Politics

Keller @ Large: Recapping 2023 on Beacon Hill

WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller talks to Chris Lisinski of State House News Service.

• Dec 31, 2023

U.S. border officials on track to process over 300,000 migrants in December, the highest monthly tally on record

Never before has U.S. Border Patrol processed that many migrants in one month, according to monthly tallies going back to fiscal year 2000.

• Dec 31, 2023

Israel-Hamas war will go on for "many more months," Netanyahu says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel needs more time to achieve the war's objectives.

• Dec 30, 2023

Trump doesn't have immunity from U.S. Capitol officers' civil suit, court says

The case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was brought by seven U.S. Capitol Police officers against former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others.

• Dec 30, 2023

These are the notable cases challenging Trump's eligibility for the ballot

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether Trump is eligible for the presidency under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

• Jan 30, 2024

A tumultuous last 2023 swing through New Hampshire for Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley is walking back comments she made about the Civil War on Wednesday as the campaign year comes to an end.

• Dec 29, 2023

Maine's secretary of state explains why she barred Trump from primary ballot

In an interview with CBS News, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Trump engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and the U.S. Constitution bars him from holding office again.

• Dec 30, 2023

Maine secretary of state disqualifies Trump from primary ballot

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled Trump is disqualified from appearing on the state's primary ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

• Dec 29, 2023

Migrant crossings at U.S. southern border reach record monthly high

U.S. Border Patrol agents processed more than 225,000 migrants in the first 27 days of December, a tally that eclipses the previous monthly record.

• Dec 28, 2023

Some Muslim American advocates hesitant to work with White House on Islamophobia

Several Muslim and Arab American advocates who voiced frustration with the Biden administration's response to the situation in Gaza​.

• Dec 28, 2023

Keller: Haley's Civil War slavery response shows why unscripted events matter

Jon Keller says Nikki Haley's failure to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War gives us useful information about her political instincts and the GOP race.

• Dec 28, 2023

Nikki Haley defends leaving slavery out as cause of Civil War after backlash

When the New Hampshire voter asked Nikki Haley on why she wasn't mentioning slavery in her response, she asked, "What do you want me to say about slavery?"

• Dec 28, 2023

Keller @ Large: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wins "Lie of the Year" award

Kennedy has done it by building a campaign the fact-checkers say "seeks to legitimize conspiracy theories."

• Dec 27, 2023

Keller @ Large: RFK Jr.'s COVID, vaccine claims earn "Lie of the Year" award

WBZ-TV's Jon Keller reports.

• Dec 26, 2023

U.S. retaliates after drone attack wounded 3 troops on base in Iraq, Pentagon says

The drone attack was conducted by an Iran-affiliated militant group, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

• Dec 26, 2023

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