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January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON — Today, federal agents arrested Dr. Charles Lieber, Chair of Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. He was charged with lying to investigators about his participation in China’s Thousand Talents Plan, which recruits researchers including Americans with access to sensitive intellectual property and other information of interest to America’s adversaries.


January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON — Today, following the announcement of the Trump Administration’s Israel proposal, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) made the following statement: 

This is not a peace plan. It’s a distraction—from Israel’s investigation into Netanyahu and America’s investigation into Trump.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s plan to exchange permanent settlements in contested territories for votes is unacceptable. It distracts and detracts from a truly lasting peace through a two-state solution negotiated in good faith.


January 27, 2020
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January 24, 2020

When governments weigh whether to invest in infrastructure like rail transit, bike lanes, and other public works meant to provide alternatives to car and truck transportation, the price tag for the proposed projects is often a key part of the debate.


January 21, 2020
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January 19, 2020

A 103-year-old World War II veteran has finally been honored for his time in the military - 76 years after he helped save countless lives on the battlefield.

Peter Fantasia, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a US Army medic in Company L, 3rd Battalion, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.

He was captured one night in 1944 in Rodalbe, France, while tending to wounded men in a foxhole and spent the next six months as a prisoner of war until being liberated by Russian forces in April 1945.


January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON — Days after China’s navy commissioned its biggest and most advanced surface warship yet, on a path to an estimated 420 ships by 2035, key experts told Congress the U.S. must form a new and creative strategy to deter China, beyond nuclear weapons.

Addressing the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, former Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell Director Andrew Hunter and retired Rear Adm. Michael McDevitt warned that China is on track to outpace America technologically and at sea.


January 14, 2020

BOSTON — President Donald Trump is vowing to veto a bill to remove contamination from cancer-linked "forever chemicals" in groundwater, drawing criticism from environmentalists and members of the state's congressional delegation.


January 8, 2020

Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton told MSNBC's Katy Tur on Wednesday that information presented to Congress during an intelligence briefing regarding Iran was "quite vague."

After Iran's Tuesday missile attack against an airbase in Iraq that housed U.S. soldiers, Iran seemed amenable to de-escalating the tensions between the U.S. and Iran. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday morning that sanctions would be levied against Iran and would remain in place "until Iran changes its behavior."


January 7, 2020

Funding Will Support Education, Employment, and Savings for HUD-Assisted Families