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FILE- In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump passes Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as he arrives via Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. A top White House aide sidestepped repeated chances Sunday, Feb. 12, to publicly defend Flynn following reports that he engaged in conversations with a Russian diplomat about U.S. sanctions before Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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White House declines to publicly defend embattled Flynn

by Jill Colvin Associated PressFebruary 12, 2017

In this Jan. 3, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. As they push their wobbly effort to erase former President Obama’s health care overhaul, they’re divided over whether to repeal the levies the law imposed to pay for its expanded coverage for millions of Americans.

Pioneer Valley Business: Future of health care blurry if Obamacare gets the ax

by Jack Suntrup @JackSuntrupFebruary 12, 2017

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. reacts to being rebuked by the Senate leadership and accused of impugning a fellow senator, Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Warren was barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about Sessions after she quoted from an old letter from Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow about Sessions.

Editorial: Elizabeth Warren, a persistent voice for average Americans

by Staff Report February 10, 2017

In this Jan. 31, 2017, photo, Judge Neil Gorsuch speaks as his wife Louise and President Donald Trump stand with him on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington after the president announced him as his nominee for the Supreme Court.

Editorial: Trump’s court nominee could prove his foil

by Staff Report February 8, 2017

Hadley resident John Rella, 64, poses with a letter from former President Obama, which he received on Jan. 18.

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Hadley resident received letter from former President Obama

by Morgan Hughes @HughesMorgan_February 6, 2017

A crowd listens to debate about Easthampton offering protection to illegal immigrants during a meeting of the City Council Ordinance Subcommittee during January.

Editorial: Sanctuary debate roils Easthampton

by Staff Report February 5, 2017

Columnist Therese Soukar Chehade: Borders are complicated spaces

by ThErEse Soukar Chehade February 5, 2017

Tristan Houghton protests against President Trump's refugee ban at Miami International Airport on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.

Columnist Bill Newman: President Trump’s travel ban inhumane

by Bill Newman February 4, 2017

State Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, D-Amherst, is among the leaders who will receive a pay raise after the Legislature on Thursday overrode the governor’s veto.

Editorial: Pay raise windfall for Legislature

by Staff Report February 2, 2017

Harvard medical researcher Soumya Raychaudhuri, of Brookline, pauses during an interview at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Raychaudhuri awaits the fate of a new hire, Samira Asgari, an Iranian national who was not allowed to board a flight in Switzerland to Boston due to the travel ban issued by President Donald Trump.

Columnist Nick Grabbe: Refugee’s son reflects on Trump’s ban

by Nick Grabbe February 2, 2017