SHUTDOWN SCARIES — There was a moment midway through House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark’s town hall in Waltham over the ...

Nope, last week delivered a near-complete fusion of federal and state storylines that played out through the middle of the week in both D.C. and Boston with central roles for all the big players: ...

Mayor Michelle Wu’s fiery confrontation with Congress on Wednesday centered on Boston’s Trust Act, which spells out how and ...

Josh Kraft, who has worked across Boston's neighborhoods for 35 years, has never held an elected office, but intends to run ...

By birth and the grace of God, I am a New Yorker. Spending most of my adult life in Boston did not make me a Bostonian.

Readers applaud Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's testimony before Congress regarding the issue of "sanctuary cities." ...

Mayor Michelle Wu, days after answering questions in front of a congressional committee, was endorsed by five workers’ unions ...

Mayor Michelle Wu had a great Saturday: her bid for a second term was endorsed by five Service Employees International Union ...

US Rep. Stephen Lynch suffered a political near-death experience Wednesday morning during the hearing of the House Oversight ...

Mayor Wu has yet to officially launch her reelection campaign, but she couldn’t ask for a bigger stage to show why she ...

Globe columnist Shirley Leung talks to political reporter Jim Puzzanghera about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's appearance at a Congressional hearing on so-called "sanctuary cities." ...

Still, throughout the day, GOP lawmakers attempted to paint sanctuary cities as unlawful, and several went so far as to ...