Article snippet: Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Trump approved 2,800 records for release but had “no choice” other than holding others because of national security concerns, officials said. President Trump outlined his plan for combatting the crisis that is killing more than 100 Americans a day, at times speaking on personal terms. In a state hard hit by the opioid crisis, addiction specialists call for action and funding to back up President Trump’s words. More questions arose about the behavior of the US ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. The tax-cut plan proposed by Republicans is expensive. Options for covering the price tag are limited. The bill aims to reduce the number of people ensnared in the thicket of the criminal justice system and ease the tough-on-crime approach of decades past. Prosecutors are crying foul. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was directing his Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency. Political journalist Mark Halperin built an industry on tracking the fortunes of the flawed characters he followed through campaign seasons. He gleefully chronicled who was up and who was down in his best-selling books and television coverage and made himself into one of the most prominent and most highly remunerated journalists in the country. The House on Thursday sounded the starting g... Link to the full article to read more