In 2018, Dems won the midterms with a certain candidate archetype: suburban, college-educated, moderate women. For 2026, are we seeing the rise of the blue-collar populist guy? @sambrodey & @JamesPindell: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/n...

Tattooed, tough, and running: Democrats’ new 2026 strategy by @sambrodey & @JamesPindell www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/n...

After Charlie Kirk’s killing, Congress has plans to increase security for lawmakers. It could come at a price: Isolation. by @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/19/n...

"Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse called social media 'deeply corrosive.' 'Vile' is the word Republican Rep, Lauren Boebert used."

We're about to hear from the fired CDC director. Will senators continue to use a particular messaging tactic in the hearing to put distance between Kennedy and Trump? My story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/17/n...

The Globe interviewed eight federal employees who took early retirement or deferred resignation. They had similar stories of deteriorating professional environments and bittersweet feelings of leaving years of mission-driven work. By Julian Sorapuru www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/n...

It's a big week for the Fed, and not just because of the challenging economy. @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social has the story on how Trump's interventions have complicated the Fed's already hard job: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/14/b...

The 16-year-old who shot two students in a Colorado high school on the same day Charlie Kirk was killed was a virulent white supremacist and antisemite www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...

Harvard federal funding set to resume — at least for now www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/m...

‘Acquiescence is the wrong and dishonorable path’: As Harvard weighs a deal, alum in Congress urges them to hold firm www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/09/m...

Trump: "Things that take place in the home they call crime....If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this is a crime."

The main pro-MAHA/Kennedy group is urging his supporters to flood congressional phone lines after his combative hearing last week. (I reported here on how the group has been deploying a media strategy to promote him, icymi: bostonglobe.com/2025/09/01/n... )

Afghan interpreter in R.I. urges President Trump to ‘keep the promise’ made to allies who helped US forces www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/08/m...

A look at false and misleading claims made by RFK Jr. during Senate hearing www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/05/n...

This is in response to a question about the accuracy of the BLS job numbers, so presumably the people being taken out are the BLS statisticians

In a hostile hearing, senators repeatedly questioned RFK Jr.’s statements. It wasn’t just Democrats. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/04/n...

DHS announces they're increasing the amount local law enforcement agencies will get for cooperation agreements for immigration enforcement:

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

Prasad has only been showing up at the FDA 3 days every 2 weeks. Prasad is commuting from CALIFORNIA. Notably the FDA is *paying for his travel* to and from California. In-person work for thee but not for me. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site. This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

I just found that this man was charged with "terroristic threat of family/household" in 2019 in Texas. Yet he still had guns and now a little boy is dead.

NEWS A federal judge BLOCKS the Trump admin from using the military in California for civilian law enforcement in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. Ruling storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Background www.allrisenews.com/p/general-sc...

My story from this weekend: As RFK works to dramatically reshape public health policy, the big money political group that helped propel his political rise has switched gears, spending to cultivate a media ecosystem that advances Kennedy’s goals: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/01/n...

the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf stunning reporting from @hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...

New story w/ @hilaryburns.bsky.social: A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...

U.S. Rep. David Scott -- an 80-year-old, 12-term congressman -- is battling concerns among Democrats that his age and health are obstacles to reelection. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

For months, the @bostonglobe.com DC Bureau has been traveling the country, documenting the impacts that Trump administration DOGE funding cuts are having on Americans in all facets of life. We found the cuts had ripple effects, not all of them obvious at first blush. Thread:

What an image (J. Scott Applewhite, AP)

On Tuesday, a federal grand jury refused to indict a former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal law enforcement agent in an incident this month that went viral on social media, per the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

I wrote some weeks ago about how red states are staying out of anti-Trump lawsuits, and thus not getting their grants back when blue states win. KFF has fascinating new data: 80% of CDC grant cuts have been restored in blue states, < 5% in red states kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Trump once signed a bipartisan criminal justice reform law. Now, he’s calling for more incarcerations in D.C. Julian Sorapuru on Trump in 2018 vs. Trump now www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/26/n...

Xinis asks Ensign if he can assure that Abrego won't be moved tonight. I'm happy to speak to my client, but I don't I don't have authorization to do so at this moment, he says.

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis is leaning toward issuing another restraining order to block Kilmar Abrego Garcia's immediate deportation to Uganda at least through this week — she wants an evidentiary hearing on Friday.

HAPPENING NOW: At 2:00 p.m. ET, Judge Paula Xinis is set to hold a telephone conference regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's newly-filed lawsuit challenging his removal to Uganda. Abrego was detained by ICE earlier today. I plan to live-post the hearing for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵

Trump says that DC having a week with no homicides was something that happened "for the first time in memory." The last time that happened was March, where there was a 16-day streak without a homicide.

As the Trump admin tries to rebrand its OBBB as the “working families tax cut”, go back to this story from @sambrodey.bsky.social where we asked Republicans about the branding while it was passing, and they basically shrugged and said it was Trump's call: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/29/n...

Harvard is under scrutiny over its academic freedom of ideas. A group probing the issue found an unexpected problem: Students are skipping class for extracurriculars. “You can’t have different views without learning," said a dean. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/21/b...

Revere Representative Katherine Clark on Monday said she does not believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, after she appeared to suggest as much last week. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/n...

There's a big field of GOP candidates in the KY Senate race, but there is one commonality: “They want someone separated from Mitch McConnell.” @sambrodey.bsky.social on the anti-McConnell vibe in the race to replace him: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/nation/mitch-mconnell-kentucky-senate-race/

“My son was murdered. ...I can never see him again. I can never talk to him again. I just stare at his ashes, at his picture. ... No parent should have to go through this.” Mother of slain UMass student backs Trump’s federal takeover of D.C. police. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...

DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man? Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

Alan Garber’s former student now holds the keys to Harvard’s future. Inside the relationship between Garber and Jay Bhattacharya from @ilyamarritz.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/m...

ICYMI, our profile of and interview with the Harvard Law alum at the center of the WH campaign against Harvard is here, from 2 weeks ago: (w / @aidanryan.bsky.social ) www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/26/n...

"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates ... more than double the rate among recent biology and art history graduates" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...

Ugh

Very interesting development: Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis drops bid for California governor, will run for treasurer from @joegarofoli www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

New level of dystopia achieved: A state Supreme Court has announced a death sentence ruling via an AI spokesman

The Alan Dershowitz-pierogi-Martha's Vineyard saga continues: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/07/m...

Trump claims Democrats are denying Republicans congressional districts in Mass. See the maps for yourself: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/n...

After months of delays, R.I. company moves quickly to ship food for starving children to Africa as US government restarts aid www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/m...