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Gomez calls Congressman Markey ‘pond scum’
Republican candidate Gabriel E. Gomez ignited controversy on Thursday by calling his Democratic opponent for US Senate, US Representative Edward J. Markey, “pond scum.”
Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
President Obama today defended America’s controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving US counterterrorism policy.
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray to quit June 2
Timothy P. Murray has accepted a private-sector post with a Worcester business group and is expected to resign from the administration next month, according to a senior administration official.
Markey’s tax returns show large deductions, Social Security benefits
US Representative Edward J. Markey, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate, paid an effective tax rate of less than 20 percent over the past eight years, claiming large deductions for his mortgages, his travel expenses, and his car, his tax returns show.Gay rights advances not evident in immigration bill debate
It was “with a heavy heart” that Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont said he was withdrawing his amendment that would have allowed gay Americans to bring their foreign partners into the country as part of the immigration overhaul that passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this week. His decision marked the latest in a series of setbacks for gay rights legislation on the national level, notwithstanding polls that show a majority of Americans support advances on the broader issue of such rights. But the story behind Tuesday night’s action demonstrates how gay rights activists continue to face significant hurdles when specific measures are proposed on Capitol Hill.Republican Senate candidate calls congressman Markey ‘pond scum,’ claims dirty campaigning
Republican candidate Gabriel E. Gomez ignited controversy on Thursday by calling his Democratic opponent for US Senate, a sitting congressman, “pond scum,” in an interview with a National Public Radio reporter on Thursday.Menino praises Markey, but ‘can’t explain’ light schedule
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino formally threw his support behind US Representative Edward J. Markey on Friday, but said he could explain neither the Malden Democrat’s string of missed votes in Congress or decision not to release his tax returns until the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. “I can’t explain that,” Menino told reporters of Markey’s timing around the tax disclosure. “Everybody runs their own campaign, and their own political situation, what they do publicly and privately. I can’t explain that at all.”SEC orders former Cahill aide, Goldman Sachs banker to pay $100,000 civil penalty
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered Neil M.M. Morrison, a former investment banker at Goldman, Sachs and ex-top state treasury aide to Timothy P. Cahill, to pay a $100,000 civil penalty, citing what the agency said was his role in a pay-to-play campaign fund-raising scheme for Cahill.National politics: Latest news
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Obama's new wordsmith believes in public service
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When President Barack Obama decided to attend a memorial service in Arizona for victims of a deadly mass shooting that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, he needed a speech. And fast. ( 05/25/2013 3:41 AM )
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Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. ( 05/25/2013 3:12 AM )
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Menino endorses Markey in Mass. Senate race
BOSTON (AP) -- Democrat Edward Markey made public eight years of tax returns on Friday just hours after winning both the endorsement and the considerable political clout of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino as he faces off against Republican Gabriel Gomez in Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election. ( 05/24/2013 6:35 PM )
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