Federal authorities on Sunday conducted searches in Pennsylvania as part of an investigation into a homemade bomb that was thrown outside the official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City over the weekend. No one was hurt in the incident.
Billionaires made 19% of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a New York Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Here's how wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Texas Senate, criticized the use of Christianity to promote conservative politics. In a recent interview, he said his candidacy was part of a broader mission to counter what he sees as a partisan takeover of the American church.
Country Joe McDonald holding a guitar in 1981. A card reads: "1942-2026: Country Joe McDonald, Artist Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84. Photo by United Archives, via Getty Images."
Country Joe McDonald, one of the starring acts at Woodstock whose satirical anti-Vietnam War song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” became an anthem, died on Saturday. He was 84. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...
Colin Jost played Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the opening of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted this week by Ryan Gosling and featuring the musical guest Gorillaz. The episode also had a Harry Styles cameo. Read our recap.
Minutes before the Senate filing deadline, Senator Steve Daines of Montana withdrew his re-election bid and an ally jumped in. Even some fellow Republicans criticized the 11th-hour switch.
Job growth fizzled in February, with U.S. employers cutting 92,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticking higher.
Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department reported on Friday, a sign of unexpected weakness in the labor market. Here's what to know.
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A former nursing-home owner, who had been convicted of tax crimes, paid a lawyer and lobbyist at least $100,000 to help secure a pardon from President Trump and walked free. Others are following his blueprint in a lucrative pardon industry that has emerged around Trump.
Two of the top schools in the country. It's interesting that they have gotten into fights with three separate Massachusetts universities. Dumbasses. MIT could probably develop a long range missle that could take out the Pentagon
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Some upcoming elections (mostly lesser-known elections; in some cases, the midterm primaries):
• Tuesday, March 3rd: AR, CA, FL, IA, KS, MA, NC, NM, SC, TX, VA, VT
• Saturday, March 7th: DE, FL
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President Trump’s “authoritarianism is not abstract. There is nothing stopping him from wielding the awesome power of the United States to serve his own interests, not the public’s,” Ben Rhodes writes. “War should never be normal.”
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Inside the Pentagon, there was deepening concern Sunday that the Iran conflict could spiral out of control. “The mood here is intense and paranoid,” one person said.
There is anxiety among senior leaders that the fighting will extend for weeks, further stressing limited U.S. air defense stockpiles.
A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse — and there won't be another until late 2028. on.nbcboston.com/O7GQGvL
Back here at home, local lawmakers say it was inevitable that we'd quickly learn American lives were lost in Iran. The impact of this attack is really sinking in though for Steven Xiarhos, who lost his 21-year-old son in 2009 in the War in Afghanistan. on.nbcboston.com/I7quv29
Officials tried to reassure residents and visitors that the country’s air defense system was among the best in the world. on.nbcboston.com/kdSYJ5r
In Kuwait City, as fire and smoke rose from inside the U.S. Embassy compound, the country's defense ministry said “several” American warplanes had also crashed in the country.
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NEW TONIGHT: Sudbury police dispatcher Owen Gerow, who is serving in the U.S. Navy, was injured during the conflict with Iran, according to the Massachusetts police department where he works. on.nbcboston.com/a03SIO1
Are you from Hingham or Hull, MA? If so, Indivisible Hingham Hull would love to give you a No Kings lawn sign (for a suggested $20 donation). We can only deliver to Hingham or Hull though. indivisiblehinghamhull.org/order-yard-s...
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“In southeastern Massachusetts today, March 1st, over 40-plus good troublemakers showed up at Lawson Common in Scituate, MA, during a snow squall to protest the Trump regime’s illegal war with Iran.”
Jeffrey Epstein standing in front of a mountain on a dirt trail. A headline reads: "Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little" Photo U.S. Justice Department, via Reuters
Aside from Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, none of his associates have been criminally charged in the U.S. Millions of pages of Justice Department records help explain why, and how Epstein was able to act with impunity for so long. trib.al/Jw3IVYj
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“It is natural to hope that the decapitation of this regime could lead to the end of Iran’s theocracy,” the editorial board writes. “Yet it is also important to consider the context — and the long-term risks that it creates for both Iran and the United States.”
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“No matter what he thinks, Trump is not a king,” our columnist David French writes. “But by taking America to war all on his own, he is acting like one.”
The U.S. attack on Iran was at least the third time — after his Iran bombings in June and his attack on Venezuela in January — that President Trump deployed heavy force against a country with which he had been negotiating. nyti.ms/4r370eQ
President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made public appeals to Iran’s people, saying they've offered a historic opportunity to topple their authoritarian government. How they envision an unarmed population facing down a heavily armed, ideologically driven security force is less clear.
The U.S. and Israel pounded Iran and its allies for a third day, as widening attacks risked becoming an all-out regional war. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3MOjZTT
