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BOSTON (AP) -- A coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they aren't considering race in admissions.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge said Friday that she expects to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered temporary legal protections for more than 10,000 family members of citizens and green card holders.
BOSTON (AP) -- The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six more states in its ongoing campaign to obtain detailed voter data and other election information.
BOSTON (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for the Democratic nomination in next year's Senate race, arguing it's time for the party to embrace a new generation of leadership.
BOSTON (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for the Democratic nomination in next year's Senate race, arguing it's time for the party to embrace a new generation of leadership.
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot put conditions on grants that fund efforts to combat domestic violence, including barring groups from promoting diversity, equity and inclusion or providing abortion resources.
A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot put conditions on grants that fund efforts to combat domestic violence, including barring groups from promoting diversity, equity and inclusion or providing abortion resources.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president's birthright order.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Wednesday that it's unconstitutional to require states to cooperate on immigration enforcement actions to get funding for disasters, which is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
BOSTON (AP) -- Michelle Wu will run unopposed for mayor in Boston after a challenger didn't garner enough votes to advance to the general election, the city's election department announced Monday
An Egyptian immigrant who has worked as a chaplain for a Cincinnati hospital was released Friday after weeks in detention.
BOSTON (AP) -- More than 120 cases, including some for assault on family members and police, were dismissed Tuesday in Boston, the latest fallout from a monthslong dispute over pay that has led public defenders to stop taking new clients.
BOSTON (AP) -- Lawyers for Harvard University argued in federal court Monday the Trump administration illegally cut $2.6 billion from the storied college -- a pivotal moment in its battle against the federal government.
BOSTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally will remain blocked as an order from one judge went into effect Friday and another seemed inclined to follow suit.
BOSTON (AP) -- Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research.
BOSTON (AP) -- A Boston city councilor on Monday pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges after prosecutors accused her of taking most of an inflated bonus that she paid to a relative who worked for her.
BOSTON (AP) -- As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city's segregated school system and the entrenched poverty in poor communities.
BOSTON (AP) -- As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining some 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city's segregated school system and the entrenched poverty in poor communities.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of "X" marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country.
BOSTON (AP) -- The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus.
A federal judge on Thursday denied a motion to stop the National Endowment for the Arts from barring funds to artists whose projects promote gender ideology, saying the agency no longer was doing it.
BOSTON (AP) -- A district attorney in Boston harshly criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Wednesday, after one of its agents detained a suspect while he was on trial.
BOSTON (AP) -- An angry judge in Boston is holding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while the man was on trial.
A federal judge on Friday heard arguments on a request to further block President Donald Trump 's administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters.
A federal judge will on Friday consider a request to further block President Donald Trump 's administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters.
BOSTON (AP) -- A U.S. district court judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's effort to cap medical research after attorneys general from 22 states filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the plan.
BOSTON (AP) -- Attorney generals from 22 states filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump Administration for slashing funding for medical and public health research at universities nationwide.
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge in Boston on Friday will consider a request from 18 state attorneys general to block President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.
BOSTON (AP) -- A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans.
BOSTON (AP) -- As the quarterback for the storied Boston Latin Academy, Jack Shapiro has long relished playing some of his high school games at historic White Stadium.
BOSTON (AP) -- As the quarterback for the storied Boston Latin Academy, Jack Shapiro has long relished playing some of his high school games at historic White Stadium.
Democrats held on to both U.S. House seats in Rhode Island in Tuesday's election.
U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative in Congress from Rhode Island, won reelection on Tuesday.
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island won reelection on Tuesday to a fourth term to the U.S. Senate.
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island is looking to win a fourth term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
Democrats are heavily favored to win both U.S. House seats in Rhode Island in Tuesday's election.
BOSTON (AP) -- Several political leaders, including Massachusetts U.S. Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren, attacked the leader of a troubled health care system on Thursday for refusing to comply with a subpoena to appear before a Senate committee.