Big Mo: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is surging in the polls, becoming the only candidate showing major movement in the numbers.   A Quinnipiac University poll shows Warren has risen six points to 21 percent in the Democratic primary pack, her best showing so far in …

The Economist: The Dow Jones took a nearly 400-point dive yesterday after President Trump announced that he will impose steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to protect American producers from cheaper foreign metals. The tax will be 25 percent …

The Gun Beat: In a surprising announcement from the organization that has fought gun control and regulation at every level, the National Rifle Association gave an inch and announced that bump stocks, which allow an  assault rifle to fire in …

Terror in Bangladesh: At least 20 hostages were killed, many of them hacked to death, in the takeover of an upscale restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of Dhaka. A kitchen worker who escaped said the assailants were armed with pistols, …

The Firing Line: The front page of today’s Boston Globe features a life-size picture of an assault rifle with the headline, “Make It Stop.” It won’t happen soon. The Senate yesterday was unable to move forward on what might seem …

Zapped: The leader of the Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, is believed to have been killed in a drone strike along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, according to the Pentagon. The US military is still trying to verify that he is dead, but …

Ukraine Crisis: Russian parliament leaders are saying they welcome Crimea breaking away from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. They are unlikely to have said it without the approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin.   A Kiev court ruled that …

  Mall Fight: Gunfire and explosions are still being heard from inside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi as Kenyan forces close in on Somali the terrorists who attacked Saturday. Smoke is pouring out of the building. The military said …

  World: Syrian state television reports that Israeli rockets struck a military research center in Damascus. Israel has not claimed responsibility, but did admit attacking a shipment of missiles inside Syria Friday. Also in Syria, pro-government forces have killed at …

Bombers: Autopsy results show that Tamarlan Tsarnaev died of gunshot wounds and blunt force trauma to his head and torso the night of a shootout with police in Watertown, Mass. Tsarnaev was hit by police gunfire and run over by …