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RFK Jr. wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe - The Boston Globe The warning comes as Kennedy is leaning heavily into his agenda to improve American diets.

RFK Jr. says he wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/n...

As Trump escalates in Iran, subtle Democratic rifts emerge over the place of antiwar principles in their case - The Boston Globe Nearly all Democrats have criticized Trump's disregard of Congress and shifting rationales for war in Iran, but some are arguing they must reject the idea of war altogether.

As Trump escalates in Iran, subtle Democratic rifts emerge over the place of antiwar principles
by @sambrodey.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/n...

‘It’s just un-American’: ICE’s mass detention centers run into resistance — including from Republicans - The Boston Globe This week New Hampshire Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte successfully lobbied the government to keep a new detention center out of her state.

As ICE seeks to build out mass detention centers around the country, they're meeting a wall of local resistance -- even in solid Trump country.
My story:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/26/n...

We now know the full scale of Trump’s federal workforce cuts - The Boston Globe Amid President Trump’s bureaucracy-slashing directives, the federal workforce shrunk by about nearly 10 percent in 2025.

The federal government lost 4 million years of collective experience last year. See the charts illustrating the full scale of Trump’s federal workforce cuts, from @bostonglobe.com
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/26/n...

Milford teen Marcelo Gomes leaves State of the Union after targeted DHS tweet - The Boston Globe Gomes met with members of Congress to discuss his experience in detention before attending President Trump’s speech as Representative Seth Moulton's guest.

A teen who was arrested by ICE last May while on the way to volleyball practice attended the SOTU as a guest of his congressman.
Midway, he was targeted by DHS in a tweet.
Inside his SOTU experience,
from @marcelanotes.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/m...

Trump doubles down on tariffs, ignoring the big revenue hole created by Supreme Court ruling - The Boston Globe Hundreds of billions of dollars in tariff money was supposed to help offset the cost of the GOP's sweeping tax cuts enacted last year. Without the revenue, the budget deficit could grow even larger.

After the Supreme Court invalidated most of President Trump’s tariffs, he and congressional Republican leaders have a major math problem: hundreds of billions of dollars they were counting on is now in doubt.
From @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/n...

After ICE deported her husband, an American mother has an impossible choice Christina Toledo and her children are Americans. To keep her family together, can they leave the only country they’ve ever known?

After ICE deported her husband, an American mother has an impossible choice
from @bostonglobe.com
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Ultraprocessing. Dyes. Sugars. An expert helped me navigate the grocery store. - The Boston Globe Amid warnings about the dangers in our food supply, shopping can be a bewildering experience.

Do you have trouble making sense of the myriad of recommendations around ultraprocessed food and nutrition?
I did, even though I've covered them. So I enlisted an expert to go w/ me to the grocery store and wrote about what I learned for Boston Globe Magazine
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/17/m...

Ultraprocessing. Dyes. Sugars. An expert helped me navigate the grocery store. - The Boston Globe Amid warnings about the dangers in our food supply, shopping can be a bewildering experience.

This month I did something a little different. As I've been covering the politics of MAHA and the science around ultraprocessed foods, I've also been navigating self-doubt about my own shopping habits.
So I took my reporting skills to the grocery store:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/17/m...

From bottom of the harbor to White House lawn: the unusual journey of Baltimore’s shattered Christopher Columbus statue - The Boston Globe Toppled by racial justice protestors in 2020, the statue was recreated by the city's Italian American community and reportedly will be installed on the White House grounds.

From bottom of the harbor to White House lawn: the unusual journey of Baltimore’s shattered Christopher Columbus statue
A fun and illuminating yarn from @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/16/n...

What is the greatest Olympics movie of all time?
Cool Runnings? Chariots of Fire? Blades of Glory?
Don't @ me -- vote in the Globe's bracket!
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...

‘Punch ‘em back’: Trump cabinet officials get personal under Senate scrutiny - The Boston Globe It’s a marked departure from past practice in Congress, where members of administrations from both parties have long sought to keep their responses to lawmakers respectful.

As Pam Bondi once again deploys her oppo research strategy, here's a story I did last year on how she and other Cabinet officials have adopted a strategy of personally attacking aggressive questioners:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/n...

Boston built a global biotech empire. Now the talent is quietly drifting away. - The Boston Globe In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.

In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
The results were stark:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

Susan Collins launches bid for record sixth term, setting up marquee 2026 Senate race - The Boston Globe Collins, 73, is the only Republican serving in Congress from all of New England. She has built a reputation as a moderate consensus seeker, a profile well suited to Maine, a politically divided state ...

Susan Collins makes re-election bid official
via @jamespindell.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/n...

Stephen Miller is a top Trump adviser. Katie Miller has a podcast. So who’s advertising on it? - The Boston Globe Amid her episodes with Trump administration officials, celebrities, and health influencers, Katie Miller’s podcast has attracted advertisers and guests who are trying to shape policy.

