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Massachusetts Democrats have been highly critical of President Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles, where ICE operations have triggered protests and unrest.

Massachusetts leaders and residents are reacting to the Trump administration’s response to demonstrations in California.

Three members of Congress from Massachusetts flew to Louisiana to meet with detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk. Here’s what Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern said about the trip. 

Massachusetts lawmakers plan to speak about their recent visit with detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who remains detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana.

Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Rep. Jim McGovern, all Democrats from Massachusetts, traveled to visit Rumeysa Ozturk at an ICE detention facility Tuesday.

Massachusetts congressional leaders are calling for information in the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities.

Conflict between Massachusetts and the White House is becoming commonplace, putting pressure on the commonwealth’s members of Congress. Sen. Ed Markey sat down with Matt Prichard for an interview, discussing his view on this political moment and which Democrat he thinks can win a run for president in 2028.

President Donald Trump’s first joint address to Congress of his second administration drew cheers from Republicans and condemnation from Democrats.

The clock is ticking on TikTok, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is pushing for the White House to reach a deal that keeps the app open beyond Sunday, when a new law goes into effect. Here’s what he told NBC10 Boston....

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Days before the ban on the social media app TikTok, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is now pushing to extend the deadline, saying it’s causing concern among creators 

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President Joe Biden granting his son Hunter a sweeping pardon, described as “full and unconditional,” that will keep the younger Biden away from prison time in both his gun crimes conviction and tax crimes guilty plea, was a major talking point in the political world from Capitol Hill to Beacon Hill. “It’s just not surprising,” said MassGOP Committeewoman Janet...

Boston is battling the climate crisis and creating good-paying jobs in the process. It’s a goal the city is closer to reaching thanks to millions of dollars in federal funding for the city to develop the workforce needed to enhance climate and coastal resilience across its neighborhoods. “Turning Boston into a green monster. Fighting against climate change, fighting so...

Amid delays in mail delivery in Boston and beyond, members of Congress from Massachusetts mailed a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy calling for the release of zip code-centered data and asking whether he will allow U.S. Postal Service staff to speak with representatives about service levels.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, joined by a cohort of Massachusetts health leaders, declared Tuesday he will vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, saying Americans need a leader who can tackle wide-ranging problems such as medical debt, access to care, the opioid epidemic and the mental health crisis....

Sen. Ed Markey rallied with Amazon warehouse workers and others in Revere to call for the passage of the Warehouse Worker Protection Act.

A Senate committee has voted to authorize an investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and to subpoena the company’s CEO.

Slamming Steward Health Care executives for “really despicable” conduct, Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday that she wants Massachusetts and federal regulators to conduct a thorough review of a proposal that would sell Steward’s physician network to for-profit insurer Optum. Healey faced questions during an interview on WBUR’s “Radio Boston” about whether she supports the proposed sale and what might...

As the state convenes meetings to safeguard access to care at Steward hospitals in Massachusetts, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey are calling on the company’s landlord to play a role in stabilizing health care operations. In a letter Monday to CEO Edward Aldag Jr. of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. and CEO Karl Kuchel of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners,...

There’s a new push to save a Walgreens in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood that’s set to close when this month is through. Residents say it’s the only pharmacy in the area and if it closes, it’ll make it especially difficult to access the medications they need. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey is now joining their fight.

The backlash against the upcoming closure of a Walgreens in Boston‘s Roxbury neighborhood is now escalating. This would be the fourth Walgreens closure in a Boston neighborhood with a predominantly Black or Latino population. After activists held several protests last week, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and other elected officials and community leaders are calling on Walgreens to reverse course...