Cicadas will be returning in 2025, and this time there will be a brood in Massachusetts. "In 2025, 17-year periodical cicadas, also known as Brood XIV, will emerge in parts of the United States," The Nature Conservancy states on its website.

Legal experts said the president doesn't have unchecked authority, and the power is split between the branches of government for a reason.

California is advising health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and telling them they don’t have to assist federal agents in arrests. Some Massachusetts hospitals and clinics are posting privacy rights in emergency and waiting rooms in Spanish and other languages.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration just a day into the new president’s 2nd term.

Lawyers for Civil Rights also sued, alleging Trump's order is unconstitutional based on the language of the 14th Amendment. The civil suit was filed on behalf of an expectant mother and immigration advocacy groups La Colaborativa and the Brazilian Worker Center.

Eighteen states, including Massachusetts, are challenging Trump's order with a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley announced on Thursday that Katherine Ferguson has been appointed as the First Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts AG sues to block Trump's order ending birthright citizenship, claiming constitutional violation.

Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) said she supports “apprehension of criminals in our communities" when asked about recent ICE arrests in her state.

On Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leah Foley was named the new U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts by the new administration under President Donald Trump.

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

American Airlines and JetBlue have agreed to pay a group of U.S. states nearly $2 million in legal fees after the states won a trial challenging the airlines' now-blocked U.S. Northeast partnership.