Politics

President Joe Biden delivered an apology Friday for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally backed boarding schools for forced assimilation. 

Hurricanes Helene and Milton are drawing attention to the environmental records of Republican Sen. Rick Scott and his Democratic challenger, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

Thirty-one years after Stacey Williams says she was groped by Donald Trump while Jeffrey Epstein watched, the 56-year-old writer, consultant and former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model went public this week with her allegation.

Massachusetts voters will soon decide whether to increase minimum wage for tipped workers. Question 5 has been met with support as well as pushback by many in the restaurant industry. The minimum wage for tipped workers in Massachusetts is $6.75 an hour, provided that tips bring them up to at least $15 an hour. If tips don’t make up the......

A new memorial has been placed on the National Mall a few blocks west of the Capitol that depicts what can only be described as a bronze poop emoji atop former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk.

Attention Massachusetts: You now have less than two weeks to cast a ballot for the 2024 Election. The presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be at the top of the ticket, but there are also a series of local races to be decided, as well as the statewide ballot questions. When is Election Day? El...

At a town hall with undecided voters, the vice president said she agrees with Donald Trump’s former chief of staff’s claim that Trump is a fascist.

The Seattle Storm of the WNBA announced their endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket Wednesday.

On a forum that Tesla uses to solicit questions from investors ahead of earnings, there are a bunch of questions about Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Rep. Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham has died, a spokesperson announced Wednesday morning. Gifford, the House minority whip who represented Middleborough, Carver and Wareham, died of cancer Tuesday, the spokesperson said, and passed peacefully at her home surrounded by loved ones.  She was 64. “Representative Gifford was a strong advoc...

In a sit-down interview with NBC News’ Hallie Jackson, the vice president said she doesn’t feel the need to highlight her history-making potential: “Well, I’m clearly a woman.”

Town officials in Hanson, Massachusetts, say they’ve spent roughly $3,600 in a dispute with a resident over a political image he has projected on a water tower. The town says it has had to haul in bright lights in an effort to cover up the “Trump 2024” projection. The additional costs are mostly for overtime. The town has also sen...

The leaders of both Massachusetts’ legislative chambers on Tuesday did not rule out altering ballot questions which, according to pollsters, are favored by most voters ahead of next month’s election. And for the question that aims to allow an audit of the Legislature itself, the House speaker and Senate president would not rule out a fu...