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New England politics news

‘Wholly unnecessary’: Mass. House speaker says he will not comply with state auditor’s legislative probe
State Auditor Diana DiZoglio called the House speaker's response “disappointing,” and said she intends to conduct the audit as planned. “We are not asking for permission,” she said.
Should early education grants go only to providers serving the state’s neediest families? The debate plays out on Beacon Hill.
The conversation about who should continue to receive funding has created tension on Beacon Hill, as top policymakers grapple with how to solve a crisis that has put Massachusetts on the map for having some of the most expensive child care in the country.
A Boston city councilor, frustrated with redistricting, is bankrolling litigation against it
City Councilor Frank Baker made the $10,000 contribution to support the redistricting lawsuit, which names the city, Mayor Michelle Wu, the City Council, and the election head as defendants.
Latest from our D.C. bureau
‘It’s clear I haven’t gotten through.’ After Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, Elizabeth Warren takes her criticism of Fed Chair Jerome Powell to another level.
Sinema reportedly ridicules former Democratic colleagues: ‘Old dudes eating Jell-O’
Amid banking uncertainty, Federal Reserve increases key interest rate by a quarter point
Arrested or not, Trump may have already won this round

National politics news

‘It’s clear I haven’t gotten through.’ After Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, Elizabeth Warren takes her criticism of Fed Chair Jerome Powell to another level.
Warren has been Powell’s most relentless critic. Now Silicon Valley Bank’s failure has taken her criticism to another level, increasing pressure on Powell as he and other federal officials try to keep the SVB collapse and subsequent failure of Signature Bank from escalating into a full-blown crisis.
Greene’s DC jail visit pulls GOP closer to Jan. 6 rioters
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene visited with Jan. 6 defendants at a jail in Washington, D.C.
Former Trump officials must testify in 2020 election inquiry, judge says
A federal judge has ruled that a number of former officials from president Donald Trump’s administration — including his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows — cannot invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying to a grand jury investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Here’s where the grand jury investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments stands
The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments is delaying until next week at the earliest any vote on a historic indictment of the former president, multiple outlets reported.

GOP sets vote on ‘parents rights’ in clash over schools

House Republicans will press forward Friday with a midterm campaign promise by voting on legislation to give parents greater say in what is taught in public schools.

Senate Ethics admonishes South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham for campaign solicitations

The Senate Ethics Committee is admonishing South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham for soliciting campaign contributions inside a federal building after a November 2022 Fox News interview in which he asked viewers to donate to a GOP candidate

Warren wants Fed vice chair pick to be tougher on banks

Warren’s shifted focus underscores how the failures this month of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have changed the political calculus for any eventual nominee.

Budget readies US for possible China confrontation, Pentagon says

The US military must be ready for possible confrontation with China, the Pentagon’s leaders said Thursday, pushing Congress to approve the Defense Department’s proposed $842 billion budget, which would modernize the force in Asia and around the world.

Man at center of Jan. 6 conspiracy theory demands retraction from Fox

A lawyer for Ray Epps, the man at the center of a prominent conspiracy theory about the Capitol riot, sent a letter Thursday to Fox News host Tucker Carlson demanding that he publicly retract his “false and defamatory statements” that Epps had worked as a government provocateur on Jan. 6, 2021, and helped to instigate the mob attack.

Sinema reportedly ridicules former Democratic colleagues: ‘Old dudes eating Jell-O’

Sinema has allegedly “belittled her Democratic colleagues” and “showered her GOP allies with praise,” according to a piece published Thursday in Politico.

Disability inclusion is ‘not a favor’: Biden’s special adviser discusses how equity adds value for everyone worldwide

Sara Minkara, a Lebanese-American raised on the South Shore and an alumna of Wellesley College and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, sat down with the Globe during a visit to her home state.

White House disbanding its COVID-19 team in May

National coordinator Ashish Jha is likely to leave the administration once his team is disbanded.

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