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President Trump criticized The Boston Globe in the wake of a push from hundreds of publications around the country condemning the president’s attacks on the news media.  The two self-styled progressive Democrats who are running for governor took the occasional swipe at the Republican incumbent, Charlie Baker, during a Thursday debate.  In one video, challenger Josh Zakim, a Boston City Councilor, is described as a progressive leader. In another, he’s a no-show at the polls who is beholden to Wall Street.

President Trump criticized The Boston Globe in the wake of a push from hundreds of publications around the country condemning the president’s attacks on the news media.  The two self-styled progressive Democrats who are running for governor took the occasional swipe at the Republican incumbent, Charlie Baker, during a Thursday debate.  In one video, challenger Josh Zakim, a Boston City Councilor, is described as a progressive leader. In another, he’s a no-show at the polls who is beholden to Wall Street.

It’s up to the jury now. After nearly three weeks of testimony, the prosecution and defense have rested in the tax evasion and bank fraud case against one-time Trump campaign chairman MORE. The 12-member jury, which will begin deliberations on Thursday, must sort through the evidence and decide beyond a reasonable doubt if Manafort should be convicted. Manafort is facing a total of 18 criminal counts — five counts of tax fraud, four counts of failing to report foreign bank and financial accounts and nine counts of bank fraud and bank fraud conspiracy. Experts say pros

Republican strategists are worried their House majority is increasingly endangered by weak top-of-the-ticket candidates. The GOP fears House candidates down ballot could be the casualties if moderate and independent voters balk at backing Republicans because of opposition to conservative Senate and gubernatorial candidates. The concerns have been a theme of this year’s primary season, underlined once again with Tuesday’s results. Hours earlier, another arch conservative won the GOP nomination for governor in Kansas after Gov.

MORE’s security clearance. Most Republican and Democratic lawmakers who balked at Trump’s treatment of Brennan argued that former senior intelligence officials can provide useful guidance to current leaders based on their past experiences, and for that reason should keep their clearances as long as they don’t improperly disclose information. Sen.

Twitter CEO Alex Jones will convince the right-wing conspiracy theorist to “reconsider” his social media behavior. But Dorsey, in an interview with The Hill the morning after his company handed down a seven-day suspension to Jones, says its enforcement actions are intended to promote better behavior from its users. “We're always trying to cultivate more of a learning mindset and help guide people back towards healthier behaviors and healthier public conversation,” the 41-year-old co-founder of Twitter said. Dorsey, wearing a black t-shirt that showed off a forearm tattoo unusual for a

MORE, a move that was widely viewed as an effort to retaliate against a vocal critic of the administration. In a statement read by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Wednesday's press briefing, Trump accused Brennan of leveraging his status as a former government official to make “unfounded and outrageous” charges about his administration. “Mr.

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The TAKE with MaryAlice Parks On the anniversary of the violent confrontations in Charlottesville, Virginia, a year ago, the former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep.