Longtime pizza restaurant in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood to close

A pizza joint in a popular part of Boston is shutting down after nearly three decades. Woody’s Grill & Tap in Fenway will close after service Thur…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Italianfood #boston #BostonGlobe #Cassidy #Italia #Italian #ItalianFood #italiano #italy #JoAnnCassidy #masslive #Pizza #RichGuthrie #Woody’sGrill
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2662407/longtime-pizza-restaurant-in-bostons-fenway-neighborhood-to-close/

Agenzia Nova: Autonomia: Cirio in audizione in Parlamento, non significa piu' poteri ma responsabilita' e servizi per i cittadini - foto

27 mag 16:10 - (Agenzia Nova) - L'intervento del presidente Cirio in audizione parlamentare. (Rpi)

With the Texas primaries, Trump has the Gop in his hand.

AGI - Republican Senator John Cornyn has become the latest victim of retribution by U.S. President Donald Trump, after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated the senator in the Republican primary runoff for the Senate seat. According to Decision Desk HQ, Paxton secured approximately 64 percent of the vote, with over 95 percent of ballots counted late Tuesday night.

The state attorney general – who received last-minute endorsement from the president but has been plagued by numerous controversies, with accusations of corruption and abuse of power – beat the senior Republican senator just days after other Trump-backed candidates had already eliminated him as opponents in the primaries: Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky. And this despite Cornyn having voted approximately 92 percent with the loyal majority backing Trump.

But the president showed he doesn’t much care for small concessions. During the campaign, Cornyn had sought Trump’s support and highlighted his alignment with him. The president, however, in his last-minute support for Paxton, openly expressed his complaints about the senator, calling him “a good man” but adding that “he wasn’t near when things got tough.”

**Trump’s Congratulations**

The tycoon congratulated Paxton today, thanking the defeated candidate: “John will be my friend for a long time, while together we will see Paxton become a fantastic and sensible senator, respected by all,” he wrote on his social platform Truth. With this success, Fox News reported, there are 110 candidates backed by the president who have won the primaries. None of those who received his support lost the race, signaling that the tycoon still has full control of the base and the party.

But even if Trump had another positive evening, Republicans now face a particularly risky Senate race in Texas, which will likely force the party to divert resources from other key elections in the fall. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has already revised its assessment slightly to favor Democrats, after Paxton’s victory, although the Grand Old Party, as the Republican Party is known, remains the favorite for the November elections. But if Trump won for a day, from now until November, the majority will have to reckon with the revenge of the purged: the same Cornyn could make his vote count in the future. And the same applies to Cassidy and Massie.

#Texas #Trump #JohnCornyn #DonaldTrump #KenPaxton #Republican #Senate #DecisionDeskHQ #Paxton #95percent #BillCassidy #Louisiana #ThomasMassie #Kentucky #Cornyn #FoxNews #Republicans #CookPoliticalReport #Democrats #theGrandOldParty #theRepublicanParty #Cassidy #Massie

https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2026-05-27/primarie-texas-trump-gop-37258864/

