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. […]
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 […]