Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar
Instead, Senate Republicans are considering offsets mostly for any new Trump tax breaks. Raising alarms from the most ...
No more cheap skirts: Trump ends tax exemption for low-value Chinese imports
An executive order the president signed Wednesday will eliminate the “de minimis provision” for goods from China and Hong ...
Campbell makes Red Sox history, Bregman leads way in series win over Orioles
Kristian Campbell, Triston Casas, and Alex Bregman’s 2-run homers powered the Red Sox to an 8-4 win over the Baltimore ...
Trump says he supports proxy voting for new parents in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a proposal that would allow new parents in Congress to vote by ...
Lawyers for a detained Tufts student from Turkey demand she be returned to Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was seized by immigration officials off a ...
FACT FOCUS: Democratic leaders’ challenge to Trump’s election executive order misrepresented online
But the lawsuit — brought by the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and Senate and House ...
States sue to block Trump’s election order, saying it violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to ...
High school softball preview: Southington’s new coach; Ellington, Cheshire return top pitchers
Southington softball has a new coach, Ellington and Cheshire return top pitchers and Coventry hopes to contend again for a ...
Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states
A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public health projects throughout the ...
Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare ...
Judge says US government may have ‘acted in bad faith’ as he weighs contempt over deportation order
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration may have “acted in bad faith” by trying to rush ...
Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
Set inside a once-dilapidated 1938 building on Chicago’s near West Side, a one-of-a-kind museum hopes to change the ...