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? President Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to pat himself on the back and air grievances about the courts, trade, and migrants heading to the US-Mexico border. President Trump disputed that US intelligence officials had concluded that the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of a journalist. 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. Editorial The little r... Link to the full article to read more