fb-pixel

Former GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh says he will run against Trump in Republican primary

Walsh, a former representative from Illinois, announced Sunday he’ll challenge Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, saying that Trump is unfit to be president and must be opposed.

Latest politics news

Trump says he was joking when he said he was the ‘chosen one’

President Trump said he was kidding with his “chosen one” remark, and he sent two tweets Saturday to try to set the record straight.

Joe Biden, evoking 1968, asks audience to imagine Obama’s assassination

“Imagine what would have happened,” said Biden, “if, God forbid, Barack Obama had been assassinated after becoming the de facto nominee. What would have happened in America?”

Biden asks crowd to imagine Obama assassination

Democratic front-runner kicks off New Hampshire visit with surprising comments at Dartmouth College.

More coverage

After Seth Moulton drops out of race, he has no regrets

Like his beloved baseball team, the Red Sox, this wasn’t Seth Moulton’s year.
Adrian Walker

Trump says he’s raising tariffs on China after its retaliation

After markets in the United States, Asia, and Europe tumbled Friday, the president tweeted that duties on $250 billion of imports already in effect will rise to 30 percent from 25 percent on Oct. 1.

Supreme Court wants AG Healey’s office to respond to Michelle Carter’s request for high court review

The US Supreme Court has asked Attorney General Maura Healey’s office to respond to a request from Michelle Carter to have the nation’s highest court review her involuntary manslaughter conviction for goading a teenager to commit suicide in 2014.

Bob Cousy chose his words very carefully at the White House

He called President Trump “extraordinary,” and leaves the interpretation up to the individual.

Walsh reportedly not ruling out Senate run if seat were to become open

Trump says he’s raising tariffs on China after its retaliation

David Koch, industrialist who funded conservatives, dies at 79

Seth Moulton dropping out of Democratic presidential primary race

Politics is all about timing, and it isn’t Seth Moulton’s time

Celtics legend Bob Cousy receives Presidential Medal of Freedom


Most read on BostonGlobe.com

  1. Best wishes to Andrew Luck, but timing of retirement is questionable
  2. She’s been bounced through more than a dozen foster homes. And she’s just 6
  3. Patriots facing difficult roster decisions this week
  4. Southie’s line in the sand is at M Street Beach
  5. High hopes (and price tags) for new schools
  6. The number of 401(k) millionaires reaches record highs
  7. Dominican official probing David Ortiz shooting is also on MLB payroll
  8. Head of MIT Media Lab faces crisis that tears at lab he helped elevate
  9. Should rules be incorporated for defensive shifts? The debate rages on
  10. Ten years later, a look back on the Red Sox signing of Xander Bogaerts

Tracker: Who’s running for president in 2020?

The 2020 presidential election is still a ways off, but you’re forgiven if you feel like campaign season is already upon us. Track the candidates here.

President Trump offers himself as ‘the chosen one’

New ‘Simpsons’ promo depicts Ayanna Pressley and the ‘Squad’ chasing Trump out of White House

Trump again says he is open to strengthening gun background checks

Trump calls comments by Denmark’s prime minister ‘nasty’

More politics news

Trump administration plans to end time limits on immigrant child detention

The Department of Homeland Security is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.

Elizabeth Warren met her doppelganger in Minnesota Monday night

Stephanie Oyen, a Minnesota resident, said she wore a blazer and glasses to the Monday night rally as a gag — but ended up being mistaken for the real Elizabeth Warren.

Trump says would be ‘appropriate’ for Russia to rejoin G-7

President Trump says it would be appropriate for Russia to be readmitted to a group of the world’s major industrial nations.

Trump says China trade policies may have economic effect on US

President Trump acknowledged Tuesday his aggressive China trade policies may mean economic pain for Americans, and he said he’s considering a payroll tax cut or other measures.

Fact check: No evidence Google ‘manipulated’ millions of votes for Clinton, as Trump claims

He appears to be referring to a disputed estimate given by Robert Epstein, a psychologist and former editor-in-chief at Psychology Today who says he supported and voted for Hillary Clinton.

With rivals heading to California, Biden sets sights on New Hampshire

Joe Biden is skipping the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting to campaign in New Hampshire this week.

Trump can win re-election, but new polls show he’s right to worry

Donald Trump’s approval has averaged in the low 40s steadily through his presidency. Set against recent history, that’s a dangerous place to be.

White House insists fundamentals of US economy ‘very strong’

It’s a phrase with a history. Republican John McCain was accused of being out of touch when he made a similar declaration during the 2008 presidential campaign just hours before investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.