Massachusetts' members of Congress will head back to a changed Washington next year, with Democrats in the majority and the Bay State's delegation wielding considerable influence. Why it matters:...
WBUR: $156 million for Mass. solar projects in limbo after courts say EPA illegally withheld funds
Billions of dollars for solar energy projects nationwide remain in limbo more than a month after two federal judges ruled in separate cases that the Environmental Protection Agency illegally...
CBS: Katherine Clark of Massachusetts will be first woman to serve as House majority leader, Hakeem Jeffries says
Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark is set to make history as the first woman to become a majority leader in Congress, the leader of the House Democrats said Wednesday. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries,...
POLITICO: Katherine Clark launches majority leader bid
Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts officially announced her bid for majority leader in a letter to colleagues Thursday. Clark, currently the No. 2 to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, is widely...
Boston Globe: Clark and House Democratic leadership made history and won the majority. Now they face the real test: how to use it.
As Revere Representative Katherine Clark stepped up to address a room of roughly four dozen volunteers in one of Pennsylvania’s purplest suburbs one week before Election Day, she opened with a...
WCVB: Mass. Rep. Katherine Clark asks Democrats for support to become first woman House majority leader
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark has sent a letter to her fellow Democrats asking for their support to become the next Majority Leader. Clark would be the first woman to serve in that top...
NYT: Katherine Clark Could Be the House Majority Leader. Who Is She?
Representative Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts, the No. 2 House Democrat, is set to become the majority leader in January, after her party won control of the chamber. Ms. Clark, 63, a quiet,...
CommonWealth Beacon: A former state lawmaker, Clark now ready to help set US House agenda
US REP. KATHERINE CLARK and fellow Democrats eyeing leadership roles in the US House and Senate will be busy over the next several weeks solidifying an agenda they hope will help the party hold...
WGBH: Katherine Clark poised to become first-ever woman House Majority Leader
The “blue wave” of Democrats taking the majority in both chambers of Congress could make soon make Rep. Katherine Clark one of the most powerful people in Washington. Clark, who ran uncontested in...
WBUR: Rep. Clark, poised to become House Majority Leader, talks priorities as Democrats take Congress
Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark, the second most powerful House Democrat, is poised to help lead a sizable Democratic majority next session. Clark ran uncontested in the general election...
Cambridge Day: ‘Blue wave’ makes Clark likely majority leader in House
During Tuesday’s much-anticipated midterm elections, West Coast polls were just starting to close when media outlets like CNN and NBC began to project control of the U.S. House of Representatives...
WaPo: Democratic women surge past 100 House seats as Republican women lose ground
Women will lead more states as governors and represent more congressional districts than at any time in American history come January. The blue wave putting Democrats back in control of Congress is...
Boston Globe: Katherine Clark will be the first woman majority leader of the House. Here’s what to know about her rise.
Election Night saw plenty of history making across the country, and some milestones are still to be set. With Democrats taking the US House, Massachusetts’ own Katherine Clark is poised to become...
WBUR: Trump cuts have hurt Mass. research labs. Scientists hope midterms can ease the pain
In September 2025, Lucy Hutyra got a phone call with some bad news. The National Institute of Standards and Technology was ending a program that had funded her research for more than a decade. “It...
POLITICO: Why Democrats are looking to Katherine Clark to bring ‘order’ to the House
After four years in a GOP-controlled chamber rocked by a speaker revolt, unchecked factional conflicts and routine floor meltdowns, Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur stood before a crowd of campaign...
The Guardian: Democrats rebuke federal raid of Ilhan Omar’s home: ‘rogue abuse of power’
Ilhan Omar’s Democratic colleagues have condemned federal agents’ search of the Minnesota congresswoman’s home on Monday morning, describing it as “deeply disturbing” and emblematic of the Trump...
SHNS: Birth center expects first delivery after ‘leadership transition’
Elected leaders who hailed the reopening of the state's second freestanding birth center earlier this year may have celebrated prematurely. The Cambridge Health Alliance Birth Center, which closed...
NPR: Tributes to Gloria Steinem are flooding in, from Hollywood to Capitol Hill
Journalist and activist Gloria Steinem dedicated her life to fighting for women's rights, from reproductive freedom to workplace equality. Now, after her death at age 92, notable figures from...
Save the Alewife Brook: A Federal Partnership for a Cleaner, Safer Alewife.
Today was a milestone for Alewife Brook. Congresswoman Katherine Clark met at the Brook with Save the Alewife Brook and our state and local delegation to see the sewage, sediment, and flooding...
Boston Globe: ‘An attack on families and kids’: Healey slams Trump’s proposed Head Start changes
Governor Maura Healey criticized the Trump administration’s proposal to scale back regulations for the federally funded Head Start child-care program, calling it “reckless and wrongheaded” on...