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Nation

Is being ‘big’ and ‘beautiful’ enough for Trump’s signature bill?

Within the Republican ranks, there’s little concern about the branding posing any messaging challenge. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

We asked New Englanders what they thought of Trump’s vision for US health care. Their answers were widely divided.

While the president's supporters say his plans could fix a "broken" system, New Englanders who voted against Trump in November largely reject his vision. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Business

Are the Trump administration’s cuts to federal mediators making labor strikes last longer?

There used to be 143 federal mediators across the US. After Trump’s cuts, there are just four. The change “is terrible for labor relations and, ultimately, it’s trouble for the economy,” one labor expert says. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. lawmakers are on precipice of outlawing mandatory tenant-paid broker’s fees in $61 billion budget

Acknowledging a precarious financial moment, legislative leaders on Sunday released a spending plan that clocks in about a half-billion less than what the Senate and House passed just this spring. Continue reading →

Business

Many of the more than 58,000 laid-off federal workers are looking to move to Boston

The City of Boston has seen a boom in job applications, with positions that it once struggled to hire for now receiving a record amount of interest. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Appeals court to consider Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act

It is one of President Trump’s most contentious assertions of executive authority: a proclamation, issued in March, calling on the powers of an 18th-century law to round up and deport scores of immigrants who he claimed were members of a Venezuelan street gang. Continue reading →

Nation

Catholic bishops try to rally opposition to Trump’s immigration agenda

As the Trump administration escalates its aggressive deportation campaign, Roman Catholic bishops across the United States are raising objections to the treatment of migrants and challenging the president's policy. Continue reading →

Nation

Star witness against Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.

The Trump administration has agreed to release from prison a three-time felon who drunkenly fired shots in a Texas community and spare him from deportation in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García, according to a review of court records and official testimony. Continue reading →

The World

World

Rap duo’s anti-Israel chants prompt UK police to review Glastonbury acts

British police said they were examining videos of a band that led chants of “death to the IDF” — Israel Defense Forces — at the Glastonbury Festival. Continue reading →

World

Russian barrage of drones and missiles hits beyond usual Ukraine targets

The attack was the latest in a series of escalating Russian air assaults, with Moscow repeatedly setting new marks for the number of weapons used. Continue reading →

World

Israel’s military appears poised to expand into Gaza City amid cease-fire calls

The Israeli military issued broad evacuation orders Sunday for neighborhoods of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, amid growing calls for a cease-fire deal from President Trump. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Health is the foundation of American freedom

To pursue life, liberty, and happiness — not just politically but through our everyday lives — you need health. Continue reading →

Editorials

A window for peacefully ending Iran’s nuclear weapons program

President Trump has an opportunity to negotiate a meaningful, long-lasting deal. He shouldn’t squander it. Continue reading →

Letters

The MTA is compromising its mission — and its integrity

By rejecting a globally accepted definition of antisemitism, the teachers union is playing politics, not protecting educators and students. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Boston archbishop received vestment blessed by Pope Leo in a Rome ceremony

Pope Leo XIV placed a special liturgical vestment around Archbishop Richard Henning's neck, representing unity between metropolitan archbishops and the pope. Continue reading →

Metro

At St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester, greasy pole competitors brave fog for a chance at glory

It was the last day of Gloucester’s annual greasy pole competition -- a local tradition where brave contestants attempt to walk across the pole, grab a flag at the end and win local glory. Continue reading →

Metro

With a hot summer ahead, several Boston public pools remain closed

Some residents looking for relief from the summer heat by heading to their local pool should first check to see whether it’s open this season. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins

Five players to watch this week at Bruins Development Camp

First-round pick James Hagens and the rest of Boston’s seven-player draft class are expected at camp starting Monday in Brighton. Continue reading →

Bruins

Bruins sign Morgan Geekie to a six-year contract worth $5.5 million annually

A center by trade, Geekie found a home at left wing on the Bruins top line last season. Continue reading →

Celtics

Celtics roster is coming into focus, but things could change when free agency begins

With free agency set to open Monday at 6 p.m., plenty of retooling could still be imminent as the team assesses its short-term future without injured star Jayson Tatum. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Many of the more than 58,000 laid-off federal workers are looking to move to Boston

The City of Boston has seen a boom in job applications, with positions that it once struggled to hire for now receiving a record amount of interest. Continue reading →

Economy

Trump mulls a ‘shadow’ Fed chair as he rips Powell on rate cuts. Is the president right?

The case for — and against — President Trump’s demand that the Fed slash borrowing costs ASAP. Continue reading →

The Fine Print

Confused by changes in COVID and other vaccine policies? Here’s what you should know.

In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun to dismantle decades of vaccine safety policies, sowing concern and confusion. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Diana Oh, passionate voice for queer liberation in theater, dies at 38

A glitter-dusted experimental artist-activist whose theater works intertwined political provocation with profound compassion, Oh created art that didn’t fit neatly into categories. Continue reading →

Obituaries

John Robbins, author of ‘Diet for a New America,’ dies at 77

An heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, Mr. Robbins rejected that career and future and instead lived a life more akin to Thoreau before writing his book, considered the bible of the anti-meat movement. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

At BAMS Festival, the full spectrum of Black culture takes the stage

The crowd that filled Franklin Park’s Playstead Field brought an appetite for vibrant community celebration. Continue reading →

Books

In ‘Kill the Lax Bro,’ Charlotte Lillie Balogh asks whodunit — and who let it happen

The Medford native reflects on "toxic bro culture" in her debut YA novel that released June 24. Continue reading →

Things To Do

Free things to do: ‘Love Island’ watch party, puppet performance, and more

Our list of no-cost events, concerts, and classes in Boston for the week of June 30-July 6. Continue reading →