US POLITICS

Ms. Healey, a Democrat, is the most well known of the candidates who are running to replace Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican who is not seeking re-election. Attorney General Maura…

For centuries, the idea prevailed in our competitive civilization that when someone fails a fundamental qualifying test, it means they should return to their studies and keep a low profile…

A report concluded that most cases have environmental or medical causes, but the government remains focused on investigating two dozen incidents that remain unexplained. About 1,000

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Legal scholars say a long-forgotten provision of the Constitution could bar from office anyone who encouraged the Capitol riot. An obscure 19th-century provision of the U.S. Constitution that barred members…

The panel investigating the assault on the Capitol wants information from two leaders of the “America First” extremist movement. Mr. Fuentes, right, a white nationalist and online provocateur who leads…

Without the votes to change Senate rules, Democrats cannot overcome a Republican filibuster against legislation intended to offset new state voting restrictions. Democrats for the first time succeeded in forcing…

Mr. Biden’s comments went well beyond the formal intelligence assessments described by White House officials, which conclude that Russia’s president has not yet decided whether to invade. Read in app…

The case was a constitutional clash on the scope of executive privilege and whether a former president may invoke it when the current one has waived it. Former President Donald…

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