Politics

Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A widely popular ballot law that authorizes the state auditor to probe the Legislature still has not taken effect, and the latest response from representatives set off another political fracas about transparency on Beacon Hill. Auditor Diana DiZoglio said Thursday that the state’s House of Representatives was “slapping voters in the fac...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

After voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to eliminate the requirement that Massachusetts high school students pass the MCAS exam in order to receive a diploma, the question of whether the state will pursue a new statewide standard in the exams’ place — and what, exactly, that would look like — looms over the upcoming legislative session...

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new commission to slash government spending began soliciting applications for staff jobs Thursday, saying it wants to hire “revolutionaries” who score highly on IQ tests.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Shares of Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer, BioNTech and GSK closed lower on Thursday.

Republican senators are preparing for a robust vetting of Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, with a keen interest in details from a House Ethics Committee investigation into the former congressman from Florida.

The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.

In picking Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is looking to install a fierce loyalist who has been seen as divisive even within his own party.

A constellation of transportation planners, elected officials and community groups embarked Wednesday on a campaign to think about a massive project coming into focus on the horizon: replacing the Tobin Bridge. Over the next 18 months, a state working group will examine options to succeed the 74-year-old bridge that connects Chelsea and Boston&#821...

A week after Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly embraced Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s ability to audit the Legislature, Beacon Hill’s top Democrats said Wednesday they are mulling over unspecified potential alterations to the voter law. House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka, who have long resisted DiZoglio’s mis...

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz to become the nation’s attorney general was met with shock Wednesday, including from fellow Republicans. Massachusetts’ Democratic attorney general was among those highly critical of the pick. Trump announced Wednesday that Gaetz, a firebrand lawmaker from Florida, was hi...