything more than an afterthought if he runs for president?  With its large and strong labor unions and diverse population, Nevada will be an early indication of a candidat

JEFF JACOBY When has Bill Weld ever been politically or ideologically reliable?  Renée Graham Voting is power, and that’s why white men like McConnell have connived for centuries to hoard that right.  Far away from Beto O’Rourke’s home in El Paso, Texas, three thirtysomething Massachusetts political operatives launched an effort to draft the failed Senate candidate into the race for president.  Adrian Walker Will he be anything more than an afterthought if he runs for president?  With its large and strong labor unions and diverse population, Nevada will be an early indication of a candidat

JEFF JACOBY When has Bill Weld ever been politically or ideologically reliable?  Renée Graham Voting is power, and that’s why white men like McConnell have connived for centuries to hoard that right.  Far away from Beto O’Rourke’s home in El Paso, Texas, three thirtysomething Massachusetts political operatives launched an effort to draft the failed Senate candidate into the race for president.  Adrian Walker Will he be anything more than an afterthought if he runs for president?  With its large and strong labor unions and diverse population, Nevada will be an early indication of a candidat

JEFF JACOBY When has Bill Weld ever been politically or ideologically reliable?  Renée Graham Voting is power, and that’s why white men like McConnell have connived for centuries to hoard that right.  Far away from Beto O’Rourke’s home in El Paso, Texas, three thirtysomething Massachusetts political operatives launched an effort to draft the failed Senate candidate into the race for president.  Adrian Walker Will he be anything more than an afterthought if he runs for president?  With its large and strong labor unions and diverse population, Nevada will be an early indication of a candidat

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) saw his support within the commonwealth wither Friday night with mounting calls from members of his own party for him to resign after he admitted to appearing in a racist picture from medical school. Members of Virginia’s congressional delegation began calling Northam on Friday night and privately urged him to resign, a source familiar with the calls told The Hill.

Negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown are off to a painfully slow start. The gang of 17 lawmakers tasked with navigating the political minefield to any potential deal met for the first time this week, in a 77-minute meeting described by lawmakers as “friendly” and filled with “goodwill.” But there are a few signs a deal will be forthcoming as Congress heads into week two of the tight three-week time frame. Further complicating the talks is a back-and-forth between Speaker MORE, who is doubling down on his threat of declaring a national emergency to build

Republicans at the national level this week jumped into the firestorm surrounding a Virginia abortion-rights bill, marking a rare instance in which a state issue has drawn harsh rebukes from members of Congress and the White House. The bill, proposed by a Democratic state lawmaker, would have made it easier for women to get third trimester abortions if their health was threatened by pregnancy. “To support,

MORE has seen his stock fall in the last month.  O’Rourke has vexed some observers over the past few weeks, first for livestreaming a dentist appointment — a move critics panned as oversharing — and later for documenting a meandering solo road trip in a series of deeply personal blog posts. He’s also been a bystander as other big names like Sens.