Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 63F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. Both the US and El Salvador say they won't return a man mistakenly deported from the US. Despite a court order, the White House continued to bar Associated Press from an Oval Office event. Harvard University says that it will not comply with Trump's demands.

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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for longest floor speech in the U.S. Senate's history as a demonstration of resistance towards the policies and actions of the Trump administration. "That's what we need in our generation now. We need a dream to call the nation together...but as long as this is a democracy, we can say the power of the people is greater than the people in power." The record previously belonged to Strom Thurmond, who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 41F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. The US Senate is poised to vote on a spending bill that would avert a shutdown but also slash funding for programs like Medicaid. Trump admin demands Columbia University change curricula or permanently lose federal funding. Dr. Mehmet Oz will have confirmation hearings today; he's the Trump admin's pick for head of Medicare and Medicaid. St. Patrick's Day approaches:

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✨ UPDATE ✨ yr humble #fediverse servant got a big promotion we are now chief of staff for this queen 👑 Ms. Minerva bids you a good #Caturday and says she wishes to see pictures of your house’s fur royalty

And now for the poll of the day. What are we doing with this nervous energy?

🌞 Hello #fediverse - this is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 26F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. Boston's John F. Kennedy presidential library shuttered unexpectedly yesterday after the sudden dismissal of federal employees. It has since reopened. The Trump administration is moving to halt NYC's congestion pricing tolling. Pope Francis is in the hospital with pneumonia but is still making video calls to check in with a parish in Gaza.

GBH News' Craig LeMoult (@npub1echt...pxeg) is looking at the impact of cuts to the EPA workforce in #massachusetts Are you a federal employee working in Mass.? If you have something to say we would love to hear from you: https://forms.gle/6ViZtjgJEQRnLWwA9 (Boosts appreciated, #fediverse friends).

And now for the poll of the day. We're temporarily a cat.