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Economist Emily Oster says communities need to shift their priorities to open schools for in-classroom learning.

Rollins allowed that Harris, who she admires, may have been a more conservative prosecutor.

False allegations affect the country's respect for the legal system, Cabral says.

Markey says Biden has signaled climate change will be a top priority in his administration.

The congressman said he also has real worries about the damage an ex-President Trump could wield on U.S. national security.

The congressman will serve his 12th term in Congress for the Massachusetts 2nd District.

NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discusses the NBA All Star game, booing at the Four Nations hockey tournament and the latest with White Stadium.Michael Curry of the League of Community Health Centers discusses major health cuts to NIH and here at Mass General Brigham, plus the NAACP's Black Consumer Advisory.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung on Boston mayoral candidates already trading barbs around housing and conflicts of interest.CNN's John King joins remotely for the latest national political headlines.

Today: Federal funding cuts are threatening community healthcare, and equity across every industry. NAACP’s Michael Curry minces no words about DEI rollbacks, and the fragility of our healthcare system -- nationally and here in Massachusetts.And, CNN’s John King joins to talk about the fracturing of the media as Trump bans the Associated Press from the Oval Office & Air Force One.

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Today:Jon Gruber, head of MIT's economics department, joins to discuss Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.And, we open the lines as Donald Trump reopens communication with Russia's Vladimir Putin -- before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- as the war in Ukraine enters three years of sustained bloodshed.

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