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Standing between Donald Trump and Robert Mueller is a little-known Florida lawyer who is leading high-stakes negotiations over whether the president will confront questioning from the special counsel's investigators. Jane Raskin, who was hired by Trump in April, spent most of her career prosecuting mobsters and defending accused fraudsters, extortionists and other white-collar criminals.
Graduate teaching assistants at private universities had high hopes 18 months ago when a federal labor board ruled that they had a right to collective bargaining, but after the election of President Donald Trump, some schools are taking another shot at halting the burgeoning unionization movement. Columbia University announced in a university-wide email Tuesday that the school wouldn't bargain with the graduate students who voted more than 2 to 1 for union representation, and would instead appeal to a federal court.
He was the state treasurer for 27 years, and in the 27 years since he left office, there have been five state treasurers, mostly because they all had big egos, and they wanted something more, because they didn't know how good they had it, thanks mainly to Robert Quentin Crane. They were lucky, in other words, but they didn't appreciate it.
A super-fast form of transportation involving giant tubes, pods and air pressure would have a stop in SouthCoast if built in the Northeast, among other nationwide locations, should a company making the technology pick a Somerset woman's proposal. Holly McNamara, a Select Board official in Somerset, said she feels one step closer to seeing that become a reality after a visit to Washington, D.C., last week to make her case to a panel of judges.
Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black-and-white photo of himself. Then he repeated it every day for the next three decades.
In the first fortnight of Donald Trump 's presidency, his primary objective has been to concentrate power in the White House and undermine the democratic institutions that serve as checks on his authority. His executive orders fulfill campaign promises, excite his base, and test the limits of his power.
The Boston College history professor had been up late for a couple of nights writing. But she could see her friends were upset about last weekend's chaos following the president's executive order banning entry to all refugees and travelers and residents from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
In this Nov. 25, 2016, file photo, the Cuban community in Miami celebrates the announcement that Fidel Castro died in front La Carreta Restaurant early in Miami.
Born in 1912 in Cambridge, O'Neill became involved in politics at a young age, campaigning for Al Smith in 1928. He ran for City Council while a senior at Boston College and suffered his only electoral defeat.
Isabella Prio was born in Miami, is 20 now and a junior at Boston College who fully expects to return to Cuba someday and help shape the island's future. But she's never been to the country where her... Isabella Prio was born in Miami, is 20 now and a junior at Boston College who fully expects to return to Cuba someday and help shape the island's future.