The Trump presidency

Comey?s firing unleashes uncertainty in Washington

Calls for a special investigation were repeated Wednesday as the White House faced questions about the dismissal of FBI director James Comey.

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was a central player in the firing of James Comey.

President Donald Trump.

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More bad news for Trump: His poll numbers hit new lows

Just 36 percent of respondents approved of President Trump?s job performance in a poll released Wednesday.

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The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has subpoenaed former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn for Russia-related documents.

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The action would extend a limited ban that was put in place in March.

Metro

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More than half of people polled said they believe incarceration does more harm than good, according to the results.

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The extortion trial of two top aides to Mayor Walsh has been scheduled for January, two months after the election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_opiodoutreach5_met.jpg Could the opioid epidemic be easing?

The number of drug deaths in the state during the first three months of 2017 showed a slight decline.

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Facing a $16 million budget shortfall, the Brockton School Department says it may cut 344 jobs, including those of 189 teachers.

obituary

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Mr. Phelps was a longtime editor at The Boston Globe and New York Times who oversaw the Globe?s coverage of school desegregation.

Business

April 13, 2017_ALLSTON- Chicken and Rice Guys on Harvard Ave. restaurant closed by Boston Inspectional Services after an E coli outbreak. (Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff section: business topic:)

Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff

Kitchen where Chicken & Rice Guys prepared food had a history of problems

The facility, Union Square Kitchens, which is used by several food businesses, also has a history of health problems including a forced closure two years ago.

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Big changes could be coming to where Necco currently cranks out its candies.

The new truck road goes from Conley Terminal to the Summer Street bridge over the Reserved Channel in South Boston.

South Boston project could offer views of water, and 18-wheelers

A proposed complex on the South Boston Waterfront would look onto a new freight road with hundreds of trucks.

Columnists

yvonne Abraham

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This president?s repeated and blatant attacks on democracy are intolerable.

DANTE RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dante_ramos-3658.jpg Saving for retirement just got a lot harder, thanks to Trump

Trump and his allies in Congress would rather cozy up to the financial sector than deal with the economic anxiety that helped get Trump elected.

Arts

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?The board wants him back as artistic director. We?re going to move forward.??

FILE ? Vincent ?Buddy? Cianci Jr., the mayor of Providence, R.I., Jan. 10, 1997. Cianci, who cast a vast shadow over political life in Providence in a long career that included two decade-long stints in office, talk-radio polemics and a prison term on federal racketeering charges, died on Jan. 28, 2016. He was 74. (Keith Meyers/The New York Times)

New York Times

TY BURR | critic?s notebook

?Crimetown? drops a dime on Providence

The podcast ?Crimetown? offers crime and not punishment in Rhode Island?s capital.

NBA playoffs: Celtics 123, Wizards 101

CELTICS 123, WIZARDS 101

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Avery Bradley scored a career-playoff-high 29 points for Boston.

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Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick, and Julian Edelman were at TD Garden to see the Celtics take a 3-2 series lead.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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As the Trump administration considers escalating the war, Americans should look hard at the costs.

Special reports

Summer of ?67

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The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.

Newsletters

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

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Women make up nearly two-thirds of Americans with the disease, and shoulder the majority of caregiving.

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.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The Circus leaves town

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.

Magazine

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