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Massachusetts

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson says she’s resigning after agreeing to plead guilty in federal corruption case

Boston Globe

Canadian utility company paid for parts of Mass. lawmakers’ trip to hydroelectric facility
Boston Herald
‘There really is a stigma’: Police officers in Mass. fear consequences for seeking mental health care, survey finds
Boston Globe
Our offshore wind tracker: What’s new with wind projects off Massachusetts and beyond?
The New Bedford Light
New Bedford has 'functional zero' homeless veterans. Here's how the city did it.
South Coast Today
Healey’s budget calls for steep cuts to mental health care for kids and adults
Boston Globe

National

‘Economic sabotage’: Mass. Sen. Warren rolls out bipartisan plan to repeal Trump’s tariffs

MassLive

Our Treasury Secretary Is an Economic Illiterate
The Dispatch
Democrats begin to confront their age problem in primary campaigns
Politico
Wall Street Bursts With Anger Over Tariff ‘Stupidity’
New York Times
In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Retreats From Confrontation
New York Times
Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With “Love”
The New Republic

Working-Class Americans—Like My Family—Will Be Hit Hardest by Trump’s Tariffs
The Free Press
'Truly a moron': Elon Musk hurls insults at top Trump trade adviser
The Raw Story
China increases levies on U.S. as Trump’s 104% tariffs take effect; stocks sink
Washington Post
Tariff Live Updates: Wall Street Wobbles as Trump’s Trade War Escalates
New York Times
Facing a crisis, Americans do their thing and shop
Axios
House Republicans’ next headache: The Medicaid fight
punchbowl

Today on Beacon Hill

9:00am

Deaf Blind Day

Great Hall, State House, Boston

10:00am

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security: Committee Hearing

State House, Room A-1 & A-2

11:00am

House Full Formal Session

House Chamber

12:00pm

Author Talk with Former Rep. Josh Cutler - Under the Golden Dome: Historic Talks

State Library, Room 341, State House, Boston

1:00pm

Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity: Committee Hearing

State House Room A-1 & Virtual

1:00pm

Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight: Committee Hearing

State House, Room A-2 and Virtual

1:30pm

"Ask the Auditor" with Auditor Diana DiZoglio

89.7 FM or gbhnews.org

10:30pm

Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy: Committee Hearing

State House Room B-1 & Virtual

Quote of the Day

““What has happened since last Thursday is hard to fathom,” they write. “Based on an ever-shifting series of rationales, characterized by an embarrassing methodology, and punctuated with an extraordinary arrogance toward the country’s constitutional order, the Trump administration has alienated our global allies, discombobulated our domestic businesses, decimated our capital markets, and increased the likelihood of serious recession.” While this should worry all Americans, they write, Republicans in particular should remember that in less than two years, they “will be judged in large part on whether the president who shares their brand has done a good job.” “No free man wants to be at the mercy of a king,” they write.”

(The) editors of the right-wing National Review

The National Review urged Congress to take back the power it has ceded to Trump, calling it “preposterous that a single person could enjoy this much power over…the global economy.”