A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs

The White House condemned a Boston district court judge who said the Trump administration violated his orders with a deportation flight this week. "Judge Brian Murphy is not the Secretary of State, he is not the Secretary of Defense or the Commander in Chief.

Judge Shelley Joseph will have her day in court before the state Commission on Judicial Conduct on June 9, beginning with a tour of the Newton courthouse where she reportedly let an illegal

A Pawtucket man who murdered a Boston cab driver in 2019 will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a judge’s ruling on Friday.

US District Judge Allison Dale Burroughs on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on international students at Harvard University

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students, calling the order a "blatant violation" of the U.S. Constitution. Harvard filed a complaint Friday morning in Boston federal court,

Immigration authorities refused to say what their final destinations would be, but said their home countries had refused to receive the migrants.

A federal judge in Boston delayed a hearing on federal prosecutors’ push to detain 82-year-old Ralph DeLeo, a former leader of the Boston mafia, who is now accused of plotting to kill federal officials while in custody.