Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is continuing to defend his decision not to correct a questioner at a recent town hall event who incorrectly stated that President Barack Obama is Muslim. Speaking to more than 1,000 conservative Republicans at an event sponsored by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, Trump said that he is not […]
The war of words between Donald Trump and Fox News turned nasty Wednesday night. On Megyn Kelly’s Fox News talk show, conservative columnist Rich Lowry asserted that Carly Fiorina had castrated Trump. Lowry, a prominent Trump critic, referred to Trump’s private parts and said Fiorina had the “precision of a surgeon.” Kelly, who looked shocked […]
The FBI is investigating a former top military aide to three U.S. presidents and his firm over allegations it bilked foreign investors out of millions of dollars by touting his White House ties and making promises of quick U.S. Green Cards to raise funds for a giant hotel complex. Five years after an elaborate ground-breaking ceremony […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia who was convicted in September on corruption charges, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Tuesday in one of the most spectacular falls of a statewide elected official in the history of the commonwealth. McDonnell, 60, was given the sentence by Judge James R. […]
Charlie Baker, facing an overwhelmingly Democratic Legislature, offered a broadly inclusive inauguration speech.
After Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker attended Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s inauguration Tuesday, she returned the favor and attended Baker’s ceremony on Thursday, pledging collaboration between the two states, particularly in the areas of economic development and energy supply. Both were elected to their first terms for governor in November. The partnership may not just […]
Deval Patrick looked out on Boston Common, presiding not only as the incoming governor but as the leader of a movement that had upended politics. Thousands from across the state cheered and held up cellphone cameras — people of every kind and color, young and old, jubilant multitudes never before seen at the State House. […]
Deval Patrick exited the State House on his last full day as governor. Earlier in the day, Patrick and his wife met with Baker and his wife, Lauren, in the governor’s office. The couples sat on separate sofas, sipping champagne, as a fire crackled in a fireplace behind them. As cameras rolled, Patrick handed Baker […]
SWAMPSCOTT — These are the lessons Charlie Baker’s parents taught their three boys: Serve your community; when you’re knocked down, get right back up; learn from your mistakes. On Thursday, when Baker is sworn in as the state’s 72d governor, it will be the culmination of a life and career in which he has tried […]