While interviewing Cheryl Hines, Katie Miller paused to read a quick plug for an ingredients website.
It was paid for by the American Beverage Association, a major target of MAHA.
How Miller's podcast has attracted advertisers with a DC agenda:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/n...

Stephen Miller is a top Trump adviser. Katie Miller has a podcast. So who’s advertising on it? - The Boston Globe Amid her episodes with Trump administration officials, celebrities, and health influencers, Katie Miller’s podcast has attracted advertisers and guests who are trying to shape policy.

My new story:
Amid interviews of Trump officials, celebs, and health influencers, Katie Miller's podcast has been more than her stated goal of a home for conservative women -- it’s also offered a prime venue for interests looking to influence Trump's DC:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/n...

‘One paw away from my jugular’: A San Francisco nurse’s harrowing encounter with the lion A nurse and her Great Dane arrived at her patient’s house in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights to deliver dinner to a neighbor. When they rounded a corner, a mountain lion was three feet away.

This story is worth reading just for the surprise about how she decided to make her escape...

‘One paw away from my jugular’: A San Francisco nurse’s harrowing encounter with the lion:
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

The liberal Western Mass. city where the left is eating its young — and old - The Boston Globe The personal has always been political in Northampton, but rarely has local politics seemed so intensely personal.

What happens when social media becomes real life?
A fascinating dispatch from Northampton.
The liberal Western Mass. city where the left is eating its young — and old:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/23/m...

A year into Trump’s second term much has changed and officials say there’s ‘lots more to come’ - The Boston Globe In his second term, the Trump administration has learned to use the levers of power to make drastic changes in Washington and beyond.

A year into Trump’s second term much has changed and officials say there’s ‘lots more to come’
From the Globe DC bureau:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/20/n...

A Maine Democrat gave RFK Jr.-aligned groups a win. Is it an opening for a political realignment? - The Boston Globe Representative Chellie Pingree's fight was a rare instance of a Democrat tapping the political coalition associated with Kennedy.

As Congress is on the verge of passing an Interior funding bill, one notable thing is what's NOT in it -- pesticide language that was fought hard by MAHA -- and Democrats.
How this issue illustrates the way the RFK Jr.-aligned movement crosses politics:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/n...

A Maine Democrat gave RFK Jr.-aligned groups a win. Is it an opening for a political realignment? - The Boston Globe Representative Chellie Pingree's fight was a rare instance of a Democrat tapping the political coalition associated with Kennedy.

New from me:
A Maine Democrat gave RFK Jr.-aligned groups a win. Is it an opening for a political realignment?
My story on how the issue of pesticides is playing out in MAHA and politics:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/n...

In wake of ICE shooting, Markey and Pressley introduce bill to end federal law enforcement immunity - The Boston Globe The bill, aimed at revoking federal officers' qualified immunity, is unlikely to pass but signals growing Democratic discontent with ICE’s impunity.

In wake of the Minneapolis ICE shooting, two lawmakers are debuting a bill to end federal law enforcement immunity
via Julian Sorapuru
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/13/n...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

@reuters.com

“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

Some Democrats want to impeach Trump after Venezuela raid, but others warn against it - The Boston Globe An impeachment inquiry is unlikely to get off the ground with Republicans holding a slim majority in the House. But a similar push also began slowly in 2017.

The I word (impeachment) is back for some Democrats, and much like Trump's first term, leadership is threading the needle in trying to tamp it down.
From @jimpuzzanghera.bsky.social

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/08/n...

A Florida senator wants answers on the Palisades Fire. What’s he really after? Why does a former Florida governor whose experience is mostly with hurricanes care so much about one fire that took place across the country?

A Florida senator wants answers on the Palisades Fire. What’s he really after?
@akoseff.bsky.social looks into Rick Scott's interest in the CA fire (and spoiler alert, it involves Spencer Pratt)
www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Are we near a reckoning on ultraprocessed foods? And is RFK Jr. helping or hindering with that? - The Boston Globe A growing body of research suggests ultraprocessed foods are a major driver of myriad chronic health concerns and that processing may matter even more for health than foods’ nutrition content.

ICYMI, my story from last week:

Are we near a Big Tobacco-like reckoning on ultraprocessed foods? And is RFK Jr. helping or hindering with that?

Why many experts think there are lessons from the tobacco fight for the food industry:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/28/n...

Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs. A majority of teens are interacting with AI companions, and many of their parents have no idea.

This is absolutely nightmare stuff and it's unfortunately just the latest chapter in similar stories of AI:
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

During President Trump’s second term, ICE’s public affairs arm has rapidly transformed into an influencer-style media machine, churning out flashy videos of tactical operations and immigration raids.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...