week in the newsOn Point's weekly news roundtable, which airs Friday mornings at 10 a.m. ET.The Week That Was: Perennial Politics, Law's Legacy And Prohibited PhrasesThe week when Donald Trump finally notched a win. That and more from Tom Keane's roundup of this week's top news headlines. Dec 22, 2017The Week That Was: Alabama Awful, Cambridge Corruption And 'Donuts' Are DoneIt was the week when the Republican establishment discovered that there is someone even more problematic than Donald Trump: Roy Moore.Nov 17, 2017The Week That Was: White House Reboot, Russia Sanctions, North Korean Missiles And MoreMore tumult in the White House, despite Trump's tweet to the contrary, as the stock market soars and the president's popularity dips. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly...Aug 4, 2017The Week That Was: Health Care Dance In Washington, Boston Teens Make Good Lawyers And MoreThe Senate voted down “repeal” and the GOP’s “repeal and replace” health care plan while teens in Boston caught a major oversight in TD Garden’s operation. All that and more...Jul 28, 2017The Week That Was: Senate Health Distress, Harvard Square's Pizza Problems And MoreThe Senate health care bill floundered without enough GOP support and Harvard Square rejected yet another pizza shop. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly news roundup.Jul 21, 2017AdvertisementThe Week That Was: Trump Warns North Korea, Volvo's Electric Ambition And MoreThe president pledges to act "very strongly" in response to Pyongyang's missile threat and all new Volvo models will be electric or hybrid by 2019. All that and more from...Jul 7, 2017The Week That Was: Crude Tweets, The Travel Ban Is Back, Lobsters At Logan And MoreThe president lobs an extraordinarily personal attack, the Supreme Court partially reinstated Trump's travel ban and Logan TSA agents spot a lobster. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly...Jun 30, 2017The Week That Was: Dems Defeated, SCOTUS To Hear Gerrymandering Case, David Ortiz Gets A Street And MoreDemocrats lose two more Congressional races, the Supreme Court will hear a case on gerrymandering and part of Yawkey Way becomes David Ortiz Drive. All that and more from Tom...Jun 23, 2017The Week That Was: Trump Abroad, White House Budget, Manchester Tragedy And MoreTrump was overseas when the White House released its budget proposal and a suicide bomber attacked a concert in Manchester, England. All that and more from Tom Keane’s weekly news...May 26, 2017The Week That Was: White House Red Herrings, Possible Impeachment, Ransomware And MoreThe White House distracts, talk of impeachment abounds and malicious software makes its way around the globe. All that and more in Tom Keane's roundup of the week in the...May 19, 2017The Week That Was: Comey Fired, Russian Hacking Backfired, Nudity On Stage And MoreTrump fired Comey, hackers leaked Russian documents and Boston Children's Theatre staged a play with nudity. All that and more from Tom Keane's roundup of the week in the news.May 12, 2017The Week That Was: Racism At Fenway, Clinton's Confession, Trump's Strongmen, And MoreClinton blamed Comey, Comey got nauseous, Red Sox fans got angry, and Trump fudged U.S. history. All that and more from Tom Keane's roundup of the week in the news....May 5, 2017The Week That Was: Trump Reaches 100, Bruins Bust, A Shadier Common And MoreSaturday marks Trump's 100th day; Bruins get knocked out of the playoffs; and a new building could cast a long shadow on Boston Common. That and more from Tom Keane's...Apr 28, 2017The Week That Was: Dems Rejoice, O’Reilly Exits, Patriots Visit Trump And MoreThe Pats go to the White House; the Dems celebrate a very small gain; and O’Reilly gets the boot. That and more from Tom Keane's round-up of the top news...Apr 21, 2017The Week That Was: Airstrikes, Apologies, A Pulled Pepsi Ad, And MoreTomahawks fall on Syria and Trump's ratings go up. United Airlines bungles an apology, but not as badly as Sean Spicer does. And more from Tom Keane's roundup of the...Apr 14, 2017The Week That Was: Fans Return To Fenway, Advertisers Flee 'The O'Reilly Factor,' War Crimes In Syria, And MoreThe Red Sox are in. Steve Bannon is out. War crimes in Syria. Xi Jinping at Mar-A-Lago. The Green Line gets the greenbacks to expand to Somerville. Framingham becomes a...Apr 7, 2017The Week That Was: Brexit Triggered, Browsing Tracked, Trump Galore, Blocked Porn — And MoreRolling back climate change policy right in time for a...spring Nor'Easter! Tom Keane on these and other maelstroms at home and abroad. Mar 31, 2017The Week That Was: Heartburn At St. Paddy's Breakfast, Terror In London, Stalled Health Care Bill in D.C. And MoreJokes bomb, Brady's jersey is found, Sears goes bust, Gorsuch gets grilled, and more from Tom Keane's weekly roundup of the week in the news. Mar 24, 2017The Week That Was: Sleep Deprivation, Storm Aggravation, Political Enervation And MoreWe sprung forward, hunkered down and braced for more from our provocateur-in-chief. Mar 17, 2017The Week That Was: Wiretaps, WikiLeaks, 'An Insane Amount Of Drinking' And MoreFrom presidential provocations to HUD secretary slave talk, the American Health Care Act to Muslim Ban 2.0, it's been a busy week -- and that was before we learned the...Mar 10, 2017Next Page
