Here’s a closer look at what local executives are talking about as they review Trump’s executive orders and other actions in his first few days back in the Oval Office.
As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Massachusetts’ representatives in Congress were quick to warn their constituents about his second term.
DOLLARS AND SENSE — Hanging over another year of modest growth in the state’s budget are questions about the future of federal funding in Massachusetts. But the arrival of a new federal administration that has promised to cut spending didn’t factor much into the math for Gov. Maura Healey’s budget writers.
Trump's raft of executive orders drew swift condemnation and vows to fight from Massachusetts environmental and civil-liberties advocates.
The Democratic governor’s second State of the Commonwealth address comes at roughly the halfway point of her term in the Corner Office.
The governor’s speech was laced with references to the American Revolution as the state gears up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord this spring. A tribute to President John F. Kennedy came late in Healey’s remarks.
Two Pennsylvania brothers arrested for their role in the riots were released in Washington, D.C. on Monday night.
Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington may be the most famous address in the United States. Every president since John Adams has lived at the White House. But where does the vice president live? The vice presidential residence is at Number One Observatory Circle at the United States Naval Observatory.
"Birthright citizenship in our country is a guarantee of equality, born out of a collective fight against oppression," Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell said in a statement.
Lawyers for Civil Rights also sued, alleging Trump's order is unconstitutional based on the language of the 14th Amendment. The civil suit was filed on behalf of an expectant mother and immigration advocacy groups La Colaborativa and the Brazilian Worker Center.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House, bringing to bear a lifetime of bending the limits in courthouses, boardrooms and politics to forge an expansive view of his authority.
Healey’s travel in 2024 included a stretch in which she visited or was traveling to other states on 28 of the 80 days from the day she left Massachusetts for the Democratic National Convention in mid-August through Election Day on Nov.