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NBC10 Boston’s Mary Markos got a chance to sit down with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday, who hit on a variety of topics, including the ongoing Steward Health Care crisis, why she thinks former President Donald Trump won’t debate Vice President Kamala Harris, the Massachusetts migrant shelter crisis, and more. The full transcript of the interview appears below....

There was a sense of urgency inside the Massachusetts State House Wednesday as formal sessions came to a close. “Senators are furiously at work,” said Sen. Julian Cyr. “It’s very important, there’s a lot of things pending,” said Rep. Steven Xiarhos. More than 15 high-profile bills are on the legislature’s agenda, including housing, healthcare, climate, economic development and liquor...

What do “Minions” movies and female presidents have in common? A lot, according to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. In a recent episode of the Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Sen. Warren made a guest appearance Tuesday night, answering a question from a 5-year-old who asked why there aren’t any girl presidents. This comes at a time when Vice President...

President Joe Biden announced over the weekend he’s not seeking reelection and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to fill that vacancy.

After weeks of mounting pressure to step aside, President Joe Biden has ended his bid for reelection. The 81-year-old Biden announced he’s dropping out of the race after heavy criticism over his ability to lead at his age. A historical decision, Biden is the first sitting president since Lyndon B. Johnson to drop out of the presidential race. That...

We’re learning more Monday morning about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The FBI is now saying they believe the shooter, who apparently had bomb making materials in his car, acted alone. In the wake of the attempted assassination of Trump, President Joe Biden addressed the nation Sunday night, asking Americans to lower the temperature in politics,...

Donald Trump will be headlining his third Republican National Convention, this time in Milwaukee and touting a new party platform that focuses heavily on immigration, inflation and crime but largely leaves out the issue of abortion. 

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President Joe Biden’s candidacy remains under scrutiny as the first Senate Democrat, Peter Welch of Vermont, publicly called for Biden to end his campaign on Wednesday. In an opinion piece for the Washington Post published Wednesday evening, Welch wrote that “the stakes could not be higher.” “We cannot unsee President Biden’s disastrous debate performance,” Welch wrote. “We cannot ignore or...

For the first time in months, legislative leadership on Beacon Hill met behind closed doors on Monday. Six weeks of formal sessions remain, with a backlog of bills and an even tighter deadline on the fiscal year 2025 budget. “They’re working on it, they’re exchanging proposals,” said House Speaker Ron Mariano. “They’re working hard and continue to have discussions,...

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with more than two dozen American veterans near Omaha Beach on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

U.S. Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., brought his 6-year-old son Guy to work on Monday and he stole the show while Rose was making a speech.

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden paid a $5,000 civil fine for violating conflict of interest laws during the 2022 Democratic primary election, according to the State Ethics Commission. The violation concerns the Democratic primary for the Suffolk County District Attorney race, which Hayden won over then-Boston city councilor Ricardo Arroyo. In August 2022, during the height of the race,…

“Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker discusses Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iran (and the White House’s response), possible movement in Congress on providing aid to Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson’s tactics, jury selection in President Donald Trump’s New York City hush money trial and more.

U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren excoriated Steward Health Care’s top executive inside Beacon Hill’s largest hearing room Wednesday, where they set up an empty chair for CEO Ralph de la Torre, who declined to testify about financial decisions that have jeopardized operations at its Massachusetts hospitals. During their Senate subcommittee hearing exploring the harms of private equity...

Rep. Annie Kuster will not be seeking reelection in November, the New Hampshire Democrat announced Wednesday. “We all have a role to play in standing up for what we believe in, advocating for a better future, and pursuing the change that we want to see. I always said I was not going to stay in Congress forever — I will…

The debate over legalizing natural psychedelic drugs to treat illnesses such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD could soon be left up to voters. The push to get it on the ballot came to Beacon Hill on Tuesday by a group of advocates who swear by the benefits. “You go into these experiences to deal with what are the darkest parts…

24-year-old Ashwin Ramaswami is running for the Georgia state Senate, taking on a Republican who was indicted alongside Donald Trump.

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A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police.

The Connecticut Nonprofit Child Tax Credit Coalition joined a group of lawmakers, nonprofits, and families at a news conference Wednesday to call for a permanent, fully refundable child tax credit. The credit would give families $600 a year per child with the goal of closing the gap on child poverty and creating a fair tax system. Lawmakers said pursuing a…