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The TAKE with Rick Klein It’s all in the open now, for a tense America to see. Trumpism and what it means has been on full display this week – exploding across the national and international scenes, and impacting a broadening array of issues that impact everyday life. Both sides like it that way.

The TAKE with Rick Klein Just like that, the terrain on immigration has shifted – in a direction that President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are happy to welcome. Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump was forced to reverse course on the administration's family separation policy, after being confronted with harrowing images and a public outcry.

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Representative Michael Capuano got a little testy Monday when asked about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s win in New York and calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement.   Capital Source In a statewide campaign for governor, Jay Gonzalez made a quick stop at City Hall Plaza Thursday, where he earned the support of nearly half of Boston’s City Council.   One thing was missing on Thursday, when Governor Charlie Baker signed the so-called grand bargain into law: The advocates who helped craft the compromise legislation.

For the senator, the trip is bound to raise further talk about her 2020 plans, as the Massachusetts Democrat continues trying to bolster her foreign policy credentials.  The quintessential American holiday was marked by some with a sense of a United States divided.  The former Harvard Law professor’s high-profile friends have turned combative because of his vocal and visible support of President Trump.  Ursula Trump, who runs the Trump bakery in the next village, eventually relented, palms upturned, and sighed: “You can’t choose your relatives, can you?”  The Twitter hashtag, which imagines Ci

For the senator, the trip is bound to raise further talk about her 2020 plans, as the Massachusetts Democrat continues trying to bolster her foreign policy credentials.  The quintessential American holiday was marked by some with a sense of a United States divided.  The former Harvard Law professor’s high-profile friends have turned combative because of his vocal and visible support of President Trump.  Ursula Trump, who runs the Trump bakery in the next village, eventually relented, palms upturned, and sighed: “You can’t choose your relatives, can you?”  The Twitter hashtag, which imagines Ci

For the senator, the trip is bound to raise further talk about her 2020 plans, as the Massachusetts Democrat continues trying to bolster her foreign policy credentials.  The quintessential American holiday was marked by some with a sense of a United States divided.  The former Harvard Law professor’s high-profile friends have turned combative because of his vocal and visible support of President Trump.  Ursula Trump, who runs the Trump bakery in the next village, eventually relented, palms upturned, and sighed: “You can’t choose your relatives, can you?”  The Twitter hashtag, which imagines Ci

MORE on Tuesday night promised a “home run” pick for his Supreme Court nominee after continuing interviews with potential candidates earlier in the day. “I’ve spent the last three days interviewing and thinking about Supreme Court justices. Such an important decision, and we’re going to give you a great one,” Trump told the crowd at a “Salute to Service” event in West Virginia.  “These are very talented people, brilliant people, and I think you’re going to really love it,” he continued. “Like Justice Gorsuch.

Mexico's election of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as president may have portended more trade trouble between the two countries, but businesses see MORE as the greater threat on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Lopez Obrador, known as AMLO, opposed NAFTA at the time it was signed.