Trump's Supreme Court pick

After selection, Democrats warn of a fight in the Senate
Judge Neil Gorsuch speaks, after US President Donald Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court, at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2017. President Donald Trump on nominated federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee, tilting the balance of the court back in the conservatives' favor. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants colleagues to show Neil Gorsuch ?fair consideration,? but there seemed little appetite for that.

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Judge Neil Gorsuch spoke Tuesday at the White House after President Trump named him as his pick to sit on the Supreme Court.

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PROFILE

Nominee skeptical of government regulations

Neil Gorsuch has said that courts give too much deference to agencies? interpretations of statutes.

President Donald Trump announced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court.

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Evan Howowitz | Quick Study

A reliable conservative, except on law-and-order

Neil Gorsuch, a well-respected appellate court justice, is in the mold of Antonin Scalia ? the justice he would replace.

Don Aucoin | Critic?s Notebook

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The president, always looking to put on a show, played it up for the cameras on Tuesday.

Ground Game

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Who is Neil Gorsuch? What are his Boston ties? Will the pick change the makeup of the high court?

President Trump

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Roiling protests may make it seem like the president went too far with his immigration crackdown. Not so, his supporters contend.

Analysis

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?I wouldn?t say he?s bumping into the Constitution, he?s crashing through it,? said Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe.

Joe Schellings of Duxbury walked along Powder Point Bridge on Tuesday

Morning commute will be slippery after overnight snow

Snow is expected to end by 6 a.m., but MassDOT cautions drivers to slow down on the roads.

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A new zoning plan would allow developer Don Chiofaro build a 600-foot tower along Atlantic Avenue near the New England Aquarium.

Super Bowl LI

A somber Tom Brady was surrounded by reporters Tuesday at the Patriots? team hotel.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Family situation has been weighing on Tom Brady

Brady told the media Tuesday: ?It?s been a challenging year for my family, just for some personal reasons.?

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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?If you are yourself, I think that?s when you have a fighting chance to be successful,? said the Falcons GM.

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The players feed off the intensity of their position coach, and they welcome his direction in practice.

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Boston Police Commissioner William Evans and most of his officers have never seen a Super Bowl live because they are on patrol.

Gina McCarthy, the former head of the EPA, sat in her office at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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Former EPA head is worried about Trump, climate change

Gina McCarthy, the recently departed chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, is dismayed by its possible new direction.

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To produce the doctors that today?s patients need, the school decided that students need to take action, not just listen.

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The fighting spirit of taxi drivers has given way to despair as ride-hailing firms consolidate their dominance.

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Cleon Ali Hodge, whose tense encounter with a plainclothes Cambridge police officer in Porter Square was captured on video, will not face charges.

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Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | Madeleine K. Albright

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As a refugee who rose to serve in one of the highest offices in the land, I consider it a repudiation of everything that America represents.

Special reports

Timeline

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Scores remain in limbo after President Trump?s order to close US borders to people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, prompting widespread outrage and action.

STAT

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Mental health experts try to get inside Trump?s mind.

Trump Today

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An attorney general fired, a Supreme Court nominee to be named, and more from the White House.

? Schedule: Where the president is today

? News: A look at what happened yesterday

? Social media: What Trump has been tweeting

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

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One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

Globe must-reads

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Shirley Leung

In Trump era, Baker should follow his heart more
S.S. Carmania arriving with immigrants from Eastern Europe in 1923, docking at East Boston immigration station.

Globe Magazine

Trump anti-immigration playbook written in Boston
Sally Yates in 2015.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Can Trump control his federal work force?
In USA Football?s new format, there will be 6 to 9 players on the field instead of 11, and the field will be smaller.

Drastic safety changes to be introduced in youth football
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Is Tom Brady a system quarterback?
Ashton Kutcher onstage at the Screen Actors Guild awards.

TV Critic?s Corner

Actors and politics and Oscars, oh my
Tony Meng, of Westwood, now needs a home health aide for basic tasks.

Spotlight update

Jury: Double-booked surgery didn?t lead to quadriplegia

Budweiser?s Super Bowl ad celebrates immigrant founder
Left: Reality TV star Donald Trump on ?Celebrity Apprentice? in 2008. Right: President Trump in the Oval Office on Jan. 23.

