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Friday, August 8, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Politics

Trump claims other countries pay his tariffs. US businesses and consumers will likely bear most of the costs.

Tariffs are collected when foreign goods arrive at the border and amount to a back-door tax increase that one analysis estimates will cost the average US household $2,400 this year. Continue reading →

Media

WBZ’s Kate Merrill is not alone: More white workers are suing over racial bias

Attorneys specializing in employment discrimination predict that similar suits will follow, given recent Supreme Court decisions and the Trump administration’s ferocious opposition to DEI policies. Continue reading →

Housing

‘A disaster for Massachusetts’: Real estate groups vow to fight rent control ballot measure

Representatives for the powerful industry said they were alarmed by a proposed rent control ballot question and are prepared to spend heavily to fight it. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump requires colleges turn over more admissions data in fight against diversity policies

While many universities have diminished race as a factor in whom they let in, the Trump administration has made diversity policies a centerpiece of its pressure campaign. Continue reading →

World

Israel announces plan to retake Gaza City in another escalation of the war

The decision drew Palestinian rejection, fueled mounting international calls to end the war, and provoked worries in Israel over the fate of hostages still held by Hamas. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally

Experts said it was unclear what exactly Trump was calling for, whether it was changes to the 2030 census or a mid-decade census, and, if so, whether it would be used for a mid-decade apportionment, which is the process of divvying up congressional seats among the states based on the population count. Continue reading →

Nation

Ultra-processed foods make up over half of Americans’ calories, CDC says

The data illustrates how pervasive such foods have become as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to crack down on the unhealthy products that are often inexpensive and palatable. Continue reading →

Politics

Cornyn says FBI will help find Texas lawmakers who left state

The Texas senator said the agency had agreed to help locate legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said federal law enforcement was being misused. Continue reading →

The World

World

Putin suggests meeting Trump in UAE as Kremlin senses advantage

President Trump’s abrupt shift from frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intransigence to a potential one-on-one meeting soon handed the Russian leader a diplomatic coup, which the Kremlin embraced Thursday. Continue reading →

World

She survived a nine-story fall after Russian missile hit her building

She went to sleep in her bed on the ninth floor of an apartment building in Kyiv and woke up on a pile of rubble outside. She saw her leg covered in blood and cried out for help, thinking only of the pain, she would later say, and not how she had survived. Continue reading →

World

France’s largest wildfire in decades contained

The blaze erupted Tuesday and tore through the Aude region, spreading rapidly due to hot, dry weather. Cooler overnight temperatures and calmer winds slowed its advance and allowed firefighters to make headway. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

A massacre in slow motion: Israel is responsible for mass starvation in Gaza

Every day that Israel is forcing starving Palestinians to fight over crumbs, more children are dying at Israel’s hands. Continue reading →

Editorials

The still unfinished business of police reform

Contentious fight over qualified immunity for cops goes into round two. Continue reading →

Letters

Yep, that’s right — she was fired for dutifully reporting weak jobs data

Government employees will be afraid to release any numbers unfavorable to the president — it’s either you lie or you get canned. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

‘Not grossly disproportionate’: SJC rules it’s OK to strip ex-trooper of $1m pension after conviction in overtime scandal

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