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Can Donald Trump succeed where the Fed has failed?

The president-elect is advocating some good, old-fashioned deficit spending to rev up the economy.

FILE - In this July 26, 2016 file photo, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY., speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Senate Democrats are turning to Schumer, a Brooklyn-bred partisan infighter with a pragmatic streak, to steer them into the Donald Trump era. Senate Democrats and Republicans are meeting separately Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, to pick their leaders for the Congress that convenes in January 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats shake up Senate leadership

Chuck Schumer will succeed Harry Reid as minority leader, while Bernie Sanders is joining the party?s leadership ranks in the Senate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Baker_702176.jpg Baker seeks to reassure Mass. on immigration

Governor Baker pledged to advocate for communities throughout the state as President-elect Trump takes office.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/622402056.jpg Robert Kraft heads to Trump Tower

The Patriots owner, who praised Donald Trump before the Mass. primary, spent about 30 minutes at the president-elect?s headquarters.

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Donald Trump is considering charter school advocate Eva Moskowitz to serve as education secretary, according to a senior Trump official.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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When elections go wrong, ?blame the queers,? quips LGBT activist Arline Isaacson.

Eric Fehrnstrom

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/unnamed-1746.jpg Democrats know why they lost, but won?t fix their problems

As Democrats prepare to double down on the errors of the past, Donald Trump is finally making a hoped-for pivot to the middle.

Warren, lawmakers, urge financial industry to reject Bannon

Lawmakers pressed financial executives to criticize the appointment, calling it a ?test of the moral leadership of the banking and finance community.?

A Mass. teacher made a list of ?false? or ?clickbaity? websites. Then it snowballed.

Melissa Zimdars called her Google document an ?educational tool run amok.?

Moody?s calls charter school rejection ?credit positive?

Moody?s Investors Service said voters? decision to reject a charter school expansion plan is ?credit positive? for the state?s urban governments.

Federal regulators have struck a record-high settlement from a Massachusetts beer distributor.

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Feds settle with beer wholesaler over ?pay-to-play,? signal national crackdown

Federal regulators reached a record-high settlement with a Massachusetts beer distributor that illegally paid Boston bars to carry its brews.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_murder2_met[1].jpg Investigators in Princeton jogger murder case seek dark-colored SUV

Officials said they are trying to locate the driver of a dark-colored SUV that was spotted near the scene where Vanessa Marcotte was murdered.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_treelighting1_met.jpg Boston?s Christmas tree comes with a hefty price tag ? for Nova Scotia

The Canadian province gives the tree each year to Boston and picks up a variety of associated costs.

Top Places to Work

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/geworker1120mag.jpg How GE is making relocating to Boston easier for employees

The company?s relocation assistance can even include buying houses that won?t sell.

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The scandal isn?t directly mentioned, but the reference is hard to overlook.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

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The team is preparing to head to the West Coast, but the question is whether the tight end will go with them.

Stevie Nicks performing at TD Garden on Tuesday night.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Music review

A trunk of treasures from Stevie Nicks and the Pretenders at TD Garden

On a night in Boston, Nicks played hits from her Fleetwood Mac and solo years that proved why she is and remains one of rock and roll?s brightest lights.

TV Critic?s Corner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/AFP_HX8SF.jpg Apparently, Trump is going to give us a tour of the stuff in his home

Fox News and TMZ are teaming up for a tour of the things in Trump?s home, from Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/25665_005_0482_R.jpg Samantha Bee?s ?Full Frontal? extended

The ?Daily Show? alum is keeping her new job, but changing her night.

Special reports

Spotlight Team: The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/main3.jpg A suicide in the courtroom

Defendants with mental illness are much more likely to receive punishment than treatment, putting Mass. courts behind much of the country in addressing the mental health crisis.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Signs of reactions

Emotions are running high in the wake of the presidential election.