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A 2006 bill shows how border security occupied Washington well before Trump made it the centerpiece of his candidacy.
Trump personally asked a parks official for proof of crowd claimIn a Saturday phone call, President Trump personally ordered the director to produce additional photographs of the inauguration crowds.
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What?s an executive order? And, more importantly, how is Trump using them?What are the powers -- and limits -- of the orders President Trump is signing this week?
Adrian Walker
Mayor Walsh pushes back hardAny doubts about the sincerity of Trump?s anti-immigrant rhetoric have been decisively laid to rest in his first week in office.
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The Globe interviewed several immigration law experts to explain the questionable nature and potential impact of President Trump?s proposal.
Trump wants to pay for wall with 20 percent tax on Mexican importsA White House spokesman says President Trump wants to include the measure in a comprehensive tax reform package.
What are the logistics of using City Hall as a refuge for immigrants?Mayor Walsh on Wednesday offered the halls of government as a refuge for those fearing deportation.
Mayor Walsh just tried to ?rick roll? Howie CarrIn response to an invitation to be on Carr?s show, Walsh tweeted, ?Sure, here?s a link to my calendar,? with a link to the goofy ?80s music video.
Baker says Massachusetts should not be ?a sanctuary state?However, the governor said communities ?should be allowed to make their own decisions? on enforcing the law during a forum with Mayor Walsh.
SCOT LEHIGH
The state of Charlie BakerHis state-of-the-state was one-part substance, two-part political message.
Worcester man allegedly assaulted Muslim airline workerThe man allegedly cursed Islam and shouted ?Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you.?
This plane is so big, Massport spent $30 million renovating a Logan Airport terminal to accommodate it.
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Octavia Spencer: Hasty Pudding Woman of the YearThe Oscar-winning actress was paraded down Massachusetts Avenue in a slow-rolling vehicle surrounded, as ever, by students dressed in flamboyant drag.
Drug dealers used Cape Cod home of Kennedy relatives, police sayPolice arrest four in a fentanyl ring that was being run out of a Hyannisport home owned by the Shrivers. Police say the suspects operated without the family?s knowledge.
The lawsuit alleges a SNAP fund-raiser was fired after she raised concerns about donations from lawyers.
Could certain opioids lead to amnesia?Fourteen unusual cases of memory loss in Massachusetts among drug users may represent a new syndrome.
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The Weekender: Global sounds, quiet knights, and hailing MaryOur picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
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Of the 44 Patriots who played in Super Bowl XLIX two years ago, a little more than half (23) are still with the team.
EDITORIAL
Mexico teaches Trump an important lesson on the limits of presidential powerBy saying no to paying for a border wall, Mexico is making a stand for its own sovereignty.
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We break down, body part by body part, what science suggests the average 39-year-old human encounters, and how Brady might be defying those expectations.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7
The San Antonio solutionOne Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Boston scored four straight goals ? two by Brad Marchand ? after spotting Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead in the first period.
The two men ?are NOT wanted? in the Oct. 29 death of a woman who had recently immigrated from Haiti to rejoin her family.
Though there are plenty of homes listed for sale for $1 million in the Boston area, what you actually get for that amount of money varies quite a bit.
A dusty and little-known snippet from the Constitution is part of a long-shot plan to challenge the president.
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Pope Francis on Wednesday seized control of the Knights of Malta, and action that amounts to one sovereign country annexing another, if on a very small scale.
Facebook is updating its ?trending? feature that highlights hot topics on its social networking site, part of its effort to root out fake news stories.
Gay is thought to be the first author to pull a book from publisher Simon & Schuster over the controversy surrounding alt-right figure and Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos.
How in the world did this version of the Chinese restaurant come to be?
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Luis Maldonado is the last remaining photographer in the main square of the Chilean capital still using a wooden box camera.
Ground Game
Has Trump already made the biggest mistake of his presidency?For a moment there, weeks before he was sworn in, it appeared that Donald Trump was beginning to get something of a honeymoon.
Design New England
A Gardener?s GardenThe lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.
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