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Top, from left: Rosemary Shea, Moriah Wojciechowski, Vanessa Coppola, Anand Sharma. Middle, from left: Justina Perry, Josh Elander. Bottom, from left: Karen Sysyn, Sidney Trantham, Ruth Bristol, Joann Flaminio.

We asked 14 New Englanders what they really think of the Trump-era economy. This is what they told us.

“I’m not sure who this is supposed to help.” “Necessary, but it’s going to hurt.” “I’m just getting ready.” Introducing Voter Vibes, a periodic check-in with a wide range of voters in the region.

Listen | Voter Vibes Podcast: How is the economy doing?

‘I don’t want to think beyond a couple months … for the sake of the uncertainty going on.’

Ivan Sanchez, a Johnston, R.I., resident who voted for President Trump

Former New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and current Governor Kelly Ayotte.

Starting Point

Politically, New Hampshire stands apart from the rest of New England. Here’s why.

The state’s geography and history, plus the evolution of the national GOP, have created a delicate balancing act for state-level Republicans.

Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, greets supporters during a campaign stop on March 29, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

ANALYSIS

Do Democrats have something brewing politically? What Tuesday’s elections might show us.

Should Democrats do exceptionally well on Tuesday, it would signal more than just political enthusiasm — it could indicate a genuine shift in voter sentiment.

Follow live updates on the Trump administration

“Every morning when I wake up, I check to see whether our grants have been affected," said Dr. Bruce Fischl, professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School who runs a neuroimaging lab at Mass. General that develops tools to treat Alzheimer’s.

‘We are all terrified’: Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts

Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital are among several universities and hospitals seeing their funding disappear in areas ranging from reproductive health to pandemic preparedness.

Retailers from T.J. Maxx to Temu sell cheap goods, and plenty of them. Under Trump’s tariffs, that could change.

Trump administration will ‘review’ billions in funding tied to Harvard

Spotlight | Snitch City

Spotlight: Snitch City episode 5 | All This For Nothing

Two former New Bedford informants tell their shocking stories and the Spotlight Team searches for accountability.

See the complete Spotlight report

Marlins field coordinator Aaron Leanhardt (left) developed the "torpedo bat" while working for the Yankees.

TARA SULLIVAN

Aaron Leanhardt, the MIT-educated physicist turned baseball coach whose redesigned ‘torpedo bat’ is the talk of the game

The result, which looks something like a torpedo or a bowling pin, is a simple yet remarkable feat of engineering, reflecting not only what is possible when science meets sports in new and different ways, but of the brain of the man behind it.

Red Sox lock up lefthander Garrett Crochet with six-year, $170 million extension

Peyton Wilson and Jordan Warnock wed at Saint Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church on Feb 1; their celebration continued at the Langham Boston.

The Big Day

Their first date was simultaneously the ‘worst’ and ‘best’ of her life

Southerners Peyton Wilson and Jordan Warnock’s first meeting was almost a fiasco. Nearly four years later, their very Boston wedding warmed hearts in the midst of a snowstorm.

‘A pain in the ass’: Northampton school leaders caught on hot mic disparaging dad who pushed for his disabled kid’s rights

In the exchange, caught by a transcription app, unnamed speakers admit to denying special education services.

State Secrets

In Mass., lobbyists’ special interests get around campaign finance laws by donating to nonprofits

“A donation like this is like a gift to the official and therefore should be disclosed,” said one expert.

Red Line signal problem, shuttle buses slow morning commute
For commuters on the MBTA’s Red Line, Tuesday qualifies as a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day” as Judith Viorst once wrote.

As second Karen Read trial begins, legal experts expect new approach from prosecutors

More than three years after John O’Keefe’s snow-covered body was found outside a Canton home, Karen Read will face a jury once again.

See a timeline of the Karen Read caseFormer FBI agent can’t testify for Karen Read’s defense, judge rules

Forecast | Dave Epstein

April kicks off with clearing skies and the return of sunshine, but a tad cooler

This afternoon and Wednesday are the only two bright sunny days, with Wednesday a little cooler.