GOP’s YOLO caucus could be trouble for Trump agenda

In a Republican-led Congress defined by deference to Donald Trump, there’s a small but steadily growing cohort who have found themselves more willing to break with the White House.
Although the president maintains a firm grip on Republican voters, the expanding club could hinder his agenda on everything from the Iran war to immigration funding at a moment when his party holds a tenuous majority on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Bill #Cassidy of Louisiana is the newest member of the club.
Just days after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, Cassidy on Tuesday reversed himself on legislation involving the war in Iran and voted with Democrats to rein in U.S. military action.
“The way our Constitution is set up, Congress should hold the executive branch accountable,” he told reporters the day before.
Sen. John #Cornyn of Texas could be next after Trump endorsed Ken Paxton, Cornyn’s rival for the Republican nomination in next week’s runoff.
Rep. Thomas #Massie of Kentucky is perhaps a founding member of the YOLO caucus — slang for “you only live once,” used to punctuate unbothered or even foolhardy behavior.
He frustrated Trump since the president’s first term, and his status was solidified after losing his primary on Tuesday to a Trump-backed challenger.
Massie has enraged Trump by voting against his signature tax and spending bill and by pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
He hinted there’s more to come before he leaves office.
“I got seven months left in Congress,” Massie said with a grin during his concession speech as the crowd erupted.
Other similarly situated Republicans include Sen. Thom #Tillis, who was a fierce critic of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and has more recently turned his attention to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
There’s also Sen. Lisa #Murkowski of Alaska, who joined Democrats last week in a bid to curb Trump’s war powers in Iran.
Sens. Susan #Collins of Maine and Mitch #McConnell of Kentucky have voted against some of Trump’s Cabinet picks.
And in the House, Rep. Don #Bacon of Nebraska has pushed to reclaim congressional power over tariffs.
“If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king,” Massie said in his concession speech Tuesday.
This hardly amounts to a revival of the Never Trump movement that some Republicans unsuccessfully hoped would curb the president’s excesses during his first term or block him from returning to office.
Many in the party, including Trump’s occasional detractors, have either stood by or been unable to block the president as he launched the war in Iran and presided over an aggressive immigration enforcement operation and the dismantling of the federal workforce.
Today’s unencumbered Republicans don’t fit into an ideological box.
But they are united by a sense of emboldening that can be attained in only a few ways in Trump’s Washington.
Many, like Tillis, McConnell and Bacon, have decided to retire and can cast votes knowing they’ll never again have to face Republican primary voters.
Others like Collins and Murkowski have more leeway because they represent states that tend to reward political independence.
And some like Massie banked on the idea that voters could support both Trump and someone who occasionally crossed him.
It’s a paradox for Trump.
As he demands total loyalty and pushes out Republican dissenters, he’s left with a growing cohort who, for one reason or another, owe Trump nothing.
That could be a problem for Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson,
who are already governing with threadbare majorities.
Shifting loyalties of even a few Republican lawmakers could dramatically complicate the ability for either chamber to pass substantial legislation ahead of the November midterm elections.
Thune called Cornyn a “principled conservative” and “very effective senator” on Tuesday.
“None of us control what the president does,” he said.
The next tests could come later this week as Thune pushes a funding package for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection designed to pass on a party line basis.
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=4018a46d-2bd5-4f4e-ad82-a07a2a3ee630&v=sdk

Sometimes Republicans get a little bit of a backbone when daddy Trump has already rejected them —
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~"Just days after #Trump celebrated ousting incumbent Republican Sen. #Cassidy in Louisiana's GOP primary election, Cassidy voted (for) a resolution (to) limit Trump's ability to wage war in #Iran without congressional approval.

The procedural vote was the 1st time Cassidy supported such a resolution "since Trump launched the war against Iran in February."

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https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/senate-advances-war-powers-measure-after-gops-cassidy-switches-sides-29a6e7e6

Cassidy's Senate Seat Lost After Impeachment Vote Fallout

Senator Bill Cassidy failed to win his Republican primary on May 16, 2026, after voting to convict Donald Trump in 2021. This ends his bid for a third Senate term.

#Cassidy #Trump #LouisianaPolitics #GOPPrimary #ImpeachmentVote

https://newsletter.tf/cassidy-loses-senate-race-after-trump-impeachment-vote/

Senator Bill Cassidy lost his Republican primary on Saturday, May 16, 2026. This is the first time a senator who voted to convict Donald Trump has been defeated in a primary.

#Cassidy #Trump #LouisianaPolitics #GOPPrimary #ImpeachmentVote
https://newsletter.tf/cassidy-loses-senate-race-after-trump-impeachment-vote/

Senator Cassidy Out of Louisiana Reelection Bid After Trump Vote

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana did not advance in his reelection primary. This is linked to his vote to convict Donald Trump in 2021.

#Cassidy #LouisianaPolitics #Trump #GOP #Election

https://newsletter.tf/senator-cassidy-louisiana-reelection-trump-vote/

Senator Cassidy's reelection bid has ended after he failed to make the primary runoff. This is the first time one of the seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump has lost in a primary.

#Cassidy #LouisianaPolitics #Trump #GOP #Election
https://newsletter.tf/senator-cassidy-louisiana-reelection-trump-vote/