Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar
Instead, Senate Republicans are considering offsets mostly for any new Trump tax breaks. Raising alarms from the most ...
Campbell makes Red Sox history, Bregman leads way in series win over Orioles
Kristian Campbell, Triston Casas, and Alex Bregman’s 2-run homers powered the Red Sox to an 8-4 win over the Baltimore ...
High school softball preview: Southington’s new coach; Ellington, Cheshire return top pitchers
Southington softball has a new coach, Ellington and Cheshire return top pitchers and Coventry hopes to contend again for a ...
Judge says US government may have ‘acted in bad faith’ as he weighs contempt over deportation order
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration may have “acted in bad faith” by trying to rush ...
Trump says he supports proxy voting for new parents in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a proposal that would allow new parents in Congress to vote by ...
Transgender student’s arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom ...
FACT FOCUS: Democratic leaders’ challenge to Trump’s election executive order misrepresented online
But the lawsuit — brought by the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Governors Association, and Senate and House ...
Lawyers for a detained Tufts student from Turkey demand she be returned to Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was seized by immigration officials off a ...
States sue to block Trump’s election order, saying it violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic officials in 19 states filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to ...
Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare ...
Jared Kaufman
Jared Kaufman is a food and features reporter at the Pioneer Press and a nationally known cheesemonger. A Twin Cities native, he holds degrees in food studies from Boston University and in journalism ...
Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
Set inside a once-dilapidated 1938 building on Chicago’s near West Side, a one-of-a-kind museum hopes to change the ...