REVERE RESIDENT Dolores De Blass has lived in the same apartment for 11 years and never had a problem making the $2,000-a-month rent, but then COVID-19 came along. De Blass, her husband, her sister, son, and two daughters all tested positive in April. De Blass was in intensive care twice, and her sister was in a medically […]
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Warren ends campaign, declines to endorse for now
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN ended her presidential campaign Thursday, after devastating losses at the ballot box on Super Tuesday, but declined to endorse either of the remaining candidates. Warren, speaking to reporters outside her Cambridge home, said she wants to “take a little time to think a little more” before endorsing another candidate. Asked what she […]
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Biden surge swamps Warren in her home state
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN lost her home state of Massachusetts in Tuesday’s presidential primary to former vice president Joe Biden, in a surprise victory for Biden and a devastating blow to Warren that is expected to intensify calls on the state’s senior senator to drop out of the race. Warren came in third behind Biden and […]
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Warren gets a lift
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidates ganged up on debate newcomer Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday night, but none more so than Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who desperately needed a spark for her campaign. After a disappointing fourth-place finish in New Hampshire near her home turf, Warren came out fast and kept charging during the two-hour debate on NBC. Her […]
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Simplistic theories won’t beat Trump
THE DRIVING FORCE in the Democratic presidential contest is the near-obsession of many voters with choosing a candidate who can beat Donald Trump. Nearly two-thirds of voters (63 percent) in this week’s New Hampshire Democratic primary said voting for a candidate who can beat Trump is more important than voting for a candidate they agreed […]
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Buttigieg, Warren debate money, influence
Wine caves don’t win purity tests, but can they win an election? Perhaps the reference to the wine cave wasn’t the best look for Mayor Pete, but he bounced back from it pretty well. It was the slugfest everyone was waiting for, between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, at the sixth […]
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Buttigieg, Warren debate money, influence
WINE CAVES don’t win purity tests, but can they win an election? Perhaps the reference to the wine cave wasn’t the best look for Mayor Pete, but he bounced back from it pretty well. It was the slugfest everyone was waiting for, between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, at the sixth Democratic […]
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McKinsey & Company expose has ripple effect
A STORY DOCUMENTING how international strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Co. worked with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reduce food and medical costs to levels below federal requirements is having repercussions in Massachusetts and in the race for president. The New York Times and ProPublica, an investigative news outlet, sued ICE under the Freedom […]
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Mass. voters offer Warren a warning on Medicare for All
AS MASSACHUSETTS Sen. Senator Elizabeth Warren joins Joe Biden atop the Democratic primary field, her rivals have sharpened their attacks on her positions, most notably around her support for Senator Bernie Sanders’s “Medicare for All” proposal. Today, Warren doubled down, releasing a massively complex and detailed plan to pay for her $20.5 trillion extension of […]
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Does Warren have plan for Medicare-for-All questions?
ELIZABETH WARREN is riding high, polling ahead of Joe Biden in early voting Iowa and New Hampshire, and closing the gap in national polls. But that surge has come with a downside — the front-runner bullseye now firmly on her back. In this week’s Democratic presidential debate, most of the arrows fired her way had […]