Did Trump reveal how he?ll govern on ?The Apprentice??

New England easy to find in Houston

Insurer won?t pay claim on boat that sank, killing woman

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10 great Patriots quotes from Super Bowl Opening Night

President Trump's immigration order

?We?re not delinquents. We came to work,? said Elias Menchor, an employee of Cancun Restaurant & Bar in Everett.

Everett?s immigrant workers worry about what?s next

Foreign-born residents make up more than 40 percent of the city?s population.

Sports

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Bruins forward Jimmy Hayes (11) tangled with Tampa Bay?s Alex Killorn during the first period.

Bruins 4, Lightning 3

Bruins kick off second half with convincing win

Zdeno Chara?s third-period goal gave the Bruins a lead they wouldn?t relinquish in Tampa.

Metro

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Advoacates spoke to a legislative aide on Beacon Hill on Tuesday as part of Sexual Health Lobby Day 2017.

Lawmakers move to expand access to birth control

A bill pending on Beacon Hill would also let women choose their own birth control methods and switch freely.

Real Estate

See how this community kitchen in Newton got a ?global chic? style

For her kitchen in the Nathaniel Allen House in Newton, Massachusetts, site of the Junior League of Boston?s 2016 Decorators? Show House, Vani Sayeed looked overseas for design inspiration.

Politics

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Steve Bannon, chief White House strategist to President Donald Trump, left, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus stand together in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, before President Donald Trump arrives to announce Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Steven Bannon has populist vision for remaking US

The president?s chief strategist is an architect of an agenda that has roiled Washington in recent weeks.

Cars

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6 new and used cars you can get for under $30,000

Options include a 2017 Chevrolet Traverse and 2014 BMW 5-Series.

Columnists

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SCOT LEHIGH

Disturbing truths about Trump and his team
Next: a ride-sharing service for women?

JEFF JACOBY

Nobody gains when law crushes useful startups

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Renée Graham

Baker must stand up to Trump
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THOMAS FARRAGHER

The estate sales, where everything must go
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Michael A. Cohen

The new not-normal ? and a necessary response
US Representative Seth Moulton.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Seth Moulton is seizing the moment

KEVIN CULLEN

The Overground Railroad
A crowd gathered at Logan Airport Saturday to protest the immigration ban.

Michael A. Cohen

Shame on you, Mr. President
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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Noisegate didn?t make a peep compared with Deflategate
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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Are Patriots the greatest dynasty of them all?
Beacon Hill.

Kevin Cullen

Lawmakers may deserve a raise, but not like this
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JEFF JACOBY

The most important job interview in American life

Nation & World

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In a photo from a Facebook posting, Colonel Victor Garcia (left) posed on vacation with his friend Simon Bergman.

US military flailing in online fight against Islamic State

The counter-propaganda program is plagued by incompetence, cronyism, and skewed data, an investigation found.

Business

Workers tested samples of coffees from LeanBox at Navitor Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge. LeanBox offers hot- and cold-brew coffee options.

Hate your office coffee? These companies want to make it better

Office coffee is free. That doesn?t mean you should drink it.

Arts

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Ben Affleck, left, and Henry Cavill in a scene from,

Affleck won?t direct himself as Batman, but who will?

Ben Affleck will still star as the Caped Crusader, but he has stepped out of the director?s chair for the next film.

Food & dining

The name Moona comes from an Arabic word that is ?the English equivalent of the ?pantry?,? according to the restaurant?s website.

The restaurant is called what again?

Pabu, Pagu, Ruka, Moona, Mida: All of a sudden, Boston chefs are giving their restaurants similar two-syllable names. A baby-naming expert explains why.

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

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Young lives lost

The morning after a 16-year-old was fatally shot on the streets of Dorchester, Globe staff photographer Pat Greenhouse started documenting the destruction of three young lives.

Ground Game

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For the first time in a dozen years, there is an open race to run the Democratic Party. And unlike previous races for the influential gig, there?s not a clear front-runner.

Design New England

Design New England

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The lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.

Magazine

The cover for the January 29 2017 issue

Habits of a military dad
The cover for the January 22 2017 issue

What happened to the foster kids I once knew?
The cover for the January 15 2017 issue

These retro French chicken recipes are easier than they sound

The cover for the January 8 2017 issue

A widow in unfamiliar territory