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America ‘belongs to everyone’: Congresswomen targeted by Trump deliver searing rebuke to president

Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar held a press conference in the wake of Trump’s tweets.

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Read a transcript of remarks Trump made in defending his tweets

The following are remarks President Trump made Monday afternoon about tweets he sent Sunday in which he told progressive congresswomen to go back to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

Immigrants wait anxiously as ICE raids delayed

Parks and other gathering areas in the immigrant enclaves of East Boston were desolate Sunday, as many braced for federal immigration raids.

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Three years later, roller-coaster City Hall extortion case is going to trial

Ken Brissette and Tim Sullivan, top aides to Mayor Martin Walsh, are set for a high-profile trial next week.

It was a parking lot. Now it’s a park, and the ‘center of gravity’ in reimagined Fenway neighborhood

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Governor Baker calls Trump tweets ‘racist’ and ‘shameful’

Here’s how Republicans are reacting to Trump’s tweets about progressive congresswomen

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Pelosi pushes House resolution condemning Trump tweets

Trump vehemently defends tweets telling congresswomen to leave: ‘Many people agree with me’

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Trump moves to end asylum protections for Central Americans
According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at the US southern border.

Trump calls on congresswomen to apologize after his Twitter attacks
President Trump tweeted a new broadside Monday after weekend tweets in which he attacked progressive Democrats with what is widely established as a racist trope, suggesting they return to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says he was recently given documents showing that both he and his wife are descended from people who owned slaves.

A look at how Democrats responded to Trump’s tweets telling progressives to leave the US
Although many Republicans have stayed silent, President Trump’s comments have led to a widespread outcry among Democrats.

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These two presidential candidates went to the same high school

Tom Steyer and New York tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. 8:00 a.m.

Robert Mueller and lawmakers agree to delay hearing for 1 week

The former special counsel was scheduled to appear on Capitol Hill on July 17. He will now testify July 24. 12:40 a.m.

Map: Six presidential candidates are criss-crossing New Hampshire this weekend

Here’s a look at where the Democratic candidates for president are stopping in New Hampshire this weekend. 12:22 a.m.

Alex Acosta resigns as labor secretary amid scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein case

Acosta stepped down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with Epstein, who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. 9:19 p.m.

Watch Ayanna Pressley’s dramatic testimony on border detention facilities

The congresswoman, a Massachusetts Democrat, said Friday that federal treatment of migrants has ‘‘exceeded a level of degradation we should be ashamed is occurring on American soil.’’ 7:48 p.m.

After spate of Boston shootings, Cory Booker highlights plan for gun regulations

The presidential hopeful shared his proposal Friday in the wake of more than a dozen shootings in the city over a period of five days. 7:17 p.m.

Trump unloads on Paul Ryan after ‘American Carnage’ excerpts

He called the former congressman’s record ‘‘atrocious’’ in the wake of unflattering comments Ryan made about Trump in a new book by a Politico correspondent. 4:01 p.m.

Candidates to flood New Hampshire this weekend

The Democratic presidential primary field is on a collision course following the first set of debates, with several campaigns planning appearances in New Hampshire this weekend. 11:35 a.m.