Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft knocked incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu on Sunday for the costs of her high-stakes testimony on Capitol Hill last week, a bill that included up to $650,000 for outside legal counsel.

With Ash Wednesday ashes on her forehead and a baby on her shoulder, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu strode into a Capitol Hill hearing room two steps ahead of the Republicans who were looking to flambé her over her city’s lack of cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu went to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for a hearing from the House Oversight Committee on so-called “sanctuary” laws in the cities of New York City, Chicago, Denver and Boston.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was among the four Democratic mayors who testified before the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee in Washington, DC. Protesters and supporters took to Boston City Hall to voice their views.

The firm charged a rate of $950 per hour, and the city “expects to pay” up to $650,000 for work related to the hearing.

Mayoral candidate Josh Kraft took aim at his opponent, incumbent Michelle Wu, over the weekend, blasting her for spending over half a million dollars to prepare for her grilling by the House

But as they attempted to slander so-called “sanctuary cities” for refusing to surrender to President Donald Trump’s deportation threats in advance, the representatives were clearly unprepared to have their own failures laid bare.

So-called sanctuary city policies are a “public nightmare” that make American cities more dangerous, Rep. James Comer said Wednesday.

The group of artists, working under the name “Silence Dogood,” said Boston has been committed to liberty since the age of the American Revolution.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu faced plenty of questions during a marathon congressional hearing Wednesday on the city’s limited cooperation with federal immigration authorities. And for more than five hours,

Here's an explanation of “sanctuary city” policies that will be debated as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu testifies before Congress.

Wu emerged from the marathon hearing largely unscathed, and managed to land a few hits in the face of aggressive questioning.