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Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

U.S. intel warns war is unlikely to oust Iran regime www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Fiercer word than usual from Obama on the current administration

Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS chief, names Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her Stepping in as acting secretary is GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma who Trump said had "Wisdom and Courage required to Advance our America First Agenda."

Noem takes the hit for DHS. Trump replaces her with Oklahoma Sen. Mullin, who seemed surprised at the news
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Trump weighs replacing Noem as frustrations build among White House officials, GOP lawmakers | CNN Politics President Donald Trump is privately weighing replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid mounting frustrations both in the administration and on Capitol Hill over her management of the depa...

And Noem is out at DHS
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Mass. residents among many stranded in the Middle East amid U.S. war with Iran Stacey Schuhwerk and her son got stuck in Qatar on their way home from vacation. They're among at least 3,000 Americans unable to return home from the region due to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Ira...

Americans are stuck in the Middle East because the Trump admin. failed to warn them to leave before attacking Iran. @wbur.org's @agbrooksradio.bsky.social talks with a Mass. woman in Qatar
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Massachusetts lawmakers weigh ban on ICE arrests in courthouses for civil immigration matters Advocates and state lawmakers are pressing for legislation that bans warrantless civil immigration arrests in and around courthouses in Massachusetts.

Mass. lawmakers weigh ban on ICE arrests at courthouses on civil immigration matters @bychrisvan.bsky.social @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Foxborough still won't license World Cup yet, even after funding promise The fate of the Foxborough entertainment license that will allow FIFA men’s world cup games to be played at Gillette stadium this summer is still up in the air. Funding questions for security seem to ...

Foxboro officials got the funding promise they wanted on security costs - from World Cup organizers and the Krafts. (Fed $ still MIA) But they've yet to issue license FIFA needs - as the sides wrangle over control of plan details @wbur.org @andreaperdomoh.bsky.social
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DiZoglio spars with state lawmakers over public records reform Massachusetts Auditor Diana DiZoglio and a group of state lawmakers broke into verbal brawls Tuesday during a hearing on a potential ballot question to expand the state's public records law to cover t...

Mass. Auditor DiZoglio spars with lawmakers in push to make Legislature subject to public records disclosures @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Dow drops 1,000 as stocks sell off around the world and oil prices leap even higher on war worries The S&P 500 dropped 2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1,048 points, and the Nasdaq composite sank 2.1%. Rising questions about how long the war in Iran may continue is creating unce...

Stock market plunging on Iran war chaos www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Mass. Democrats condemn Trump's war in Iran. Some Republicans are worried too. "America is exhausted of foreign entanglement. I'm exhausted," said John Deaton, a Marine veteran and Republican challenging Democratic Sen. Ed Markey for Senate. Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Republic...

Democrats are lambasting Trump's war in Iran. Some Republicans are worried too: "America is exhausted of foreign entanglement. I'm exhausted," says John Deaton, Marine veteran and GOP challenger to Sen. Ed Markey for Senate. @wbur.org @agbrooksradio.bsky.social
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In unsolved murder cases, families go years without updates WBUR found district attorneys deny requests for case files and updates by saying investigations are still open — even in cases where years have passed with no new suspects or evidence. It's a more com...

In hundreds of “open” unsolved homicides in Mass., officials withhold records and updates from families for years - even when they have no new suspects or evidence @wbur.org great work by @sdooling.bsky.social and her investigative students
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Marine vet @moulton.house.gov
on Iran: ‘Trump says he wants a nuclear deal, but the only reason we don’t have one is because he tore it up. Trump’s utter stupidity will get Americans killed, & it’s long past time for Republicans in Congress to let us follow our Constitutional duty and vote’ on war

2 people on a Provincetown boat hospitalized after carbon monoxide exposure, Coast Guard investigating Both people were transported to Cape Cod Hospital. The first responders and harbormaster also were evaluated for carbon monoxide exposure and released.

It was a long week for folks on the outer Cape dealing with the blizzard and lost power. Then this happened last night www.wbur.org/news/2026/02... @wbur.org

A sneak peek at the state's transit plans for World Cup State Transportation leaders have been slow to share transit plans for the soccer matches. The MBTA will ramp up trains and buses, while only a quarter of Gillette Stadium's typical parking spots will...

The T will have to up its game to handle World Cup transit. For one thing: Gillette will have only 1/4 of its usual parking available @wbur.org @andreaperdomoh.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Mass. teen targeted by Homeland Security in social posts before State of the Union address Marcelo Gomes da Silva, the Milford teen detained by ICE last year, had high hopes for his visit to Washington, D.C., but was reportedly escorted out of the Capitol chamber after the Department of Hom...

