Article snippet: Try to imagine another major-party presidential candidate enduring a MassDOT meeting. Representative Brian Higgins of New York said he had changed his mind after securing an ‘‘agreement in principle’’ that Democrats would undertake a ‘‘serious good faith effort’’ to advance legislation lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 50. The hearing underway in California comes as thousands of Central Americans are waiting in Tijuana to apply for permission to enter lawfully. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Richard Blumenthal are two of the three plaintiffs. It’s a tradition: If a New England Democrat runs in the New Hampshire presidential primary, he or she wins it. But what if several run at the same time? It’s the first time the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint of criticism of President Trump. Representative Brian Higgins of New York said he had changed his mind after securing an ‘‘agreement in principle’’ that Democrats would undertake a ‘‘serious good faith effort’’ to advance legislation lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 50. Acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker erroneously told law enforcement officials Wednesday that a terrorist who set off bombs in New York City and New Jersey had two coconspirators overseas and that one was in custody. The move is one in a series of steps the education secretary has taken to undo an Obama-era crackdown that she argues unfairly singled o... Link to the full article to read more