Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux argues U.S. intervention is fueling retaliation, empowering hardliners, raising prices, and creating more long-term dangers than it resolves.
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Bristol County sheriff says Congress must vote on war powers resolution
As Congress prepares to vote on a war powers resolution following U.S. strikes on Iran, Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux says lawmakers must fulfill their constitutional duty to authorize military action.
Rep. Seth Moulton says Democrats lack leadership, plans, during campaign stop at Brady’s in Leominster
Rep. Seth Moulton made a campaign pit stop at Brady’s Restaurant in Leominster on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, where he said the Democratic Party lacks leadership, plans and he won’t back Schumer, before addressing AI policy.
We’re reducing gun violence the wrong way, Bristol County sheriff warns
After recent shootings near Brown University and in Pawtucket, Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux argues targeted, evidence-based strategies, not political extremes, reduce gun violence.
Trump’s Bad Bunny attack was a missed chance to unite the country
Paul Heroux says Trump’s response to Bad Bunny’s halftime show, right after posting the racist, dehumanizing video of the Obamas, was a missed opportunity at best and evidence of xenophobia at worst.
McGovern accuses DOJ of deliberately exposing Epstein victims while protecting the perpetrators
During a House Rules Committee hearing on Feb. 2, 2026, Rep. Jim McGovern accused the Department of Justice of releasing personal information about victims in the Jeffrey Epstein files while deliberately withholding information about the alleged perpetrators.
Local police don’t enforce immigration laws because it’s against the law
Why don’t local police enforce federal immigration law? U.S. Supreme Court and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rulings prevent it in most cases, explains Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux.
Heroux calls for resignation of Noem, Bovino, adding their incompetence is endangering law enforcement everywhere
“What we have been seeing is amateur hour,” Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux said of DHS leadership’s response to two fatal federal agent shootings, calling for accountability and standard investigative protocols to preserve law enforcement’s legitimacy nationwide.
DiZoglio accuses AG Campbell of “stall tactics” in audit law standoff
State Auditor Diana DiZoglio accused AG Andrea Campbell of delaying enforcement of the legislative audit law, warning the delays are “giving the Legislature more time to destroy documents and records.”
Mother of White House press secretary’s nephew detained by ICE in Revere
The mother of the White House press secretary’s nephew, who shares a child with her brother, was detained by ICE in Revere on Nov. 12.