Massachusetts is expected to join in legal action as President Trump's administration begins a review of spending that could freeze trillions of government dollars.

Nearly 40 cats affected by near-record snowfall in Louisiana are arriving at the MSPCA at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem on Saturday as part of an urgent rescue mission.

A coalition of states, including New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, are expected to file the challenge later on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York.

Democratic attorneys general from states including New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are moving to keep funds flowing to state governments and cities.

The Trump administration's freeze on federal loans and grants is being challenged in court on multiple fronts.

The funding freeze "violates the separation of powers," Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said, as a colleague from California called it "arbitrary and capricious."

California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco have sued the Trump administration over President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional.

In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey joined other U.S. governors in lowering flags for Carter, but her office did not respond when asked if she would follow California’s example and raise them for

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will make an announcement with five other attorney generals in response to the Trump administration’s pause on feder

Across the country from the California wildfires, researchers in Massachusetts are working to recreate a smaller-scale version of the phenomenon in a lab where it can be studied. Fire whirl, fire devil, fire tornado or even firenado — scientists ...

Big Y will be collecting cash donations for American Red Cross Disaster Relief at all Big Y supermarkets in Massachusetts and Connecticut.