2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1123+ words) WASHINGTON — If President Trump’s promise Wednesday night to send Americans big checks sounds familiar, it’s because he’s floated ideas like that before. And based on his track record — as well as a specific condition of this latest pledge of $5,000 for…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (337+ words) The promise comes after Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections and as affordability has become a central issue for voters heading into November. “The relief…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1177+ words) The Boston Globe Former Amazon employees sue over alleged discrimination against pregnant warehouse workers A group of former Amazon warehouse employees is suing the company for systemically discriminating against pregnant workers, accusing the company of denying them basic accommodations and…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (201+ words) Ahern was competing against former prosecutor Keith Hoffmann, state Representative Joseph J. Solomon Jr., and state Representative Jason Knight for Neronha’s position. Ahern faced scrutiny for her work as Rhode Island’s first chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, which has yet…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (644+ words) “This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can’t paper over the fact that Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 presidential contender, said Wednesday morning. Trump organized the two-day gathering in an attempt to…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1162+ words) None of Massachusetts’s top pols wants to touch Rhode Island’s gubernatorial race, where the unpopular Democratic incumbent seems to be barreling toward a historic defeat. But a little farther down the ballot, there’s a race that’s divided two of the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (299+ words) NASHUA — Republican incumbent Governor Kelly Ayotte was projected to clinch her party’s nomination on Tuesday, easily defeating two lesser-known GOP challengers as she prepares to face off with Democratic candidate Cinde Warmington in the Nov. 3 general election. Ayotte, a former…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (523+ words) Mariel Garza is executive editor of the Los Angeles-based publication Golden State and a contributing Globe Opinion writer. Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi is retiring when her term ends in January, and at first it seemed as if she would…...