Speaking to supporters at her official campaign kickoff even at the Cyclorama, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she’s proud of her administration’s work so far, but knows there’s more to...

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Apr 5, 2025

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session

The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts. The mostly party-line vote came early Saturday after a late-night session.

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Apr 5, 2025

Student dormitory on the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

UMass Amherst says five student visas revoked by federal government

Chancellor Javier Reyes says their student status has also been terminated by the federal government. It's the latest action by the Trump administration targeting international students.

Education

Apr 5, 2025

Protesters march from Boston Common to City Hall as part of a nationwide rally called "Hands Off Our Democracy!" (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Protesters rally in Boston as part of nationwide protest against Trump

The rally is one of dozens planned across the country for Saturday. Organizer 50501 Movement aims to hold protests in every U.S. state at the same time.

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Apr 5, 2025

J.D. Vance, R-Ohio points toward Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at an Ohio campaign rally in March. (Jeff Dean/AP)

JD Vance and the rise of the 'New Right'

In this week’s Jackpod Meghna and Jack spoke about this episode of On Point from August last year about ‘radical monarchist’ Curtis Yarvin and the so-called New Right movement. To...

On Point

45:41Apr 5, 2025

Students walk through Harvard Yard on Tuesday. (Emily Piper-Vallillo/WBUR)

Trump administration sets forth demands for Harvard to avert loss of billions in federal funding

The Thursday letter follows an announcement earlier in the week that nearly $9 billion of the school’s federal grants and contracts is under review. The demands include slashing DEI programming...

Education

Apr 4, 2025

Abandoned building at the Forbes site in Chelsea in January, 2025. Photo by Roseann Bongiovanni

Abandoned industrial site in Chelsea will be converted to open space, affordable housing

Mass Audubon, GreenRoots and The Neighborhood Developers will purchase the more than 17-acre Forbes site on Chelsea creek for $8 million. They plan to develop the area into conservation land,...

Environment

Apr 4, 2025

Rümeysa Öztürk. (Photo courtesy Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University)

Judge rules Tufts student's detention case to be heard in Vermont, not Louisiana

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper agreed with Öztürk's attorneys that a transfer to Vermont was warranted because that's where ICE agents had taken her at the time of that filing.

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Apr 4, 2025

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump v. big law

President Trump has signed several Executive Orders targeting law firms who have challenged his agenda or hired his political enemies. Many in the legal community worry about the impact this...

On Point

46:39Apr 4, 2025