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The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump has grown used to smashing norms and conventions — and Washington and the world have adjusted, or not, accordingly. But his biggest clash may still be ahead of him.

The TAKE with Rick Klein Hush money can speak loudly. But this week confirmed that words, as spoken by President Donald Trump and those in his orbit, don’t necessarily say something meaningful. The topics in question span from matters of health to matters of basic fact to matters that will play out in courts of law.

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Massachusetts is ground zero in the latest round of the nation’s culture wars.  ‘’Everything about his challenger and her campaign makes me proud,’’ Deval Patrick said in a statement that did not mention Pressley by name.

President Trump ripped into John Kerry on Monday morning after a Globe story detailed the former secretary of state’s behind-the-scenes attempts to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

President Trump ripped into John Kerry on Monday morning after a Globe story detailed the former secretary of state’s behind-the-scenes attempts to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

President Trump ripped into John Kerry on Monday morning after a Globe story detailed the former secretary of state’s behind-the-scenes attempts to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

Presidential attorney Rudy Giuliani dominated the Sunday political shows days after he said in an explosive interview that MORE reimbursed his personal attorney for a payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. Giuliani told ABC’s “This Week” that he recently joined Trump’s legal team to handle special counsel MORE’s Russia investigation, but the focus Sunday remained on Michael Cohen’s payment to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. The renewed scrutiny over the Daniels controversy comes after

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be in a state of massive upheaval following the departure of several aides and new allegations against the agency’s embattled administrator, MORE. Four officials at the agency have stepped down in the past week, an exodus that has deprived Pruitt of some of his closest aides.  Meanwhile, several new controversies have exploded around Pruitt regarding his travel and his ties to lobbyists.  People with knowledge of the departures at EPA likened them to getting out of Dodge, either due to impending investigations or s

Iran deal supporters and opponents are digging in for a fight over the nuclear agreement as MORE’s decision on whether to withdraw nears.

Few observers expect that Trump will stay in the deal after next week’s deadline on May 12. But Trump has teased a possible twist, saying “nobody knows what I’m going to do on the 12th.”

Voices, both at home and abroad, are making pitches in hopes of swaying Trump to their side.