Nation

Senate Republicans prepare to block measure to fund government, stave off US default

Senate Republicans on Monday prepared to block a bill that would fund the government, provide billions of dollars in hurricane relief, and stave off a default in US debts, part of the party’s renewed campaign to undermine President Biden’s broader economic agenda. Continue reading →

Nation

House Democrats to huddle amid simmering tensions over Biden’s big economic agenda

House Democrats are set to huddle privately Monday as growing rifts within the party threatened to scuttle a planned vote this week on a roughly $1 trillion package to improve the nation’s infrastructure. Continue reading →

Nation

John Hinckley Jr., who tried to kill Reagan, will be free in June

A federal judge agreed on Monday to lift all remaining restrictions on John W. Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Reagan in 1981, next year if he stays mentally stable and continues to follow the conditions that he has been living under, prosecutors said. Continue reading →

World

China’s vow to reduce abortions sparks public worries

China will aim to reduce the prevalence of “medically unnecessary” abortions, according to guidelines released by the central government Monday, as part of a sweeping plan for women’s and children’s health over the next decade. Continue reading →

World

Germany’s Social Democrats say Merkel’s party lost and should go into opposition

A tussle for Germany’s chancellery was underway on Monday, in the wake of national elections, with the leaders of two parties seeking to negotiate their way to a governing coalition. Continue reading →

World

Japan set to lift all virus emergency steps nationwide

If all measures are lifted, Japan will be entirely free of any emergency requirement for the first time since April. Continue reading →

OPINION

Democrats must not hide behind a procedural loss on immigration reform

They can overrule the Senate Parliamentarian and push forward with immigration overhaul. Continue reading →

OPINION

Do George Regan and friends help or hurt Annissa Essaibi George?

News that New Balance Chairman Jim Davis poured $495,000 into the PAC is turning into a liability, due to Davis’s previous support for Trump’s reelection. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Congress can’t let one man stand in the way of urgent climate action

The climate provisions in the budget reconciliation bill are critically important. It’s a sign of intolerable political dysfunction that Joe Manchin could singlehandedly undermine them. Continue reading →

WHAT SHE SAID

Your body, his business

As Americans slug their way through a global pandemic, the polarizing fights over mask-wearing and vaccinations have made a mockery of the privacy argument at the heart of Roe v. Wade. Continue reading →

Spotlight

Prisoners from Spotlight investigation sue over alleged abuse at Souza-Baranowski

Two incarcerated men at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center on Monday filed a federal lawsuit accusing more than 30 state and prison officials of conspiring to punish prisoners with violence, in retribution for an assault on corrections officers in early 2020. Continue reading →

Metro

Year of the Jerk

Donald Trump’s presidency emboldened jerks like never before, but he is a symptom of the problem, not the cause. Americans have been getting ruder and cruder by the generation. Continue reading →

patriots

‘It’s not just another game.’ Tom Brady’s return to New England is finally upon us

Bill Belichick never wants his team to look past the next game — and now that next game is the one everyone has been waiting for. Continue reading →

celtics

Brad Stevens on Celtics’ COVID vaccine holdouts: ‘Everybody’s got to make that decision for themselves’

Enes Kanter told Rolling Stone that there were are number of vaccine holdouts, and Stevens said he hopes the team will reach 100 percent eventually. Continue reading →

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Dennis Schröder couldn’t cash in during free agency, and could turn out to be a big bargain for Celtics

The point guard refutes that he rejected an $84 million deal to stay with the Lakers, but instead accepted Boston's mid-level exception. Continue reading →

larry edelman

Boston Fed president retires amid a trading controversy, and that’s a damn shame

Eric Rosengren said Monday he was stepping down due to deteriorating health, just weeks after his personal trading was called into question. But ask anyone who knows him: There isn’t a more standup guy than Rosengren. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Pop open a Hoodsie for famous dairy operator’s 175th birthday party

A brand known by all New Englanders celebrates its 175th birthday. Continue reading →

Business

Facebook is delaying an Instagram app for users under the age of 13

The pullback comes ahead of a congressional hearing this week about internal research conducted by Facebook, and reported in The Wall Street Journal, that showed the company knew of the harmful mental health effects that Instagram was having on teenage girls. The revelations have set off a public relations crisis for the Silicon Valley company and led to a fresh round of calls for new regulation. Continue reading →

Obituaries

George Mraz, jazz musicians’ bassist of choice, dies at 77

As a boy in Czechoslovakia, Mr. Mraz heard Louis Armstrong on a Voice of America broadcast. "That’s when I started looking into jazz," he said. Continue reading →

Obituaries

George Mraz, jazz musicians’ bassist of choice, dies at 77

As a boy in Czechoslovakia, Mr. Mraz heard Louis Armstrong on a Voice of America broadcast. "That’s when I started looking into jazz," he said. Continue reading →

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LOVE LETTERS

Two men, one choice

"The more time I spend with Carter, the more I am questioning whether to take back Adam." Continue reading →

Music

Todd Rundgren’s a rock wizard but an indifferent Hall of Famer

Rundgren comes to Big Night Live for two shows this weekend to perform music from his groundbreaking 1973 album, "A Wizard, A True Star." Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

More than a feeling from Phoebe Bridgers at Leader Bank Pavilion

The warm vulnerability that marks Bridgers’s recordings was in ample evidence, and the open-air acoustics of the Seaport venue served the songs well. Continue reading →