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Capital Source Immediately after the state GOP convention, John Kingston began cutting his field staff’s salaries — a move that prompted four of the five people in those positions to quit.  Ground Game He’s running for Congress. His daughter is running for state representative. And, yes, he is “so proud” of her.   On Saturday, the former mayoral candidate will be one of three people to receive an honorary degree at the University of New Hampshire commencement ceremonies.   Capital Source Scott Lively is challenging Governor Charlie Baker in the GOP primary on Sept. 4.

Democrats roll out a new message amid worrisome signs Republicans are making gains in the November midterms.  President Trump on Saturday falsely accused The New York Times of using an unnamed source.  Yvonne Abraham Acknowledging the full humanity of undocumented immigrants requires so much of us. Sometimes it’s easier to see them as less than human.

Democrats roll out a new message amid worrisome signs Republicans are making gains in the November midterms.  President Trump on Saturday falsely accused The New York Times of using an unnamed source.  Yvonne Abraham Acknowledging the full humanity of undocumented immigrants requires so much of us. Sometimes it’s easier to see them as less than human.

Democrats roll out a new message amid worrisome signs Republicans are making gains in the November midterms.  President Trump on Saturday falsely accused The New York Times of using an unnamed source.  Yvonne Abraham Acknowledging the full humanity of undocumented immigrants requires so much of us. Sometimes it’s easier to see them as less than human.

The White House is sending a team to Singapore in the event that the summit between the U.S. and North Korea does take place. “The White House pre-advance team for Singapore will leave as scheduled in order to prepare should the summit take place,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Saturday. The summit between the U.S.

Kim even held a surprise meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday in the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone to discuss the two countries' agreement last month to formally end the decades-long Korean War. Part of staying on South Korea and other countries’ good sides will include continuing to refrain from missile tests, which many worried North Korea would resume with the summit canceled, said Jenny Town, managing editor of 38 North.

The Trump administration is systematically rolling back protections for endangered wildlife and expanding rights for hunters, winning cheers from sporting associations but worrying environmentalists who fear it will lead to the extinction of protected species. The National Park Service announced last week it would end an Obama-era protection that prohibited the hunting of bear cubs, as well as wolves and pups in their dens, in Alaska’s national preserves. Under

An audio recording of a conversation between reporters and a senior White House official released Saturday disproved reports backed up by other news outlets, point out that the source does, in fact exist. Before the audio release, Trump was immediately

MORE and anti-abortion activists this week touted recent actions restricting abortion as helping to galvanize Republican voters for the midterm elections. But Democrats see it the other way around, arguing Trump’s actions to defund Planned Parenthood and roll back ObamaCare’s contraception mandate are going to hurt, not help, Republican candidates on the ballot in November. Both sides believe they have the upper hand, making the election a litmus test for public opinion that could shape the messaging of both parties heading into the 2020 presidential election. “This i