She has held roughly a dozen prep sessions, and hired outside counsel at $950/hour to gear up for a hearing Wednesday that is both a minefield and a potential political opportunity.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu expressed confidence heading into a Congressional oversight committee hearing on sanctuary city policies that she says has been portrayed as a “showdown” by the Republican-led House panel.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu responded Monday to criticism she received after offering her condolences to the family of a person police say was wielding a knife when he was shot and killed by an off-duty officer inside Chick-fil-A Saturday night on Boylston Street.