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WBUR TODAY: A big bet on green tech

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  ❤️  Donate Wednesday, March 25, 2026 🌤️   Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.  Good Morning Boston, It's a big Wednesday for bills and budgets. Let's get to it: On Beacon Hill:   House lawmakers are expected to pass a bill today that aims to put new limits on federal immigration enforcement in Massachusetts. As WBUR's Chris Van Buskirk  reports , the so-called PROTECT Act would ban warrantless immigration arrests at courthouses and prohibit local law enforcement from initiating contact with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in certain instances. The backdrop: The bill comes after courthouse immigration arrests tripled in Massachusetts during President Trump’s first nine months in office.  And as WBUR reported in December , that estimate is likely an undercount. What the PROTECT Act would do: Currently, in Massachusetts, ICE agents only need a civil detainer request saying a person does not have legal immigration status in order to make a court...

The Scariest Thing About This War? He’s Sitting in the Oval Office.

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  Today:  " The Scariest Thing About This War? He's Sitting in the Oval Office. " Plus,  Trump 's angry tirade at media goes haywire; the hollowing out of the  federal workforce ; the Lost Cause gets a  Tinseltown  makeover; and more... The Reason Trump Isn't as Perturbed by Rising Oil Prices as You Are The president has fashioned the U.S. into a petrostate, in which all roads lead to his own enrichment. By Timothy Noah The April Issue Is Available Now Read now Podcast:  Trump's Angry Tirade at Media Goes Haywire, Exposing a Dark MAGA Truth As Trump seethes over media coverage of his war, a legal writer breaks down his latest threats to punish news organizations—and why they constitute such a heinous abuse of power.  Read the transcript here . The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent Epstein's New Mexico Horror House Will Finally Be Investigated Shockingly, his ranch there—where unspeakable things went on—was never so much as dusted for prints. At long l...