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Trump?s budget plans challenge his party?s deficit hawks

President Trump is proposing some big costs and a series of new tax cuts ? while pledging to keep entitlement programs intact.

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Senate silences Warren in AG debate

The Mass. senator lost her speaking privileges during a debate on Jeff Sessions? nomination for attorney general.

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America got a civics lesson Tuesday night when Senate Republicans used an obscure rule to shut down a speech by Elizabeth Warren.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1211trumptower.jpg A possible new tenant for Trump Tower: The Defense Department

The potential lease raises questions about a conflict of interest because taxpayer dollars could be going directly to his business interests.

President Donald Trump speaks to the Major County Sheriffs' Association and Major Cities Chiefs Association, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump uses Boston case in arguing for travel ban

President Trump again cited a federal court ruling in Boston during a speech before police associations.

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The Mass. cities plan to file a lawsuit in federal court challenging President Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_LH6C6.jpg Trump Today: How?d the court hearing on the travel ban go?

President Trump tweeted that without the ban, the US ?can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled.?

Chaos on the roads

Boston, MA- February 08, 2017: A Massachusetts State Police trooper directs traffic as emergency workers clear an accident on the Harvard Bridge in Boston, MA on February 07, 2017. Authorities are responding numerous crashes with multiple vehicles around Eastern Massachusetts Wednesday, forcing them to close several major highways due to severe icy conditions during the morning commute. (Globe staff photo / Craig F. Walker) section: metro reporter:

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A look at what?s happening on Boston?s icy roads

No serious injuries have been reported, but parts of highways have been closed after freezing rain led to treacherous conditions.

Boston, MA- February 08, 2017: Emergency workers clear an accident on the Harvard Bridge in Boston, MA on February 07, 2017. Authorities are responding numerous crashes with multiple vehicles around Eastern Massachusetts Wednesday, forcing them to close several major highways due to severe icy conditions during the morning commute. (Globe staff photo / Craig F. Walker) section: metro reporter:

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Man killed while trying to help driver on icy road

A vehicle slid into a 63-year-old man who was trying to help a motorist in Needham, a tragic crash during a morning of chaos on Greater Boston roads.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/map3-5945.png Mass. could see up to 14 inches of snow on Thursday

It?s hard to believe a nor?easter is on the way Thursday when temperatures are going to approach 60 on Wednesday, but that?s exactly the case.

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Saving shelter dogs: A love story

Will Happy, Harmony, and Bridget find homes before kennel stress makes them unadoptable?

Love Letters

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She likes her new guy a lot more, so why has she started thinking about the old one?

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/bauman200-5994.jpg Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman and wife Erin Hurley to divorce

?Jeff and Erin have decided that it is best to move forward as friends,? a family spokesperson said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/633958168.jpg Nate Solder has a message for Bill Belichick

The Patriots offensive tackle took to Twitter to let his coach know that he was, in fact, taking today off.

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James Baldwin?s words still resonate with bone-weary familiarity in our perilous times.

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Timeline

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_29immigrationlocal20_MET.jpg How the backlash against Trump?s travel ban unfolded

On Friday, President Trump issued his immigration order. By the weekend, protests rocked cities around the nation.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160923_SAMentalHealth_312.jpg The San Antonio solution

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

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/MOUSE_REPEAT.jpg Do you have a social media compulsion?

It?s not a pathology ? our minds are wired in a way that lets digital technology sink its hooks into us.