Connecticut man held captive for 20 years asks prosecutors why stepmother is free after being charged
An attorney reported the victim said, "‘Why is she out walking around when I was locked up in a room for 20 years?‘”

Boston judge holds ICE agent in contempt over detention of defendant midtrial
The judge accused an ICE agent of violating the defendant's rights to due process and a fair trial.

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

The state’s second-largest insurer is grappling with heightened health care spending and a market that is increasingly unable to afford the premiums required to pay for it.

Brighton house fire sends six people to hospital, including one firefighter

Former chief of staff to Lawrence mayor gets more than 3 years for child pornography

Celtics center Al Horford made six 3-pointers and finished with 26 points and nine rebounds in Memphis.

Celtics 117, Grizzlies 103

Al Horford, Jrue Holiday provide veteran spark as Celtics beat Grizzlies to cap perfect trip

It was the first time in franchise history the Celtics finished a six-game road trip undefeated, and they can thank the resurgent Horford and Holiday.

Stephen DiRado, "Dinner Series: Lights Out, Chilmark, MA, July 5, 1998."

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW | MARK FEENEY

At Fitchburg Art Museum, a sense of lives being lived and shared

Looking at the career of photographer Stephen DiRado.

Developer Tom O'Brien had planned to jump into the Boston mayor's race this week, but changed his mind over the weekend.

In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Mayor Wu after all

The prominent developer had planned to announce his candidacy this week for mayor of Boston.

Kraft criticizes Wu on safety after fight cancels city’s youth summer jobs fair

Opinion

A bag of the Snow Panda strain is displayed in the vault at Tree House Craft Cannabis in Colrain on April 10, 2024.

EDITORIAL

Dude, where’s my Cannabis Control Commission reforms?

There’s widespread agreement that the CCC is a mess and needs to be overhauled. How to do that is less clear.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The farce of immigration reform in the Trump era

Alan Solomont

Jewish community must stand up to Trump’s targeting of international students

JOAN VENNOCHI

Press is folding to Trump, not fighting him

IDEAS | Christine Mehta

First, they came for the foreigners

Illustration of 2 people talking in a parking garage

Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants. This new Spotlight series begins in an American city that, like so many others, is enmeshed in the war on drugs.

Part 1:
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Part 2:
The police chief

Part 3:
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THE FINE PRINT

If your National Grid gas bills were delayed this winter, you’ll pay for only two months

With many monthly bills topping $350 during a cold snap in January and February, the savings for some customers could be $700 or more.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim they shot down another American drone as US strikes pound country

President Trump issued a new warning to both the Houthis and their main benefactor, Iran, describing the group as having “been decimated” by the campaign of strikes that began March 15.

NASA’s newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner capsule again

NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong on their space sprint-turned-marathon and would fly on Boeing’s Starliner again.

Hooters restaurant chain, known for skimpy wait-staff outfits, files for bankruptcy protection

The company ran into financial woes as its debts mounted, but it says it intends to stay open and resolve its troubles within months.

COMMENTARY | David Martins

The road to zero: Rhode Island’s 40-year journey through the HIV/AIDS crisis isn’t over

If we commit the necessary resources now, we can write the final chapter in the history of HIV, writes the director of AIDS Project Rhode Island.

A woman is rescued from rubble in Myanmar but hope is fading for more earthquake survivors

The earthquake’s epicenter was near the country’s second-largest city Mandalay, and so far the military-run government has reported 2,065 people killed, more than 3,900 injured, and 270 missing.

Some believe Monica Tibbits-Nutt has lost her voice as transportation secretary. Can she find it again?

Major projects, including the construction of new Cape Cod bridges and the restructuring of the Massachusetts Turnpike through Allston, may hang in the balance.

