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April 25, 2017
By: Scott Lehigh

WOULD THEY meet with the president?

During the presidencies of Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan or George H.W. Bush or George W. Bush, it would have been an easy question with an obvious answer. But no longer.


April 22, 2017
Bill and his guests - Rep. Seth Moulton, David Miliband, S.E. Cupp and Arwa Damon - answer viewer questions after the show.

Watch the overtime segment here.


April 21, 2017
By Commonwealth staff

The phrase “mealy-mouthed politician” often seems redundant, so closely do we associate political figures with an aversion to direct answers that cut through the usual fog.

That does not describe Seth Moulton, the second-term Democratic congressman from Salem. Moulton answers questions with a degree of candor that is refreshing and sometimes jarring.


April 20, 2017
Circle May 2 on your calendar. That’s the date MBTA representatives will be at Beverly City Hall at 6:30 p.m. to talk about the planned suspension of weekend commuter rail service on the Gloucester and Newburyport branches this summer.

They’ll explain the reasons for the shutdown – scheduled to run from July 8 to Sept. 30 – and presumably will hear questions and comments from patrons and their representatives on Beacon Hill.


April 14, 2017
By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, and C.J. Chivers

WASHINGTON — The bomb that the United States dropped on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan on Thursday was big — at 22,000 pounds, the most powerful conventional weapon in the American arsenal. Arguably, even bigger were the messages it sent, whether by design or not.


April 13, 2017

Moulton: "What we need is a comprehensive, integrated political-military strategy to ensure the peace after our military actions are complete”

Salem, MA – Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) released the following statement in response to the announcement that President Trump ordered a GBU-43 bomb strike from a U.S. aircraft against ISIS forces in Afghanistan.


April 13, 2017
By Staff Writers

SALEM — Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem, again urged for a comprehensive, long-term strategy after U.S. forces dropped "the mother of all bombs" on Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan on Thursday.


April 13, 2017
By Michael Jonas

US Rep. Seth Moulton has a very different way of describing the North-South Rail Link, which would connect Boston’s two commuter rail stations by underground tunnel: He calls it the one truly ‘transformative project on the table today.’

Moulton made his case on Thursday to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, calling the rail link a ‘visionary’ endeavor that would inject vitality into the regional economy, prevent gridlock on area roads, and help address economic inequality by putting better jobs in reach of more people…


April 12, 2017

Moulton: "We need to distinguish between those who are running from war and those who are waging it. Mohamad’s artwork and story demonstrate that difference."


April 10, 2017

 

Bill to empower young people to have a future in the fishing industry