President Trump

Trump wants to pay for wall with 20 percent tax on Mexican imports

A view of the border line between Mexico and the US in the community of Sasabe in Sonora state, Mexico.

A White House spokesman says President Trump wants to include the measure in a comprehensive tax reform package.

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Mexico?s president will not attend Tuesday?s meeting after President Trump tweeted that the summit should be canceled if Mexico will not pay for the border wall.

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Since at least the end of the Obama administration, the White House?s phone line for comments has not been in service.

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Reports have emerged that paint an unflattering portrait of President Trump.

Ground Game

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This is a fight that both sides of the political spectrum have wanted for years.

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The State Department said that several senior management officials as well as a top arms control diplomat would be leaving.

Fictional bureaucrat Leslie Knope.

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Has ?Parks and Recreation? become a reality show?

Government employees enthusiastically sharing facts about the environment against the wishes of a superior? It sure sounds like Amy Poehler?s onetime NBC series.

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Tension over diversity questions have plagued the march since the weeks before the event.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-2-5089.jpg Tiny arctic birds battered by storm rescued on Cape Cod

Nearly two-dozen Dovekies arrived on land as a result of this week?s powerful Nor?easter.

Leading opponent of clergy sex abuse, SNAP, faces lawsuit charging ?financial kickbacks?

The lawsuit charges that a SNAP fundraiser was fired after she raised concerns about donations from lawyers.

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Robert ?Bob? Evans died in a California prison where he was serving sentence for murdering his wife in that state in 2002.

Rachelle Bond appeared in Suffolk Superior Court for pre-trial motions last week.

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Case against mother of Bella Bond returns to court

Rachelle Bond allegedly helped her then-boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, dispose of her daughter?s body.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh delivered his third State of the City address.

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Talking Points

Mayor Walsh takes on Trump, a rivalry brews in Georgia, and more

A recap of the most important business news from Thursday.

Former Framingham police officer charged with stealing $20,000 in evidence room case

Alan Dubeshter was found with several Framingham Police Department evidence envelopes in his truck.

THINGS TO DO

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/20/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/GettyImages-526312726.jpg The Weekender: Global sounds, quiet knights, and hailing Mary

Our picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

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Atlanta coach Dan Quinn acknowledged there have been teams that have defended well, but he was not about to say which ones.

Sam Adams sales are on hold until after the Super Bowl at an Exxon station in Georgia. (CREDIT: Brown Bridge Exxon)

Brown Bridge Exxon

Boston Beer CEO to boycotting Atlanta fan: ?This isn?t the first time we?ve been banned.?

Boston and Atlanta may not have much of a rivalry, but one could be brewing.

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Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Nancy Gertner

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Baker has already filled three vacancies with able jurists, but the next two are even more significant.

Special reports

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INTERACTIVE

Tom Brady: Superfreak?

We break down, body part by body part, what science suggests the average 39-year-old human encounters, and how Brady might be defying those expectations.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160923_SAMentalHealth_312.jpg The San Antonio solution

One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

The story behind ?Spotlight?

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.