Somerville’s PorchFest clogged the streets of the 80,000-person city. Now, the event will have more rules.
When it started in 2011, PorchFest was all about thinking small. Last year, it drew hundreds of bands, and tens of thousands of concertgoers.

BETH TEITELL
After IVF success, a painful dilemma: What to do with the remaining embryos
For fertility patients who never dreamed they’d have extra embryos, decisions about what to do with the surplus are personal — and increasingly political.

FDR started Social Security. Ninety years later, his grandson, Boston lawyer Jim Roosevelt, wants to save it.
Amid the Trump administration’s cuts, the 79-year-old sees "a direct threat to the most popular government program that has ever existed."

Culture & Lifestyle

In ‘Night Side Songs,’ a moving exploration of illness

From left: Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Patrice Jean-Baptiste, and Jade A. Guerra in "Her Portmanteau."

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Founding artistic director Rubén Polendo adapting the audio and visual components of "Utopian Hotline" for the Museum of Science Planetarium. The production started with the question, "How will we imagine the future as communities, as people, as individuals, or families?," he said.

For the team behind ‘Utopian Hotline,’ disagreement is ‘the space that’s interesting to us’

The Ballet Folklorico VROCC will be performing traditional Chilean dances at this Saturday's Viva Chile event.

Free events this week: Sculptural ‘nightmares,’ ‘Godfather’ screening, brewery jazz

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

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A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Freight trucks queue to enter Mexico via the border crossing in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, Feb. 1.

Kris James Mitchener

Trump’s tariff brinkmanship echoes a 1930s mistake

Patrick Tutwiler, the state secretary of education, voted against a proposal to expand the number of seats at a popular charter school in Lynn.

EDITORIAL

The othering of a Lynn charter school

IDEAS | Mary Ziegler

Sorry, Republicans. Exceptions to abortion bans don’t make any sense.

As domestic stocks of sharks have been decimated, the Sri Lankan fleet moved into the high seas, including the Saya de Malha Bank.

THE OUTLAW OCEAN PROJECT

Vanishing protectors and predators

The Department of Homeland Security’s ICE detention facility in Jena, La.

Matthew Bunn

Trump is attacking free speech. Don’t let him.

The photos on these banners in a Beirut suburb say a lot about the governance of Lebanon. On the left is the speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. On the right is Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Sept. 27. Lebanon hasn’t had a president for two years because Hezbollah keeps blocking candidates.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Brighton house fire sends six people to hospital, including one firefighter

Firefighters battled a blaze at 124 Academy Hill Road on Tuesday morning.

Red Line signal problem, shuttle buses slow morning commute

For commuters on the MBTA’s Red Line, Tuesday qualifies as a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day” as Judith Viorst once wrote.

Starting Point

Politically, New Hampshire stands apart from the rest of New England. Here’s why.

The state’s geography and history, plus the evolution of the national GOP, have created a delicate balancing act for state-level Republicans.

If the drought doesn’t resolve soon, New England could be in for a rough summer

New England is thirsty for more rain. Even with this weekend's wet weather, precipitation over the past month or so still hasn't been enough to pull the region out of its persistent drought.

Sports

TARA SULLIVAN

Aaron Leanhardt, the MIT-educated physicist turned baseball coach whose redesigned ‘torpedo bat’ is the talk of the game

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' LACROSSE

Eastern Mass. girls’ lacrosse: Globe Players of the Week, March 27-30

Hamilton-Wenham's Evie Bernard started it off with an 8-goal effort, and players from Medfield, North Andover, Norwell, and Swampscott also delivered stellar efforts.