The Milford teen targeted by Homeland Security before the State of the Union spoke to @wbur.org @debbecker10.bsky.social about the experience www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's State of the Union As President Trump delivered his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom, are fact checking his speech and offer context.

NPR fact check here on Trump's lengthy State of Union
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How Cape Cod and southeastern Mass. are coping after Monday's monster blizzard Tuesday was a day for digging out in southeast Massachusetts. With widespread power outages, people gathered at fire stations and school gymnasiums to get warm and share their stories.

Good listen here on state of things on the Cape, post storm @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Healey lifts southeastern Mass. travel ban as tens of thousands remain without power " I would characterize the damage as some of the most significant I've seen in my 25 years here at the fire department," said Orleans Fire Chief Geof Deering. Power outages are widespread on Cape Cod ...

Tough going on the South Coast of Mass. & the Cape today -- with towns scrambling to pull together warming centers and get enough cots for overnight stays. Meals on Wheels struggling to deliver. Lots of gas stations MIA @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
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Photos: New England shovels out after historic blizzard Snow totals ranged from around a foot in Greater Boston to three feet in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Officials said it would take days to clean up the snow and restore power fully.

Scenes from the storm @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

ICE flight stranded at Portsmouth airport during Monday’s snowstorm has departed for Bulgaria The deportation flight landed and was stuck on the tarmac for over 12 hours due to the blizzard conditions. Detainees were eventually allowed off the plane and were held in the terminal. The flight de...

Immigrant detainees held on the tarmac for 12+ hours finally flown to Bulgaria
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Blizzard of 2026 recap: Record snow totals and hurricane force winds Monday wasn’t just a snow day — it was a record-shattering, landscape-altering event. While many in the region were hunkered down listening to the wind howl, history was being made across southern New...

Providence, RI, blew through the Blizzard of '78!
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Ayotte: ICE to ditch plan for detention facility in Merrimack Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will not move forward with a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack.

NH Gov says she gets ICE to back off; won’t use Merrimack as detainee warehouse site www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...

In unprecedented decision, The Boston Globe will not print a paper for Feb. 24 delivery due to blizzard - The Boston Globe A massive nor’easter that blasted New England with snow and turbulent winds made it nearly impossible for the paper’s printing staff to get to work in Taunton.

OMG!!
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Over 128,000 without power as monster storm batters Massachusetts Wind gusts of 59 mph were reported at Logan Airport just before 7 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. The agency predicted the highest wind gusts will blow between 4 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monda...

128k without power in Mass thus far @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

AG Campbell asks SJC to toss out DiZoglio lawsuit on auditing the Legislature In a filing with the SJC, the state's attorney general argues she is the "gatekeeper empowered to determine when, if ever, the Commonwealth’s intragovernmental legal disputes require judicial resoluti...

Attorney General @massago.bsky.social Campbell has a message for the @massauditor.bsky.social DiZogio: Don't run to the high court without the AG's permission @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs The 6-3 ruling is a major blow to the president's signature economic policy.<br><br>

Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-56...

Shortsleeve: “This state is in a very different place than it was when either Mitt Romney or Charlie Baker was governor.”

Once a Baker-style Republican, Brian Shortsleeve tacks right in his run for governor Brian Shortsleeve left venture capital more than a decade ago to overhaul the MBTA’s troubled finances at the request of then-Gov. Charlie Baker, a moderate Republican of the classic Massachusetts sty...

Colleagues of Brian Shortsleeve - VC, Marine, Harvard MBA - saw him as a moderate Republican, Charlie Baker style. For years he flipped from GOP to independent - including after Jan. 6. But he voted Trump and now won’t comment on MAGA @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Shortsleeve is pitching himself as a Barnstable/Cape Cod guy (he has a $12 mil summer manse in Osterville) but he raised his family in Wellesley.

Once a Baker-style Republican, Brian Shortsleeve tacks right in his run for governor Brian Shortsleeve left venture capital more than a decade ago to overhaul the MBTA’s troubled finances at the request of then-Gov. Charlie Baker, a moderate Republican of the classic Massachusetts sty...

As he runs for governor of Mass., Brian Shortsleeve has taken a right turn from his days running the T under Charlie Baker. He’s betting it’s no longer Baker & Romney’s moderate GOP; 36% of state voted for Trump @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...