Her departure, along with the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein in late 2023, marks the end of a historic chapter for female political leadership in California.

Details here on how exit polling/poll of election voters! For the in-the-weeds details on methodology, see: ssrs.com/wp-content/u...

After a series of damaging revelations about Graham Platner, @sambrodey.bsky.social went to Maine and found his campaign seemingly undiminished: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/n...

this is insane. www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

‘I don’t know what I’m going to do’: How one Boston mom is bracing for SNAP cuts @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...

As shutdown effects grow, so does pressure for a deal with @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social / Julian Sorapuru www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/n...

The city of Sausalito sent out an official mailer to voters using city funds to counter a column in the @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/emil...

What happens when an election skeptic runs elections? In this California county, they’re finding out from @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Florida's governor is telling public universities to stop hiring anyone on a H-1B visa. Expect other red states to follow suit.

It's a redistricting fight, yes, but California Democrats also believe Prop. 50 has become their best chance yet to show the rest of the country that the resistance to Trump has, finally, gotten some teeth. from @sambrodey.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/n...

The DEA said it arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. from @globespotlight.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m...

Lede of the day: "A Springfield-based aide to Governor Maura Healey was arrested after ... police seized eight kilograms of cocaine that were slated to be delivered over the weekend to a state building downtown, where he worked." by @samanthajgross.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m...

In 2023, RFK Jr.'s presidential campaign purchased a used RV and converted it into a campaign bus. In March 2025, they sold it to a Kennedy-supporting advocacy group. That group says they no longer own it. But someone is driving it around. My story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/n...

The RFK Jr. campaign is long gone ….but the bus lives and is roaming the country. @talkopan.bsky.social delves into who is driving the bus? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/n...

RFK Jr’s 2024 campaign bus has been busy. It was in California. Then it went to Burning Man. It was in Reno. It popped up in DC, where it was last spotted. So who is driving it? Kennedy spokespeople say it’s not them. I dug into the trail of clues: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/n...

Who’s driving RFK Jr.’s 2024 campaign bus all over the country? Kennedy’s orbit say they don’t know. I did some digging on the bus that recently popped up in DC: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/n...

While the Senate buzzes with normal activity, the House remains eerily silent as the shutdown drags on By @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/28/n...

The pundit class thinks that elections turn on tactical decisions by campaigns, when, in fact, they’re largely determined by the electoral environment in which the candidates run. It is one of the biggest flaws of the punditocracy & it results from their anecdotal approach to politics.

Amid the last shutdown fight, Chuck Schumer predicted a future that scared him. Now, he’s living it. by Julian Sorapuru www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/n...

Meet the MIT operations management professor and COVID vaccine critic who has a new role making vaccine recommendations to CDC by @brookehaus.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/21/m...

"A spokesperson for Howard University ... confirmed to the @sfchronicle.com that the school has been engaged in talks with Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee about expanding into the East Bay city — but stopped short of confirming concrete plans." 👀 www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

Platner controversies deepen Democrats’ 2026 debate over recruiting safe politicians or risky outsiders to flip Senate by @sambrodey.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/24/n...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Thursday morning that President Donald Trump had called him late Wednesday night and told him “clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco.” per @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

A reshaped N.H. Senate race shows what’s old is Sununu again by @jamespindell.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/23/n...

The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...

Parking lot drug exchanges. A $300,000 baby. In Massachusetts, fertility coverage shortfalls cost patients dearly. Massachusetts is known as the promised land for fertility coverage. So why are so many women left out? Important story from Jess Bartlett apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/busi...

CA State Sen. Scott Wiener is running for Congress. Nancy Pelosi won’t say whether she’ll be his opponent. by @joegarofoli.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

The White House always has a degree of latitude to dictate how, and whom, the impacts of a shutdown hit. President Trump is using that leverage to maximum effect. My story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/22/n...

A delightful little story to start your day: ‘Polite’ black bear visits fellow bears at Northern California zoo by @taraduggan.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Financial technology industry veteran is latest to enter Democratic primary for Moulton’s seat by @sambrodey.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/21/n...

More Americans are struggling to make their monthly car-loan payments, one of the clearest indications that low- and middle-income families could be starting to buckle, even as the U.S. economy on its surface has appeared to hold up relatively well.

Susan Collins has reached one of the most powerful positions in Washington. It could hardly come at a worse time. My story on how her time as Approps chair has been anything but typical: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/20/n...

America's 250th birthday was set to be a nonpartisan, unifying affair. Under Trump, the party has turned partisan. Good look from @JimPuzzanghera on how things have changed for America 250: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/n...

Moulton’s Senate bid opens chance to move up political food chain. Here’s who is vying for his seat. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/16/m...

Interest in Charlie Kirk’s conservative youth movement has surged after his death. Julian Sorapuru takes a look at how the movement is building, and where it might go next: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/16/n...

Harvard says majority of research funding canceled by Trump has been restored by @aidanryan.bsky.social and Jonathan Saltzman www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/m...

Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate bid, stressing electability and pledge to serve only one term Her interview with @jamespindell.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/14/n...

After being the first to report that the horrific Palisades Fire was linked to an earlier blaze, @mgafni.bsky.social and Julie Johnson have a remarkable deep dive into the person who has now been charged with starting it: www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

A poignant reminder of the power and importance of local journalism: 600 kids go missing from state care a year. These are the lost children of Massachusetts. apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...

Facing Senate scrutiny, Trump's Cabinet is deploying a novel strategy: Fight back, and get personal. My story on how, channeling their boss, Trump's officials are coming to Congress armed with barbs and oppo: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/n...

Pete Hegseth railed against diversity and equity to his generals. As a Harvard student, he had a much different take. From my colleagues: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/m...

The biggest lament from landlords in Portland is that when a tenant leaves, they can only raise rent on the unit by 5%; they want to be able to price vacant units at market so it’s worth renovating them. But their effort to get voters to agree was trounced in a 2023 referendum

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

'We are alive:' federal workers get hugs, validation in fraught period of shutdown and layoffs www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/03/w...

‘It’s a no-brainer’: Democrats try to re-create past Obamacare wins in fraught shutdown battle by @sambrodey.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/n...

For years, congressional Democrats described themselves as “the adults in the room” during government funding fights. But this time, Democrats said, is different. How they embraced budget brinksmanship, with @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/n...

In Vermont, a community has flooded three years in a row. Under Trump, will they receive FEMA aid? by Julian Sorapuru www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/n...

‘The worst double-edged sword’: Despite personal pain, some federal workers see shutdown as their best option with Julian Sorapuru & @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/n...

"Russ has waited for this moment his whole life.” As a shutdown looms, the influence of Trump’s budget director is coming into the spotlight: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/26/n...

"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...