Ella Ryan and her Lincoln-Sudbury teammates got their season off on the right foot with a big win over Central Catholic.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' LACROSSE

Globe Top 20 girls’ lacrosse poll: Lincoln-Sudbury makes first big statement of season

The Warriors cruised past defending Division 1 champion Central Catholic to move up to No. 4.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK

Inspired Brigid Carovillano has become the next great goalie for Manchester Essex girls’ lacrosse

SPOKANE REGIONAL 4 | UCONN 78, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 64

Paige Bueckers (31 points) carries UConn to record 24th women’s Final Four with win over shorthanded USC

Celtics 117, Grizzlies 103

Al Horford, Jrue Holiday provide veteran spark as Celtics beat Grizzlies to cap perfect trip

Business

Europe says that it holds a lot of trade cards on the eve of Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’

President Trump has promised to roll out taxes on imports from other countries on Wednesday. He says they will free the US from reliance on foreign goods.

‘We are all terrified’: Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts

Retailers from T.J. Maxx to Temu sell cheap goods, and plenty of them. Under Trump’s tariffs, that could change.

We asked 14 New Englanders what they really think of the Trump-era economy. This is what they told us.

magazine

Architect/homeowner Lyle Bradley swapped the home’s exterior siding, rebuilt the porch, and bent wood for the portico’s fan detail.

Your Home | Renovations

An architect with a talent for woodworking remakes his 1840s East Boston home

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘What a relief it was that we saw the world the same way’

A view of the Jamaicaway Tower and Townhouses from across Jamaica Pond.

CONNECTIONS

Unexpected lessons in a Jamaica Plain high rise

Hall of Fame broadcaster Joe Castiglione addresses fans before a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in late September.

PERSPECTIVE

Baseball season is back. It won’t be the same without Joe Castiglione.

metro

Manchester West High School in Manchester, N.H.

Manchester, N.H., school district bracing for proposed budget cuts

Former R.I. basketball coach accused of ‘naked fat tests’ of boys goes to trial

The road to zero: Rhode Island’s 40-year journey through the HIV/AIDS crisis isn’t over

sports

Garrett Crochet was acquired from the White Sox in December in a trade for four prospects.

Red Sox lock up lefthander Garrett Crochet with six-year, $170 million extension

Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story struggles out of the gate to produce at the plate

The NHL and Rogers agree on 12-year, $7.7 US billion media rights deal in Canada, AP source says

business

Hooters, based in Atlanta, Georgia, was founded in Clearwater, Florida, in 1983. Trouble had been brewing for a while.

Hooters restaurant chain, known for skimpy wait-staff outfits, files for bankruptcy protection

Japan’s Ishiba says he will push for US auto tariffs exemption

Stocks mark worst month in years as Trump’s tariffs loom

politics

Politically, New Hampshire stands apart from the rest of New England. Here’s why.

Do Democrats have something brewing politically? What Tuesday’s elections might show us.

Europe says that it holds a lot of trade cards on the eve of Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’

Nation

Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, center, spoke after the arrival of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on March 24.

Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end legal protections for Venezuelans

Wisconsin voters see state Supreme Court race as referendum on Trump

Their kids died at Sandy Hook. Their tip line prevents school shootings.

World

A Ukrainian military boat CB90 of Military Naval Forces patrols Black Sea coast line of Odesa region, Ukraine, on March 27.

Germany sees Ukraine truce efforts as deadlocked while China says the talks are encouraging

A woman is rescued from rubble in Myanmar but hope is fading for more earthquake survivors

Gas fire in Malaysia injures more than 100 people and damages 49 houses

opinion

Green pepper plants grow at a farm in Hadley. Massachusetts, while not a major farm state, has around 7,000 farms, many of them small operators in the western part of the state.

‘A manufactured disaster’: Massachusetts farmers battle Trump cuts

Sorry, Republicans. Exceptions to abortion bans don’t make any sense.

Last Tuesday it was Rumeysa Ozturk. Who will it be next?

lifestyle

Their first date was simultaneously the ‘worst’ and ‘best’ of her life

After IVF success, a painful dilemma: What to do with the remaining embryos

10 years later, does this advice hold up?

food & dining

Hanna Feldman (right), who writes the typefoodie blog, had a KitchenAid mixer (left) she wasn’t using. It’s going to a 14-year-old girl who is teaching herself to bake.

