Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Thomas Moakley, a Democrat, is gearing up to run for the Cape Cod House seat that Rep. Dylan Fernandes is not seeking re-election to as he mounts a state Senate bid. Moakley, a 28-year-old who filed paperwork with the state campaign finance office Friday, said he grew up in … Read more
Health Minister Mark Holland signalled Tuesday the government is unlikely to meet the end-of-the-year deadline imposed by the NDP for passing pharmacare legislation — a condition of the supply-and-confidence agreement that was struck to keep the Liberals in power until 2025. Holland said talks are ongoing with NDP MP Don Davies, the party’s health critic, … Read more
AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Joe Biden took aim at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday and urged him to change Israel’s governing coalition, ditching the far-right elements in his government. Biden made the comments at a fundraiser, warning that Israel is losing international support in its war against Hamas. “They’re starting to lose that … Read more
A 30-year incumbent has retired suddenly from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, just months before an election he was almost guaranteed to win–and it’s not yet clear who’ll be his successor. Supervisor Keith Carson is photographed at the East Bay Times studio on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Carson announced he is no longer running … Read more
Inflation might have soared to a 40-year high, and a panicky Federal Reserve may be set to keep jacking up interest rates — but the federal government still seems to have every intention of sending out more stimulus checks to “millions” of Americans. That’s according to US Government Accountability Office, which has just put out … Read more
Los Angeles, California — After President Biden was presented with a shiny gold membership card from the Carpenters’ union in Las Vegas in recognition of his pro-union bona fides, he darted off to Los Angeles last Friday to continue an eight-day fundraising swing — one that featured growing protests, the star power of a few celebrities … Read more
Hundreds of properties along a 5-mile stretch of East Colfax Avenue will have to include active, ground-floor commercial space in any redevelopment plans after the Denver City Council on Monday approved new design guidelines for buildings clumped along the city’s most famous street. The council unanimously supported applying the pack of new rules, collectively known … Read more
She’s baaaaack. Well, OK… she never really left. But in recent weeks, former first lady and failed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has become more visible in her efforts to get President Joe Biden, 81, reelected next year. Clinton has recently become “one of the most prominent and influential surrogates in Biden’s re-election effort,” NBC … Read more
Unless you’ve been living under a rock without access to basic cable, you likely know that Fox News mainly operates as the mouthpiece of the Republican Party. Over the last several years, that’s meant a significant amount of the network’s programming has involved painting Joe Biden as a cognitively impaired criminal who is deliberately destroying … Read more
Outgoing Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara skipped work on Monday, saying in a social media post that she chose to close her City Hall office “in solidarity with the global call for a ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas war. In the Instagram post, which was quickly taken down, Lara appeared to be asking her 2,500-plus followers … Read more