The Week That Was: Perennial Politics, Law's Legacy And Prohibited PhrasesThe week when Donald Trump finally notched a win. That and more from Tom Keane's roundup of this week's top news headlines. Dec 22, 2017
The Week That Was: Alabama Awful, Cambridge Corruption And 'Donuts' Are DoneIt was the week when the Republican establishment discovered that there is someone even more problematic than Donald Trump: Roy Moore.Nov 17, 2017
The Week That Was: White House Reboot, Russia Sanctions, North Korean Missiles And MoreMore tumult in the White House, despite Trump's tweet to the contrary, as the stock market soars and the president's popularity dips. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly...Aug 4, 2017
The Week That Was: Health Care Dance In Washington, Boston Teens Make Good Lawyers And MoreThe Senate voted down “repeal” and the GOP’s “repeal and replace” health care plan while teens in Boston caught a major oversight in TD Garden’s operation. All that and more...Jul 28, 2017
The Week That Was: Senate Health Distress, Harvard Square's Pizza Problems And MoreThe Senate health care bill floundered without enough GOP support and Harvard Square rejected yet another pizza shop. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly news roundup.Jul 21, 2017
The Week That Was: Trump Warns North Korea, Volvo's Electric Ambition And MoreThe president pledges to act "very strongly" in response to Pyongyang's missile threat and all new Volvo models will be electric or hybrid by 2019. All that and more from...Jul 7, 2017
The Week That Was: Crude Tweets, The Travel Ban Is Back, Lobsters At Logan And MoreThe president lobs an extraordinarily personal attack, the Supreme Court partially reinstated Trump's travel ban and Logan TSA agents spot a lobster. All that and more from Tom Keane's weekly...Jun 30, 2017
The Week That Was: Dems Defeated, SCOTUS To Hear Gerrymandering Case, David Ortiz Gets A Street And MoreDemocrats lose two more Congressional races, the Supreme Court will hear a case on gerrymandering and part of Yawkey Way becomes David Ortiz Drive. All that and more from Tom...Jun 23, 2017
The Week That Was: Trump Abroad, White House Budget, Manchester Tragedy And MoreTrump was overseas when the White House released its budget proposal and a suicide bomber attacked a concert in Manchester, England. All that and more from Tom Keane’s weekly news...May 26, 2017
The Week That Was: White House Red Herrings, Possible Impeachment, Ransomware And MoreThe White House distracts, talk of impeachment abounds and malicious software makes its way around the globe. All that and more in Tom Keane's roundup of the week in the...May 19, 2017
The Week That Was: Comey Fired, Russian Hacking Backfired, Nudity On Stage And MoreTrump fired Comey, hackers leaked Russian documents and Boston Children's Theatre staged a play with nudity. All that and more from Tom Keane's roundup of the week in the news.May 12, 2017
The Week That Was: Racism At Fenway, Clinton's Confession, Trump's Strongmen, And MoreClinton blamed Comey, Comey got nauseous, Red Sox fans got angry, and Trump fudged U.S. history. All that and more from Tom Keane's roundup of the week in the news....May 5, 2017
The Week That Was: Trump Reaches 100, Bruins Bust, A Shadier Common And MoreSaturday marks Trump's 100th day; Bruins get knocked out of the playoffs; and a new building could cast a long shadow on Boston Common. That and more from Tom Keane's...Apr 28, 2017
The Week That Was: Dems Rejoice, O’Reilly Exits, Patriots Visit Trump And MoreThe Pats go to the White House; the Dems celebrate a very small gain; and O’Reilly gets the boot. That and more from Tom Keane's round-up of the top news...Apr 21, 2017
The Week That Was: Airstrikes, Apologies, A Pulled Pepsi Ad, And MoreTomahawks fall on Syria and Trump's ratings go up. United Airlines bungles an apology, but not as badly as Sean Spicer does. And more from Tom Keane's roundup of the...Apr 14, 2017
The Week That Was: Fans Return To Fenway, Advertisers Flee 'The O'Reilly Factor,' War Crimes In Syria, And MoreThe Red Sox are in. Steve Bannon is out. War crimes in Syria. Xi Jinping at Mar-A-Lago. The Green Line gets the greenbacks to expand to Somerville. Framingham becomes a...Apr 7, 2017
The Week That Was: Brexit Triggered, Browsing Tracked, Trump Galore, Blocked Porn — And MoreRolling back climate change policy right in time for a...spring Nor'Easter! Tom Keane on these and other maelstroms at home and abroad. Mar 31, 2017
The Week That Was: Heartburn At St. Paddy's Breakfast, Terror In London, Stalled Health Care Bill in D.C. And MoreJokes bomb, Brady's jersey is found, Sears goes bust, Gorsuch gets grilled, and more from Tom Keane's weekly roundup of the week in the news. Mar 24, 2017
The Week That Was: Sleep Deprivation, Storm Aggravation, Political Enervation And MoreWe sprung forward, hunkered down and braced for more from our provocateur-in-chief. Mar 17, 2017
The Week That Was: Wiretaps, WikiLeaks, 'An Insane Amount Of Drinking' And MoreFrom presidential provocations to HUD secretary slave talk, the American Health Care Act to Muslim Ban 2.0, it's been a busy week -- and that was before we learned the...Mar 10, 2017