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The stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service's finalized plan for President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for the midterms. The legal fight is far from over.
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The MBTA is putting $140 million in federal grant money into a project that will add a second track and higher-level platforms to the Haverhill commuter rail line.
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The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality.
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Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.
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The ruling comes after months of back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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The federal debt reached $40 trillion as the government adds red ink at a rapid rate. That's leading nervous investors to demand higher interest rates — pushing up borrowing costs for everyone else.
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Cedric Lodge, a longtime employee of Harvard Medical School, began stealing body parts from donors in the morgue in 2018. The scandal became public in June 2023 when Lodge and his wife were indicted for selling the body parts to collectors and traders across the country.
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President Trump said he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect.
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Opening arguments are underway in a trial that pits four states against the company that owns Facebook and Instagram. They allege that Meta knew its products could hook kids — and lied about the danger.
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Four states are suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the platforms were designed to hook kids and that Meta hid the mental health risks.
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New bans on using student IDs for voting in Indiana and New Hampshire have sparked lawsuits after creating the latest hurdles to the ballot box for the U.S. voting-age group least likely to vote.