When we asked Boston.com readers to weigh in on the direction of the country, 720 responded. A clear majority (74%) said the ...

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

Federal agencies are rehiring and ordering back from leave some of the employees who were laid off in the weeks after ...

More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.

Proposed jobs and grants cuts by the Trump administration could have detrimental impacts in air quality monitoring at the ...

Veteran and private military contractor Erik Prince, in an interview on "The Will Cain Show," criticized the U.S. strike on suspected Iranian nuclear sites. Prince said a war in Iran is not something ...

The federal government faces a huge challenge when it comes to federal identity management. Since the creation of the first smart card initiative 30 years ago, threats have increased and the country’s ...

The ruling was the fourth time in recent months that federal judges directed the government to seek the return of immigrants who were expelled in error or in violation of previous court orders.

Environmentalists objected to the plan to set up “heavy-duty” tents to house undocumented immigrants in one of the country’s ...

The federal government is the largest landowner in the United States, controlling nearly one-third of the nation's lands, ...

A lawsuit against genomics firm 23andMe is stirring a debate about what the proper role of government is in regulating how ...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration ...