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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic House Minority Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts about debt ceiling negotiations. Congressional lawmakers are leaving town for the Memorial Day...

REVERE, Mass. — One of the top Democrats in the U.S. House brought her party's message about the looming threat of default on the national debt home to Massachusetts on Friday.Treasury...

This is the second part of my write-up on the Sackler family's drug business.I began the first part with my niece, Kitty. Unable to free herself of addictive behavior, she committed suicide as a...

The book Patricia Oliver is showing lawmakers this week would, she said, fit in well in a first-grade classroom. It has pretty illustrations, bright colors and large text.But the subject is much...

A Mother's Day weekend rally was held Saturday in Framingham, where attendees called for more action from Congress to reduce gun violence.This year is on pace to become one of the worst on record...

On Wednesday, May 3, 2023, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) visited the Community Action Programs Inter-City, Inc. (CAPIC) Head Start program at the Irene O'Connell Community Center in Revere...

WATERTOWN - Watertown is a community going green by adding more green. A $240,000 federal grant will go directly to install 15 tree trenches across the city."This straightforward investment will...

MASSACHUSETTS — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lower court's restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone from taking effect, a win for the Biden administration and for women in...

For years, Boston's women have fought for a seat at the tables of power. Now, in a stream of elections, appointments, and hires over the past year or so, female leaders have finally positioned...

Congressional lawmakers have set themselves on a collision course over the debt ceiling after the Republican Speaker of the House said an increase without cuts won't fly only to have House Democrats...

Congressional lawmakers have set themselves on a collision course over the debt ceiling after the Republican Speaker of the House said an increase without cuts won't fly only to have House Democrats...

FRAMINGHAM — More than 60% of Framingham children ages 3 and 4 are not attending any form of preschool, a gap that city officials and those in the industry attribute to a shortage of early...

BOSTON — Following a federal court ruling in Texas in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food & Drug Administration that blocked the FDA's approval of the abortion...

FRAMINGHAM - Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) visited the Shillman House in Framingham on Friday, March 31, 2023, to talk with local seniors, share how Democrats are defending Americans'...

The City of Cambridge Department of Veterans' Services hosted an event on April 4 at Cambridge City Hall to honor to lifelong Cambridge resident and U.S. Army veteran, Corporal Wing "Vinny" Wong,...

BOSTON - Rep. Katherine Clark, the second ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, spoke to WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller for his Sunday show to discuss the legislative logjam in D.C., and why the...

MEDFORD, MA - Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined a panel of women leaders to celebrate Women's History Month at Medford High School today.Panelists included Medford Mayor Breanna...

A former student at a Nashville elementary school shot and killed three kids and three adults at the private Christian school on Monday, as the nation reels from yet another "sick" and...

Members of New England's mostly-Democratic federal legislative delegation reacted strongly to Monday's deadly Nashville, Tennessee, school shooting."I'm outraged and I am horrified,"...

BOSTON - During a joint appearance at a St. Patrick's Day event with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, President Joe Biden said, "There's no reason why we can't find common ground."But in an...