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Wall Street Journal Urges War on Syria
Perhaps publishing it was strategically timed. It comes with John Kerry in the Middle East.
Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA
Final State Senate vote set for Tuesday
State Reps. Linda Dorcena Forry and Nick Collins, former rivals who faced off in the April 30 Democratic primary, lunched on Beacon Hill this week, ahead of the general election to replace Jack Hart.
Mass. Senate candidate Markey to release returns
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey agreed Thursday to release his tax returns dating back to 2005, one more year than was previously released by his opponent Gabriel Gomez, in a day of campaigning in which money from outside groups was at issue as well.
Sen. Karen Spilka Announces She Will Run For Congress
Sen. Karen Spilka, who represents Framingham, announced on her personal Facebook page Tuesday, if Congressman Ed Markey wins the U.S. Senate seat vacated by now Secretary of State John Kerry , she win run for Congress.
Superyacht makers really need lobbyists
My Washington Examiner colleague Timothy Carney, indefatigable chronicler of K Street, points out that the United States Superyacht Association has hired a Washington lobbyist.
Roskam Introduces Bill to Repeal Obamacare's 'Bay State Boondoggle'
Congressman Peter Roskam has introduced H.R. 2053, The Medicare Hospital Wage Index Equity Act of 2013, which would repeal a portion of the Obamacare law commonly referred to as the 'Bay State Boondoggle,' that would result in Illinois hospitals losing more than $60 million in Medicare payments.
Team Obama's endless Syria bungling
Since his inauguration, President Obama's gullibility about Syria's brutal dictatorship and its ally Russia's Middle East objectives has injured America's stakes in the region.
Kerry pushes $2.1 b defense deal in Oman
US Secretary of State John Kerry met on Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon.
Mass. lawmakers push to retain $250m for hospitals
The Massachusetts congressional delegation, after holding a rare emergency meeting Wednesday, launched what could be a final effort to preserve more than $250 million in bonus Medicare payments to the state's hospitals that critics call the "Bay State boondoggle." But the prospect of holding on to the windfall is dimming.
US Senate Candidate Markey Greets Shoppers at Roche Bros in West Roxbury
Democratic US Senate candidate Ed Markey was joined by several local political leaders in a campaign stop at Roche Bros in West Roxbury on Tuesday.
Some U.S. utilities say they're under constant cyber attack
Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyber attacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring down the U.S. power grid.
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.
Audrey Young: Kerry I'll be back to NZ
It's usually the Terminator who says "I'll be back", but yesterday it was US Secretary of State John Kerry, a sign-off statement to reporters as he headed into bilateral talks.
State Democratic Chairman Rallies Berkshire Voters
John Walsh delivered a dose of adrenaline to Berkshire Democrats on Sunday as the party ramps up campaigning for Edward Markey.
Kerry in Oman to help ink $2.1b defence deal
MUSCAT US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalise an estimated $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defence system to the Gulf nation.
Mass. US Senate race focuses on 9/11 resolutions
In their contest for a U.S. Senate seat, Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey continued to clash Tuesday over votes Markey cast against two resolutions honoring the victims of the Sept.
DeFazio vying for Markey slots
Rep. Ed Markey hasn't yet won the Massachusetts special election for the open Senate seat, but some of his colleagues are already weighing in on his committee seats.
Newsweek in 1975: Tornado outbreak blamed on global cooling
Over the past several years, one of the knee-jerk reactions from political and media personalities following natural disasters has been to blame man-made global warming.
Gabriel Gomez is an ambitious guy. In January, with Massachusetts senator John Kerry all but certain to be confirmed as secretary of state, the 47-year-old Gomez wrote a letter to Governor Deval Patrick.
In one of his first visits to the city since winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep.