With housing costs sky high, Congress finally puts aside partisanship and acts to increase supply

In attempting to control Washington's most independent agency, Trump risks damaging the U.S. economy. Here's the latest in the Globe DC bureau's End of Normalcy series.

Jerome Powell plans to remain on the Fed. That's a blow to Trump's push for lower interest rates.

Why did DHS post an image of Fenway Park?

Standoff over Federal Reserve chair creates uncertainty amid difficult economic conditions

Elizabeth Warren said she liked Graham Platner after he said the system was “rigged” when no bankers went to jail after the '08 financial crisis. “I said to myself, ‘that’s my kind of man,’” Warren told a Platner rally Saturday, Sam Brodey reports from Portland.

It's always great to go on the @JulieMasonShow1, but this time was special because I got to talk up the @BostonGlobe's important project allowing people to hear some of the vicious threats received by members of Congress and their staff. Take a listen.

With threats to members of Congress rising fast, we asked a couple dozen members to share their voicemails. The results were chilling. You can read more about it and listen to some of the voicemails in our interactive project.

Just a reminder since Trump keeps claiming he won in a landslide: history says he didn't.

Trump's 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' presidency

New: More redecorating by Trump, as he adds a Christopher Columbus statue I wrote about last month to the White House grounds.

In a low rumbling, some Democrats float the i-word again for Trump

Taking a big political risk, Trump tries to deny reality on inflation and affordability

Trump promised to reduce the budget deficit. So far, that's not going so well.

Urged on by survivors, Congress ordered the release of the Epstein files. But a potential hurdle remains.

The inability of Republicans to produce a comprehensive alternative, despite dozens of failed attempts in Congress to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, further complicates the effort to address the expiring subsidies.

Susan Collins should be at the peak of her power as Senate appropriations chair. Instead, @talkopan explains she's finally ascended to the coveted job at a time when the Trump administration has no use for the appropriations process. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/20/n...

The nation's 250th anniversary next July Fourth was seen as a chance to unify a divided nation. Critics say Trump's involvement is taking things in a different direction.

Rep. Seth Moulton, 46, makes age the centerpiece of his primary challenge to Sen. Ed Markey, 79, telling @sambrodey.bsky.social: “I mean, if we can’t learn the lessons of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Dianne Feinstein and Joe Biden, then people aren’t going to trust us to lead for the future.”

If lawmakers can strike a deal to quickly end the federal government shutdown, it may be due in part to the quiet work of New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen.

For Trump, a Comey conviction might be secondary to a simpler goal: humiliation

@SenMarkey brands the FCC the Federal Censorship Commission (with its own seal) as he and Schumer blast FCC Chair Brendan Carr over Jimmy Kimmel today. Markey vows to "defend the right to mock your leaders without fear" and said he wants to turn Carr into a "political pariah."

The chaos that Trump has infused into the Fed is highlighted by a simple but stunning fact at the staid institution: leading up to the start of their two-day rate-setting meeting Tuesday, it remained unclear who would be voting on monetary policy.

Healey accuses ICE of trying to ‘intimidate’ people attending Spanish-language service at Chestnut Hill church on Sunday

‘How do you protect a place like this?’ At Acadia National Park, Trump’s cuts spark fear about its future.

Trump can’t seem to quit Senator Elizabeth Warren. Here’s the latest reason why.

Representative Katherine Clark calls Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ‘genocide’

‘The majority want something different’: Mitch McConnell casts a long shadow over the battle to be his successor in Kentucky

‘No parent should have to go through this.’ Mother of slain UMass student backs Trump’s federal takeover of D.C. police.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tried two different ways of dealing with Trump. Both had the same result.

Trump falsely claims other countries pay his tariffs. US businesses and consumers will likely bear most of the costs.

Housing affordability is a major problem. Elizabeth Warren is helping lead a sweeping bipartisan effort to address it.

In Roswell, it’s not Epstein, it’s the UFO files Trump promised

At least three times this month, Trump has boasted of a survey of him and 70 economists in which he was one of only two participants to correctly predict an economic boom with no inflation right now. That's not the state of the economy. And the White House has been unable to produce the survey.

New: Senator Bernie Sanders calls for Red Sox and Aramark to ‘immediately bargain in good faith’ with unionized Fenway Park workers

Trump has publicly derided Powell — but hasn’t had a reason to fire him. A $2.5 billion Fed renovation could change that.

‘We can’t eat 30% of the cost.’ Price hikes from Trump’s tariffs are coming for back-to-school and holiday shopping.

From Christopher Columbus to Alex Trebek, Trump is spending millions on statues of ‘American heroes’ while slashing arts funding

Are the debt limit’s days numbered? Trump and Warren hope so.

‘Let’s celebrate his birthday, too’: Trump marches military into uncharted territory with Washington parade

“He does not like our politics. But you know what? That’s OK. Because clearly based on the election, California does not like . . . the narcissistic personality of Donald Trump, and we clearly do not like his policies,” said CA Rep. Jimmy Panetta,

From the weekend, a look at the Vermont women's cycling gear company that was one of the plaintiffs in the Trump tariff case that won its first round in court last week. “To have the best chance of survival was to join up here,” the company's president said. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/31/n...

Windsor and Detroit were close-knit cities on the US-Canada border. Then Trump ripped them apart. A look at how Trump's tariffs and rhetoric are playing in the days before Canada's federal elections. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/25/n...

From the weekend, my look at how Harvard grads in the upper echelons of the Trump administration and Republican Party don't have any kind words for their alma mater--actually, just the opposite--as the university battles the White House. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/19/n...

From the weekend: Trump could be making the same mistake as Biden on inflation. And this time it could be tougher for the Fed to clean it up. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/13/n...

What’s up with Trump’s fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents?

For Republicans, probing the JFK assassination isn’t just about his death, it’s also about discrediting the ‘deep state’

‘Pick your poison.’ Senate Democrats wrestle with a dilemma: give Trump what he wants or let the government shut down. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/n...