The Trump presidency

?The whole thing has been a witch hunt,? Trump says

President Trump said the appointment of a special counsel ??shows we?re a divided, mixed-up, not unified country.?

President Donald Trump, right, listened as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, left, spoke during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

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Mass. lawmakers impatient with chaos, lack of action in D.C.

There?s anger. There?s agitation. But most of all there is impatience.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/McCarthy0207mag.jpg These are the real ?greatest witch hunts? in political history

Consider also these past political witch hunts, and judge for yourself if they are greater than the investigation into President Trump?s ties to Russia.

Opinion

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-9686.jpg Special Counsel Bob Mueller won?t leak but Trump should still be worried

Mueller survived 13 years as FBI director in a town that floats on leaks, but he was never a leaker.

Ty Burr

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AP3901010946.jpg Paging Mr. Smith

There?s an opening for a hero here and no one seems interested in the job.

Red Sox

OAKLAND, CA - MAY 18: Hector Velazquez #76 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after giving up a home run to Jed Lowrie #8 of the Oakland Athletics in the first inning at Oakland Alameda Coliseum on May 18, 2017 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Athletics 8, Red Sox 3

Athletics too much for Velazquez, Red Sox

Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis hit first-inning homers to spoil Hector Velazquez?s major league debut.

Television

TV Critic?s Corner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/adev_pds_009_h-001.jpg Bluths are reconnecting for a fifth season of ?Arrested Development?

The disappointing fourth season kept the ensemble fractured. Not so in season five, Netflix says.

COMMENTARY | DON AUCOIN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/30a3692b-4f11-4168-8491-c0246579f3b5.jpg Like him or loathe him, Roger Ailes transformed the news

The pugnacious founder of Fox News Channel gave the news an explicitly ideological edge, and in the process he played a crucial role in the rise of President Trump.

Lifestyle

THINGS TO DO

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/4311_170512_ART_Arrabal.jpg The Weekender: ?Alien? invaders, resurgent Pixies, Agent Cooper

The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

Metro

In 2015, bouquets of flowers adorned a light post at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Beacon Street, where a bicyclist was struck and killed.

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Walsh?s words raise ire among bike and pedestrian advocates

To some, the mayor?s comments about pedestrian and bicycle safety seemed mundane. To others, they were a call to arms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Beach_02.jpg To beach or not to beach on a May day

There?s something about going to the beach when you?re supposed to be somewhere else.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_missing11_met.jpg Franklin police continue search for missing 20-year-old

Franklin police said they would be looking in harder-to-reach areas.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi19college15.jpg For former gang members, making education pay

This fall, 40 former gang members are being paid to resume their education as part of an initiative called Boston Uncornered.

Business

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Bookstore_02.jpg On the former Medieval Manor site, a bookstore with a mission

In a part of the South End giving over to gentrification, a landlord is renting the former Medieval Manor to a nonprofit bookstore.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/reeromp.jpg A Reebok romper for men? It?s happening.

After a crowdfunding campaign for the garment concept went viral, Reebok is getting in on the trend.

Globe Magazine

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Globe Magazine

Why is it so hard to stop buying more stuff?

A neurosurgeon zeroes in on the problem of overconsumption and why our brains don?t signal when enough is enough.

Magazine | Perspective

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/perspect0521mag.jpg A lesson from Harvard: Learn to pick your battles

By 21st-century standards, the university?s alma mater is problematic. And fixable.

Music

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Boston%20Call%20globe%20arts%20web.jpg Boston Calling?s big move

While the switch from City Hall Plaza to a 16-acre site in Allston may take some getting used to, a diverse roster of artists remains a constant.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/ce14dd6ef3f843468ab5940656e67c99-ce14dd6ef3f843468ab5940656e67c99-0.jpg Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell dies at 52

Cornell?s death, ruled a suicide, stunned his family and his fans, for whom Cornell just performed hours earlier at a show in Detroit.

Trump Today

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/684257682-4399.jpg Following silence, a Twitter eruption

President Trump erupted on Twitter Thursday morning, calling himself the victim of a ?witch hunt.?

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/3fbbaffbfed747028e0d5cbc211e1fa0-3fbbaffbfed747028e0d5cbc211e1fa0-0.jpg Visa hassles may hit seasonal business hard

A faltering visa program for foreign guest workers could hit businesses on the Cape & Islands hard this summer.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Cold%20Case_WEb_shorterNew.jpg Finding Lisa: A story of murders, mysteries, loss, and, incredibly, new life

Her father was not who he said he was. He had secrets, secrets that Lisa would uncover, years later, when she set out to answer the question that burned in her: Who am I?

Newsletters

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Address: Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/realestate.jpg Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer

In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Tom%20Brady.jpg Tom Brady had a concussion. So what? Here?s what science has to say

Amid reports that Tom Brady had a concussion last year, here?s the latest science on such head injuries and their long-term impact.