U.S. President Donald Trump suffered another legal defeat on Tuesday in his effort to curtail automatic birthright ...

Attorneys representing the Trump administration had asked the circuit court to overturn the block placed by U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts, arguing that New Jersey and the other ...

Four federal courts — in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Washington state — have issued injunctions preventing the order from going into effect. Ultimately the matter will almost certainly ...

Mayor Michelle Wu touted Boston as the “safest major city” in the country and took a swipe at the federal administration for ...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell urged lawmakers to increase funding for her office nearly 9% over what Gov. Maura Healey recommended, pitching the extra dollars as necessary to respond to what ...

Even a conservative majority that has a robust view of presidential power and granted him broad immunity from criminal ...

"Judge shopping" is a strategy used by both the left and the right to strategically place lawsuits against the federal ...

A coalition of states urged a federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration's request to start implementing his ...

The Trump administration had already been whittling the agency’s staff, though buyout offers and the termination of probationary employees. After Tuesday’s layoffs, the Education Department’s staff ...

Even a conservative majority that has a robust view of presidential power and granted him broad immunity from criminal prosecution might balk at some of what the president wants to do.

Touting settlements and fees her office has collected as a sizable return on investment, Campbell last week told the Legislature's budget panel she needs "every penny" of her original $82.7 million ...