A ninth-grader dreamed of a mixer — and the baking community delivered

Books and tools of the trade for novice bakers

After fasting for Ramadan, only doughnuts will do

travel

Vienna is filled with grand buildings and boulevards.

A new-and-improved Vienna waits for you

Now boarding: a dazzling portal into the golden age of aviation

Veteran skiers — let’s call them super seniors — are all around us

Arts

At Fitchburg Art Museum, a sense of lives being lived and shared

Fitchburg looks to the arts to jump-start its economy

At the MFA, van Gogh’s brief time in the sun

Books

N.H. left the American Library Assocation. What does it mean for book bans and other battles in the Granite State?

Author readings around Boston through April 5

Befuddled by ‘adulting’? Gretchen Rubin has some words of wisdom for you!

Movies

Rod Serling, creator of "The Twilight Zone," in an undated photo.

R.I. plays a starring role in forthcoming Rod Serling documentary

‘Holland,’ ‘The Last Anniversary,’ plus more movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ — and our critic likes ‘Bob Trevino’

Television

(L to R) Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller and Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in "Adolescence."

‘Adolescence’ will be shown in schools across the UK to spark conversations on social media harm

This week’s TV: Michelle Williams in ‘Dying for Sex,’ Kevin Bacon in ‘The Bondsman,’ and more

Mikey Madison hosts ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Morgan Wallen performs

music

Ryan Miller from the band Guster performs during the 2024 Sea. Hear. Now festival on Sept. 14, 2024, in Asbury Park, N.J.

Guster on joyfully protesting the Kennedy Center takeover from its stage

Jon Batiste on his Super Bowl performance and the need to be authentically himself

Ed Sheeran charms Ipswich, performs in streets and pop-up pub as he films music video

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet's Misa Kuranaga and Jeffrey Cirio in George Balanchine's "Jewels"; the performance will open the Ballet's 2025-2026 season at the Citizens Bank Opera House Nov. 6-16.

Boston Ballet announces 2025-2026 season

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Health

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

Top vaccine official’s ouster sends biotech stocks tumbling

The US approved an Alzheimer’s drug. Seven patients subsequently died.

Obituaries

In a photo provided by Sula Bermudez-Silverman, Ms. Gherardi is seen in Venice in 2015.

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Red Line signal problem, shuttle buses slow morning commute For commuters on the MBTA’s Red Line, Tuesday qualifies as a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day” as Judith Viorst once wrote.

As second Karen Read trial begins, legal experts expect new approach from prosecutors

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Boston judge holds ICE agent in contempt over detention of defendant midtrialThe judge accused an ICE agent of violating the defendant's rights to due process and a fair trial.

Point32Health lays off workers, after rising prescription drug costs lead to major losses

Brighton house fire sends six people to hospital, including one firefighter

Former chief of staff to Lawrence mayor gets more than 3 years for child pornography

Al Horford, Jrue Holiday provide veteran spark as Celtics beat Grizzlies to cap perfect trip

At Fitchburg Art Museum, a sense of lives being lived and shared

In reversal, developer Thomas O’Brien says he won’t challenge Mayor Wu after all

Dude, where’s my Cannabis Control Commission reforms?

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Jewish community must stand up to Trump’s targeting of international students

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Red Line signal problem, shuttle buses slow morning commute
For commuters on the MBTA’s Red Line, Tuesday qualifies as a “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day” as Judith Viorst once wrote.

Connecticut man held captive for 20 years asks prosecutors why stepmother is free after being charged
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Somerville’s PorchFest clogged the streets of the 80,000-person city. Now, the event will have more rules.
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After IVF success, a painful dilemma: What to do with the remaining embryos
For fertility patients who never dreamed they’d have extra embryos, decisions about what to do with the surplus are personal — and increasingly political.

FDR started Social Security. Ninety years later, his grandson, Boston lawyer Jim Roosevelt, wants to save it.
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