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When it comes to rent control, Wu’s plan aims for a delicate balance

The mayor has to pull off what seems impossible: persuade decision-makers that her proposal goes far enough to rein in the worst of rent-gouging, but not so far it will stop housing investment altogether.

Boston plans to launch pilot program offering free menstrual products in city buildings
Boston City Councilors want the city to add emergency contraception to its list of offerings in an upcoming free menstrual product pilot.

Massachusetts Senate leaders making push to abolish term limits on chamber’s president
Senator Michael Rodrigues, the chamber’s budget chief, is seeking to eliminate the provision in the Senate's rules that says no senator in the 40-member body can hold the president’s office “for more than 8 consecutive years.”

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Five takeaways from President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address

Marty Walsh was the designated survivor for President Biden’s State of the Union address

The US shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon. What happens now?

‘The one Republican Trump can’t touch.’ Sununu eyes presidential run.

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Biden makes Wisconsin his 1st stop after State of the Union address

President Biden was set to promote his economic plan at a training center run by the Laborers’ International Union of North America in Deforest, Wisconsin, near Madison, the White House said.

Biden lays down economic challenge to House Republicans

President Biden challenged the new House Republican majority Tuesday night to work together with him to “finish the job” of repairing America’s unsettled economy and fragile democracy even as the emboldened opposition geared up to try to force him to change course.

In State of Union address, President Biden exhorts Congress: ‘Finish the job’

Rather than rolling out flashy policy proposals, Biden offered a reassuring assessment of the nation’s condition, declaring that two years after the Capitol attack, America’s democracy was “unbowed and unbroken.”

‘Liar!’ The moments Republicans shouted at President Biden during his State of the Union address.

One moment in particular generated boos and hoots among GOP lawmakers: President Biden’s comment that some in the GOP were bent on cutting Social Security and Medicare.

‘Liar!’ The moments Republicans shouted at President Biden during his State of the Union address.

One moment in particular generated boos and hoots among GOP lawmakers: President Biden’s comment that some in the GOP were bent on cutting Social Security and Medicare.

Read and watch President Biden’s second State of the Union address

Here's President Biden's second State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery.

In State of the Union rebuttal, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders slams Biden for ‘woke fantasies’

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders painted a dystopian portrait of the country in her rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, leaning heavily into Republican culture war issues.

James Pindell | Analysis

Five takeaways from President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address

President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address Tuesday comes at a time when perception and reality, on a number of topics are at odds about himself, his agenda, and his future.

President Biden, in State of the Union, acknowledges New Hampshire father whose daughter died from fentanyl

More than an hour into the president’s speech Tuesday night, he said that there was man in the House Chamber from Newton, N.H., who wrote a letter to the president and first lady Jill Biden about his daughter, Courtney.

Democrats win control of Pennsylvania House, end GOP rule

Democrats won control of the Pennsylvania House in special elections Tuesday, wresting partial power from Republicans for the first time in a dozen years in the closely competitive swing state.

Marty Walsh was the designated survivor for President Biden’s State of the Union address

It comes as the Globe reported earlier Tuesday that Walsh is expected to step down from the Cabinet position so he can serve as executive director of the NHL Players’ Association.

Watch live: President Biden delivers State of the Union address

President Biden is delivering his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Watch it live.

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