Trump lashes out at Michael Cohen after guilty plea

Facing a growing threat to his presidency, Donald Trump on Wednesday accused his former lawyer of making up ??stories in order to get a ?deal??? from federal prosecutors.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders took questions from reporters during Wednesday?s press briefing.

Here?s how Sarah Sanders responded to questions on Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort

As reporters peppered President Trump?s spokeswoman with question after question about Cohen and Manafort, she repeated the same mantra over and over.

President Donald Trump spoke during a rally Tuesday in Charleston, W.V.

Trump confronted with ?unprecedented? legal issues after Cohen plea, lawyers say

One Boston attorney called Michael Cohen?s guilty plea ?clearly the most pressing legal threat to Donald Trump to date.?

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 21: Michael Cohen, former lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits the Federal Courthouse on August 21, 2018 in New York City. Cohen reached an agreement with prosecutors, pleading guilty to charges involving bank fraud, tax fraud and campaign finance violations.(Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Michael A. Cohen

The beginning of the end of the Trump presidency

The president of the United States has been implicated in the commission of a federal crime.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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President Trump has been implicated in an election-related crime ? a crime that may have helped him capture the presidency ? and yet he may never face punishment.

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The one-year experiment aims to help relieve congestion in the traffic-choked Seaport District and nearby neighborhoods.

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The North Washington Street bridge to Charlestown will take five years to rebuild. And it can?t benefit from fast construction techniques.

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Coconut oil has been making headlines lately, thanks to a lecture given by a Harvard professor that?s been widely shared online.

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The 57-year-old Charlton man is one of six troopers who face federal charges for allegedly collecting pay for overtime hours they did not work

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Even though the storm has weakened, Category 4 hurricanes ? with winds of more than 130 mph or above ? can still cause catastrophic damage.

Math teacher arrested on child porn charges

A teacher at Narragansett Regional School District allegedly used Dropbox and Kik to exchange between 20 and 30 gigabytes of child porn.

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The attorney for a Mexican man accused of killing an Iowa college student challenged the government?s statement Wednesday that the suspect has been living in the United States illegally.

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Boston police were justified when they ordered a New York man to remove body armor during last year?s ?Free Speech? rally on Boston Common, a judge ruled.

New claims of abuse at St. Paul?s School in Concord, N.H., include allegations against Gerry Studds, a former congressman who once taught at the school.

Gerry Studds named in latest probe of sexual misconduct at St. Paul?s

The late Mass. congressman ?acted as a predator,? according to a former student. The new report is another black mark against the elite Concord, N.H., boarding school.

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When news rules made it harder to refill prescriptions for a painkiller, surgeons prescribed more pills at the outset.

Photo Essay

GE offers glimpse of its future Fort Point home

If only workers who toiled at the New England Confectionery Co. a century ago could see the old candy factory now.

Rockland, Maine

PJ Walter Photography

Nestor Ramos

?I was the only one left behind. And I was the only one who was brown.?

A 14-year-old from Brookline was just trying to catch a bus home from Maine. Instead, he got a lesson in the insidious ways that race and bias operate in America today.

Peter Abraham | Beat writer?s notebook

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Who plays third? Who pitches fourth? And other issues that will need to be addressed.

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This isn't the first time the Aerosmith frontman has threatened legal action for Trump's song use.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5003.jpg Undebatable ? Geoff Diehl and John Kingston are afraid of Beth Lindstrom

Two non-profiles in courage are avoiding debates with Beth Lindstrom in the Republican race for US Senate.

Ten candidates. Thirty-one hours. One primary.

Welcome to the Third District, where 10 ? yes, 10 ? Democrats are vying to replace retiring US Representative Niki Tsongas in the largest congressional primary the state?s seen in two decades.

NAMES

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The final season of the most popular comedy on television premieres Sept. 24.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/06/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/IMG_7060.jpg HBO orders new series from Mass. author Tom Perrotta 

The show will be based on Perrotta?s best-selling 2017 novel, ?Mrs. Fletcher.? The author was last seen at HBO as one half of the creative team behind ?The Leftovers.?

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Parents have long known intuitively that a good night?s sleep is important, but naps are also necessary for preschoolers to be at their best.

How to eat like a local in Harvard Square

From sushi to coffee, burgers to buffets ? here are some places in Harvard Square that might remind you of your youth.

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The veteran had been dealing with a nagging hamstring injury he suffered during a June minicamp session.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_patriotstrainingcamp_sports654copy-20830.jpg Tom Brady thinks his son is ?growing up waaaayyyyyy too fast!!!?

The Patriots quarterback?s eldest kid turned 11.

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Globe Magazine

A superfan?s guide to seeing the Patriots at Gillette Stadium

Football season cometh! Here?s how to score tickets, park like a genius, tailgate like there?s no tomorrow, and more.

Kaleido Biosciences promotes its president to CEO

Alison Lawton, president and chief operating officer of the Bedford startup since December, has been elevated to chief executive officer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/robbierotten1-1071-kK3F--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg ?LazyTown? villain Stefan Karl Stefansson dies at 43

Icelandic actor Stefan Karl Stefansson played villain Robbie Rotten on ?LazyTown? and led the 2008 touring production of ?Dr. Seuss? How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/kreiter_ashfieldfilmfest5_arts.jpg The delightfully daffy, completely community-produced Ashfield Film Festival

Now in its 11th year, the festival features five-minute films created by the working folks, gentleman farmers, and schoolchildren of this agrarian community of 1,700.

NAMES

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Wilson was arrested Tuesday at a Connecticut airport after police say she became ?belligerent? toward troopers.

NAMES

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The extreme athlete and psychotherapist has Usher syndrome, a condition that slowly robs sufferers of hearing and sight. She?ll throw out the first pitch Thursday to raise awareness.

NAMES

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The song, apparently never heard in public, appears to have been recorded in 1972 and was found recently on a tape owned by Rolling Stones collector Matt Lee.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/tlumacki_worcesterstateDemconvention_metro211.jpg Endorsement: Jay Gonzalez is the best choice for Democrats

A former official in the Patrick administration, Gonzalez has the right background to go toe-to-toe with the governor.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-0.jpg Endorsement: Charlie Baker deserves GOP nod

It?s important for the Massachusetts GOP that Baker win big in the Sept. 4 Republican gubernatorial primary.

Special reports

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She?s a social media manager for an arts-and-crafts company, and somehow became a target of a secret TSA surveillance program.

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Can canines be reliably used in hospitals to detect patients with diarrhea caused by C. diff?

Globe event

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Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

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The 2018 BMW X3 M40i proves worthy of the M badge

The 2018 BMW X3 M40i sits at the top of the X3 lineup. Reserved for its most performance-oriented variants, putting an M badge onto an SUV is a big deal. It comes with high expectations, and the X3 meets those expectations ? and then some. While the standard engine in the X3 is a 2.0-liter turbocharged [?]