Massachusetts Political News
True to image, Paul is no big spender
There’s little doubt about it. Ron Paul is cheap.
Saturday February 4, 2012 3:18AM | boston.com
Gingrich blasts Romney ahead of caucuses today
Newt Gingrich labeled rival Mitt Romney ‘Obama-lite’ yesterday, as the two candidates made their closing arguments before today’s Republican presidential caucuses in the key general election battleground of Nevada. “Obama is big food stamp; he is little food stamp,’’ Gingrich told a crowd of several hundred inside a country music club just south of the Las Vegas Strip. Romney, who held ...
Saturday February 4, 2012 3:15AM | boston.com
Video: Occupy Wall Street protesters interrupt Northampton City Council meeting
The Occupy movement's "human mic" entered a Northampton city council discussion concerning potential deficit spending for snow removal. Northampton City Council Disrupted by #Occupy from Northampton Media on Vimeo. Northampton Community Television was on-hand Thursday to capture this spirited exchange between the Northampton City Council and a gro ...
Friday February 3, 2012 3:33PM | masslive.com
Document shows NYPD eyed Shiites based on religion
The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists, according to interviews and a newly obtained secret police document.
Friday February 3, 2012 9:19AM | boston.com
Prospect of a lengthy Republican primary galvanizes Democrats
President Obama’s reelection team has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual GOP nominee battered before the fall election. They might be getting their wish, a prospect that is firing up Democrats, galvanizing their ranks and boosting fund-raising pitches and requests for volunteers.
Friday February 3, 2012 3:55AM | boston.com
Pro-Obama super PAC trails GOP groups in funds
According to fundraising figures released this week, the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action raised just $4.1 million in itemized donations in 2011. The bulk of the donations came from reliably liberal donors - Hollywood and labor. In contrast, Restore our Future, supporting Republican candidate Mitt Romney, raised more than $30 million, much of it from the financial industry. Casino magnate ...
Friday February 3, 2012 3:54AM | boston.com
Senate OK’s bill barring Congress from insider trading
The Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation yesterday to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and their staffs from financially profiting from insider information, a rare bipartisan effort that is expected to be addressed in the House next week.
Friday February 3, 2012 3:37AM | boston.com
Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney
Inside the Trump Towers in Las Vegas, Trump, a brash-speaking man who flaunts his wealth, endorsed the buttoned-up Romney.
Thursday February 2, 2012 9:36PM | boston.com
GOP candidates looking for votes in Nevada
Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are campaigning in Nevada ahead of Saturday's statewide caucuses.
Thursday February 2, 2012 10:28AM | boston.com
Mild winter in Lower 48 is harsh elsewhere
Snow has gone missing in action for much of the U.S. the last couple months. But it’s not just snow. It’s practically the season that’s gone AWOL. “What winter?’’ asked Mike Halpert, deputy director of the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center. For the Lower 48, January was the third-least snowy on record, according to the Global Snow Lab at Rutgers University. Records ...
Thursday February 2, 2012 5:00AM | boston.com
Iran more willing to strike here, US official says
Some senior Iranian leaders are now more willing to carry out attacks inside the United States in response to perceived US threats against their country, the Obama administration’s top intelligence official said Tuesday, pointing to last fall’s suspected assassination plot against the Saudi ambassador to Washington. The comments by the official, James R. Clapper Jr., the director of national i ...
Wednesday February 1, 2012 4:28AM | boston.com
Women abandon Gingrich, drive Romney victory in FL
Women abandoned Newt Gingrich in droves Tuesday and helped fuel former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's triumph in Florida's Republican presidential primary, according to data from an exit poll of voters.
Tuesday January 31, 2012 10:29PM | boston.com
As polls open in Fla., GOP voters have their say
While polls gave Mitt Romney strong odds to win Florida's Republican primary, some voters said Tuesday they weren't all that enthusiastic about their ballot choices.
Tuesday January 31, 2012 5:28PM | boston.com
Fla. primary's big prize likely to go to Romney
Florida's time has come. The state hosts its pivotal primary Tuesday as Mitt Romney seeks to tighten his grip on the Republican presidential nomination.
Tuesday January 31, 2012 7:24AM | boston.com
Romney confident as Florida prepares to vote
Mitt Romney is starting primary day in Florida leading in statewide polls and already looking to the next round of nomination contests in the Republican presidential race.
Tuesday January 31, 2012 7:14AM | boston.com
Pakistan lifts restrictions on ex-aide linked to scandal
Pakistan’s top court lifted a travel ban imposed on Husain Haqqani, the country’s former ambassador to the US, during an investigation into a memo sent to Washington.
Tuesday January 31, 2012 4:49AM | boston.com
Much unsaid as Romney cites his tie to Mexico
Mitt Romney has put a new emphasis on his father’s Mexican birth as he courts Hispanics in the Florida primary, but he usually ends the story there.
Tuesday January 31, 2012 4:12AM | boston.com
Steady hand on holdings of ex-governor
R. Bradford Malt, chairman of Boston’s biggest law firm, burst into the national spotlight last week as the trustee responsible for Mitt Romney’s vast fortune.
Monday January 30, 2012 5:24AM | boston.com
Magnets popular with youth pose big risk if swallowed
Meredith DelPrete, age 10, was playing at school one day and did something that she said is popular among kids her age: pretending to have a pierced tongue. The Fairfax County, Va., fifth-grader took two tiny magnetic balls out of her pocket and placed one on top of her tongue and the other on the underside. The magnets, the size of a BB, are extremely powerful. They made it look like she had a to ...
Sunday January 29, 2012 1:31AM | boston.com
Rivals keep sniping as Florida vote nears
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney each launched multilevel efforts to appeal to voters before a crucial primary here on Tuesday, with new ads airing on television, events being held in pockets across the state, and with Romney surrogates being sent to rattle Gingrich at his own events. Gingrich called Romney “dishonest.’’ Romney compared the former House speaker to Goldilocks (saying Gingrich wa ...
Sunday January 29, 2012 1:10AM | boston.com
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