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Federal investigators searched former state senator Dean Tran’s Fitchburg home on June 22, according to the FBI.

Columns

Former senator Dean Tran faces new legal woes

The FBI is investigating him, and he already faces state charges in gun case. 3:29 a.m.

President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland in 2022.

Columns

Republicans make conspiracy theories their go-to explanation

What was once an occasional impulse has become a knee-jerk reflex. 4:27 p.m.

Nikki Haley said that she would be “inclined” to pardon Donald Trump if she’s elected and he is convicted.

Columns

Pardoning Trump is becoming the new GOP presidential litmus test

The threat Donald Trump has always posed has metastasized into a Republican Party virtue. The danger of this cannot be overstated. 4:00 p.m.

New MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng commuted from Park Street Station to Boylston Station, on the way to the Massachusetts Transportation Building, on April 10, his first day.

Columns

Despite all the bad news about the T, Phillip Eng is still optimistic about fixing it

The T’s new general manager knows that changing rider perception of a system in crisis is a big part of his job. 1:57 p.m.

Hunter Biden during the ceremony where his father, President Biden, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people at the White House, on July 7, 2022.

OpEds

Hunter Biden shows he isn’t above the rule of law

For a young voter like me, that is inspiring. 4:55 p.m.

Ideas

If I disagree with my liberal tribe, does that make me a conservative?

A lot of rhetoric on the left is proving to be unpersuasive — and even alienating. 1:20 p.m.

Affirmative action may have played a role in launching Justice Clarence Thomas’s career, but that fact does not bind him to support racial preferences.

Columns

In rejecting affirmative action, Justice Thomas is no hypocrite

Judges vow to uphold the Constitution “faithfully and impartially,” without regard to their personal history. 3:56 p.m.

William Barr is on a reputation rehab tour — one that predictably avoids any mention of all the ways he empowered Trump to ignore laws or norms that got in his way.

Columns

William Barr’s infuriating redemption tour

Speaking the truth about Trump is fine. What the former AG won’t talk about is how he once served as Trump’s chief enabler and henchman. 3:28 p.m.