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John Kingston, who is facing faces an April 28 Republican convention to get on the primary ballot, tore up his party registration after Trump got the nomination in 2016.   Capital Source State Senator Joseph Boncore will not run for Suffolk district attorney. Neither will City Councilor Michael Flaherty.  Capital Source Alex Goldstein was press secretary for Deval Patrick during his 2010 gubernatorial campaign.  Herbie Ziskend’s baseball glove won’t make it into Barack Obama’s presidential library.

There’s a quintet of notable figures from the state showing up on political forecasters’ lists of possible 2020 contenders.  Voters only have two months to learn how to use the complex new system before primary day.   The Texas Republican was facing an ethics investigation after using taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim from a former staffer.  Sean Hannity and Fox News are certainly not Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘‘and Friends,’’ as the late night host put it Thursday night.

There’s a quintet of notable figures from the state showing up on political forecasters’ lists of possible 2020 contenders.  Voters only have two months to learn how to use the complex new system before primary day.   The Texas Republican was facing an ethics investigation after using taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim from a former staffer.  Sean Hannity and Fox News are certainly not Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘‘and Friends,’’ as the late night host put it Thursday night.

There’s a quintet of notable figures from the state showing up on political forecasters’ lists of possible 2020 contenders.  Voters only have two months to learn how to use the complex new system before primary day.   The Texas Republican was facing an ethics investigation after using taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim from a former staffer.  Sean Hannity and Fox News are certainly not Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘‘and Friends,’’ as the late night host put it Thursday night.

A strong majority of Americans believe the U.S. should take steps to correct its trade deficit with China, but a majority disapprove of MORE’s proposed tariffs and there are fears that a trade war could damage the economy. According to the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll, 71 percent of voters say the U.S.

Democrats are lashing out at the notion that MORE and GOP leaders may seek to eliminate some of the funding increases in the enormous 2018 spending package adopted less than two weeks ago.  Republicans have come under fire in their districts during the spring recess after supporting the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill, which provides a huge bump in both defense and domestic spending, adding hundreds of billions of dollars to federal deficits.

MORE on Thursday broke his silence on Stormy Daniels, saying he had no knowledge of a $130,000 payment his personal attorney made to the porn star days before the 2016 election. The president said he did not know where his attorney Michael Cohen got the money to pay Daniels, which was part of an agreement to block her from publicly alleging she had an affair with Trump.   “No,” Trump told a reporter aboard Air Force One who asked if he knew about the payment. The president spoke aboard the presidential aircraft while traveling back to Washington from an event in West

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Conservatives are worried a trade war with China could wipe out the positive economic benefits of the tax-cut law and cost Republicans their majorities in Congress. “What Republicans and MORE did in December was create this enormous, pro-growth tailwind going into this November's elections, and I think that they’ve needlessly created this headwind that could erase all of those gains,” said Andy Roth, vice president of government affairs at the conservative Club for Growth. “This is a huge unforced error,” he added. The tax law has been at the center of the GOP’s midt

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