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Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera is crossing party lines to back the governor in his reelection bid, delivering the Republican an early endorsement.  Capital Source Baker’s aides were quick to push back at any notion there was a line between the donations and his justifying the cost of Vertex’s drugs.

The Derry, N.H., audience included the state’s top Republican officials and state lawmakers, as well as at least three candidates for Congress.  On Tax Day, a chorus of Republicans inflated the public’s expectations that Tuesday marked the last time that figuring out taxes will drive Americans crazy.   A glitch knocked offline the agency’s ability to process many tax returns filed electronically.  The ad, which is set to start airing on TV Thursday, ends with a subtle swipe at leading Republicans for failing to reach a deal on immigration reform.

The Derry, N.H., audience included the state’s top Republican officials and state lawmakers, as well as at least three candidates for Congress.  On Tax Day, a chorus of Republicans inflated the public’s expectations that Tuesday marked the last time that figuring out taxes will drive Americans crazy.   A glitch knocked offline the agency’s ability to process many tax returns filed electronically.  The ad, which is set to start airing on TV Thursday, ends with a subtle swipe at leading Republicans for failing to reach a deal on immigration reform.

The Derry, N.H., audience included the state’s top Republican officials and state lawmakers, as well as at least three candidates for Congress.  On Tax Day, a chorus of Republicans inflated the public’s expectations that Tuesday marked the last time that figuring out taxes will drive Americans crazy.   A glitch knocked offline the agency’s ability to process many tax returns filed electronically.  The ad, which is set to start airing on TV Thursday, ends with a subtle swipe at leading Republicans for failing to reach a deal on immigration reform.

Attorney and frequent Fox News guest Alan Dershowitz criticized host Sean Hannity on Monday for not disclosing his relationship with Michael Cohen, MORE's attorney, during his frequent discussions about Cohen in recent weeks. Dershowitz, a defender of Trump amid his legal woes, was brought on to discuss former FBI Director previously unnamed client of Cohen. “It was minimal,” Hannity responded. “I understand that, and you should’ve said that,” Dershowitz, an opinion contributor for The Hill, replied.

The White House on Monday renewed its attacks on explosive interview with ABC News. Trump tweeted that Comey drafted an exoneration of MORE “long before he talked to her” in the investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of State.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated the law with its approval to pay for a secure soundproof booth in Administrator MORE's personal office, a federal watchdog said on Monday. A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that Pruitt's $43,000 "privacy booth" was in violation of Congress's governmentwide spending law passed last year, which caps office redecorations and refurnishings at $5,000 without prior notice to lawmakers. In a letter sent to four Democratic lawmakers wh

Michael Cohen’s previously unnamed third client is Fox News's Sean Hannity, a lawyer representing Cohen told a federal judge on Monday. Cohen, Monday in connection with FBI raids last week of his office, home and hotel room. His lawyer argued that Cohen’s legal team or a court-appointed attorney should be able to review the materials seized in the raids to determine whether certain documents are protected by attorney–client privilege. In weighing the merits of the case, Judge Kimba Wood ordered Cohen to provide information about his clients.

Allies and advisers to MORE is no hero.  After reading excerpts from Comey’s new book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” and watching his first interview since being fired, with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday night, former aides on the Clinton campaign are collectively gnashing their teeth.  “I think he displayed unreliably poor judgment in the Clinton investigation by bucking [Department of Justice] procedures and having a press conference when there were no charges brought, and I think he has displayed incredibly poor judgment in the timi