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Mike Pence is looking more and more like a 2024 presidential candidate every day. That includes an Aug. 17 appearance at the Politics & Eggs series at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College. 2020 was packed with presidential hopefuls who hit up the traditional breakfast that serves as an appetizer to the first-in-the-nation primary. The breakfast guests included Deval Patrick, he stopped there, Andrew Yang, Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Seth Moulton, Bill Weld, Kamala Harris … you get the picture.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl has landed a big deal endorsement. Former President Donald Trump is throwing his support behind the conservative candidate in a race where rivals are still lining up and Gov. Charlie Baker has yet to declare. “Baker is bad on crime, disrespects our police, does nothing for our Veterans, has totally botched the Vaccination rollout, presided over the collapse of the MBTA, and has seen crime go to record levels,” Trump said in his endorsement Tuesday night. Diehl has branded himself as a conservative counterweight in a race where most of the other candidates swing far...

Police Commissioner William G. Gross doubled down yesterday on his fiery criticism of an ACLU lawsuit over the city’s gang database, saying through a spokesman that safety of neighborhood residents remains his “top priority.” “Commissioner Gross is passionate about protecting the residents of Boston, and that will always be his first and foremost objective,” said department spokesman Sgt. Detective John Boyle. Gross slammed the ACLU in a private Facebook post Saturday, saying the “paper warriors” — by targeting BPD’s anti-gang measures with a lawsuit — are ignoring the “atrocities” by the ruthless MS-13 gang. Many of those gang members are...