Politics

It’s been a busy summer at Cool Shade in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. The Jamaican eatery sees dozens of customers each day serving up jerk chicken, plantains and plenty of rice and beans. “For the food, it’s pretty good,” said Cool Shade owner Andre Williams. “But the liquor would definitely attract way mor...

New court papers in Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case pull back the curtain on his conversations with family members, former Vice President Mike Pence and other close advisers in the weeks leading up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign.

Trump accused the special counsel of election interference over a filing released. But a federal judge made the decision to make it public and when.

A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration’s sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan.

A former Colorado county clerk is set to be sentenced Thursday for orchestrating a security breach of her elections computer system.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to a gun reform bill passed this summer, a move that prevents the law from being suspended while opponents work on a ballot measure to put before voters in two years. The law addresses, among other things, ghost guns and red flag laws. “We needed to give time to our agencies and&#82...

Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, federal prosecutors said in a newly unsealed court filing that argues that the former president is not entitled to immunity from prosecution.

Minimum wage laws vary across the U.S., but how far does one hour of work actually get you? We break it down by Oreos … how many Oreos you can buy with your state’s minimum wage.

Both focused on the top of the ticket, not each other. Walz admitted to flubbing a personal story. Vance distorted Trump’s health care record. And they fought over economic records.

Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of burgeoning domestic and international troubles.

In closing statements on Tuesday, vice presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance pitched themselves to America’s voters as the election nears.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz advocated for federal family leave policies. “A federal program of paid family medical leave… will enhance our workforce, enhance our families, and make it easier to have the children that you want.”