The president said he fired James Comey, who is investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, based on advice from the Justice Department.
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President Trump greeted James Comey on Jan. 22 in the Oval Office. Trump fired Comey on Tuesday.
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SCOT LEHIGH
This president clearly doesn?t want a man like James Comey in charge of an investigation that could have serious repercussions for his administration.
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EDITORIAL
After President Trump?s bombshell announcement, the nation is at a crossroads.
Here?s why the Trump administration says Comey was fired Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is the man who laid the groundwork for Comey?s firing.
Read White House memos on James Comey?s firing ?The FBI is one of our nation?s most cherished and respected institutions and today will make a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,? Trump said.
Schumer to Trump: ?You are making a big mistake? The top Democrat in the Senate says he warned Donald Trump when the president called to inform him that he was firing FBI Director James Comey.
Warren: ?It?s time for Congress to get their heads out of the sand? The US senator tweeted that President Trump should not be allowed to ?pick the person to continue this critical investigation? into Russia.
Jeffrey Toobin slams a ?grotesque abuse of power? The CNN legal analyst went off as word of FBI Director James Comey?s firing broke, at one point asking, ?What kind of country is this??
James Comey learned of his firing while speaking to FBI employees in LA While the FBI director was speaking in Los Angeles, TV screens in the background began flashing the news.
Malone Kidanemariam turned himself in to police Tuesday night and was arrested.
?We want to remember Richard and Lina for who they were, not how they died? Family and colleagues of Richard Field and Lina Bolaños grieved for the couple after they were killed over the weekend.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff/File 2015
William Evans and Dan Conley gave different information during separate news conferences about the deaths of two people in South Boston.
Cardinal O?Malley said to disapprove of BC High admitting girls A letter from a Jesuit leader says O?Malley ?strongly opposed? the idea because it would threaten all-girls high schools in the area.
Harvard researchers found out what many parents already know: Getting mental health care for a child can be especially difficult.
Cambridge may put anti-overdose drug in public boxes Naloxone would be located in places accessible to the public under a plan the city is considering.
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A longstanding poor record on flight cancellations and a simmering standoff with pilots came to a head Monday, and left passengers brawling.
Boston Latin School is pulled into Harvard race-bias suit A federal judge ordered the elite exam school to turn over internal communications related to Harvard?s use of race in its admissions process.
dining out
Is this New England?s best barbecue? It?s quite possible ? likely, even ? that the finest smoked meats in the region are coming out of a tiny, homespun corner lot next to a gas station.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Here?s a reality check for Celtics before Game 5 There are two schools of thought on this series: Either you believe or you are deceived.
BREWERS 11, RED SOX 7
Drew Pomeranz, Red Sox get pounded by Brewers Milwaukee scored five runs in the first inning, overshadowing a 4 for 4 night for Mookie Betts.
When is a travel ban just a Muslim ban? Judges are determining if they should look beyond the executive order to statements made by Trump on the campaign trail.
Dan Wasserman
Editorial cartoon: Medicaid under the AHCA Dan Wasserman takes on Paul Ryan?s health care plan.
Summer of ?67
The summer that changed Boston The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.
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These photographs found joy at the end of life. And the world responded After losing both parents to cancer, a photographer found herself connecting with strangers who shared similar grief.
The Wizards are confident they can win in Boston. They are confident they are the better team.
In the wake of Hernandez?s suicide, a judge said the court ?has no choice? but to throw out his conviction in the murder of Odin Lloyd.
Tucked along the tree-lined streets of one of Wellesley's most sought-after neighborhoods, this luxurious mansion boasts modern amenities and an impeccable outdoor space.
Anthony Virgilio, charged in 2015 with OUI and leaving the scene of an accident, landed a newly created $72,000-a-year job for a member of Governor Baker?s Cabinet.
The Democrats offered to help improve the nation?s health care system if Republicans dropped their bid to repeal the law.
A roundup of the most important business news from Tuesday.
Kimmel again argued that Americans deserve the level of health care given his infant son.
Angela Atenco Lopez prepares the mole of her native Puebla the way she was taught ? slowly.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight? ?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The Big Picture
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed for the last time in New England. After 146 years, ?The Greatest Show on Earth? ends it historic run.
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