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The Trump Administration could try to weaponize the False Claims Act against Harvard University
Civil rights attorneys join Arun Rath to break down exactly what the False Claims Act is and how this administration is trying to use it against universities and corporations. -
Massachusetts scientists have lost billions in federal funds. Now they have their day in court.
A federal judge in Boston will hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s legal authority to terminate billions of dollars in research grants from the National Institutes of Health. -
Harvard scientist, detained for bringing in frog embryos, released after 4 months
Kseniia Petrova, who was born in Russia, was released by a judge on Thursday. -
Judge turns back challenge to MBTA housing law
Several Massachusetts towns sued, arguing the law is unenforcable because it is an unfunded mandate. -
Supreme Court lets Trump end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from Haiti, Venezuela, others
The order is not a final ruling, but it means protections will not be in place for those immigrants while the legal challenge proceeds. -
Boston judge blocks Trump administration from suspending Ukrainian, Afghan, other parole programs
A federal judge ordered officials to restart processing applications. -
Court-appointed attorneys stop taking new cases in protest over wages
Most clients who can’t afford an attorney are appointed a “bar advocate.” Their attorneys are beginning a work stoppage, saying they need to be paid a higher rate. -
Boston judge blocks Trump administration's mass layoffs at the Education Department
The judge blocked an executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. -
Listen live: Supreme Court hears arguments over birthright citizenship
The Trump administration, like the Biden administration before it, has complained that judges are overreaching by issuing orders that apply to everyone instead of just the parties before the court. -
Boston City Councilor Fernandes Anderson pleads guilty to theft and wire fraud
Prosecutors recommended a year in prison.