<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-funding-freeze-lawsuit-RYYCGO6STJBQNBNP7554XZCGNA/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T23:49:35.933Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4A6VQIGM4ZHUDGXEN2JF6K3Z4M.jpg?auth=220a7dce2e748978fc785488e7a410ccf4d3e1911c3a5036013a783d54eb9654&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5238&amp;height=3492</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[City officials said they are pursuing legal action in an effort to prevent cuts to funding that the city uses for transportation, housing and other services.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/trump-executive-order-gender-transitions-C7HNTRFIFZCJZJMPG34W7DOAPQ/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T23:21:17.986Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/CB3VPIRGE5GD5DHKB3KA732KOE.jpg?auth=a75076a2de4eaff38bba945a96cf6acb902082fc89a5c8260c917a3689fbdf22&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4153&amp;height=2768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump addresses the 2025 Republican Issues Conference on Monday in Doral, Fla. The three-day planning session was expected to lay out Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/national/fireaid-benefit-concert-lineup-EM4RAISS35BMJJYBN2JEPFGFE4/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T23:16:04.345Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SVKIC5XWE5DPREVPEV6C4QMNDA.jpg?auth=738ec84529eec724cbe4007042112006dbd726fce9b1814ef2621f391a8eb7d7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5446&amp;height=3630</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[FireAid will take place in two Los Angeles venues on Jan. 30 and feature performers including Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Jelly Roll, Peso Pluma, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joni Mitchell, Sting and Anderson .Paak.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/trump-federal-grants-loans-freeze-SNUJU7VWTJC3JB4RQILXGAH3GA/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T22:57:49.94Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JQSVKEGL75CAJAAYFSAZJRCP3I.jpg?auth=9f1ea51c95acbdf0b6d38c532b06d7be296e4376ca583448d1ca6f430bb484e0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans while departments determine compliance with a stack of new executive orders.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/early-childhood/maryland-free-prekindergarten-SAWGG4YN7NFO3KNEEIUR3CWULY/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T21:36:24.877Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4BHRYKSJZVCWRAZP3U2I2ENACY.JPG?auth=30ddc606cd262aed7022132241b46442b04921a6ab7f4931fba998fb9c3a9ff5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5084&amp;height=3585</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rachel Hise, right, executive Director of AIB, speaks during a joint meeting of State Board of Education and the Blueprint Accountability and Implementation Board.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/adam-jones-help-orioles-extension-MCFMJCNQBRAVNHZV5N5AGGMQP4/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T21:25:23.136Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/F7L4J675NFAQHK6WNJLEWAZFEE.jpg?auth=73555f79fdbe40118e0f51a81a485a3e09c02d80a32083a7ed1da76a6269edbb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4500&amp;height=3000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Former Orioles outfielder Adam Jones has joined the team's front office. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/maryland-ai-impersonation-legislation-77S4PEN5A5BDZOQV2HSFWBEOCY/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T21:10:16.215Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/76YHSRL5GZFNDF7EOIYRIAOS7A.jpg?auth=754ac8b1779a2b5fce5270dc78032dd3f5bc3719a66db5870f6f7bcd986fdec1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4929&amp;height=3556</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/karoline-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-FJGVUQWYCFE6VDRYGUTIUDNDPM/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T21:09:13.289Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JVTT2PAEQRASDM5KI5AM5E5PFI.jpg?auth=248e28cb02091b6c3933cc3c9fffb8bfcf971df94fe4931442dc44648cc87eb3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5522&amp;height=3778</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Tuesday in Washington, DC.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/mcdonalds-security-shooting-2ULJX2RX7NBN3AM6H67AJJ2PXM/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T19:45:53.008Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/SIXRMP2HRBGXXMUIW65XTQPRHU.png?auth=f4ffa32b32b9c143a14e7f314ab76bcd946b494ca807b3c40b2b33877f7ddec7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2108&amp;height=1186</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Police said the teenager shot and killed a 38-year-old security guard, Jamal Davis, after a “dispute and altercation” at the McDonald’s.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-gunnar-henderson-cover-mlb-the-show-25-TJBCQJJBFBCCLCNVBCIIYWAOZY/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T19:28:26.255Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/LPR3RYLMZZGXZKBP5BZOVZYBA4.jpg?auth=92c4cb992396d9e59995b08e753c70d9566b7cf4da3be02dbd2117c85e00a610&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3949&amp;height=2633</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) smiles after singling during a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sept. 8, 2024.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-adam-jones-advisor-mike-elias-PKARA77X3JCK7HC3FVE7MZKQSY/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T17:31:53.566Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OODYVRI4VBB2RDBITCIZXMFOIM.jpg?auth=888e33da0e6efbe28742369ccf84d587e961bcb8ab853311d10c5ce032ac42e2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5616&amp;height=3744</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Adam Jones is honored at Camden Yards, officially retiring as an Oriole after an 11-year career in Baltimore.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/deepseek-chinese-ai-company-XVRKIJLGONGGRDIQKYECLY6ZPM/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T15:21:44.332Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/ZRTNTBOLNFBZ7ILLBJ3AYKLL3Q.jpg?auth=234a1d98265ebd2885ca32b7eb314457e792aa05f597a309f46dd1257fbe5346&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5596&amp;height=3836</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The newly launched Chinese AI app DeepSeek has surged to the top of Apple's App Store. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/dazhon-darien-pikesville-high-school-SPHAZ23CXZAQLIIXJR5WBPNAV4/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T15:10:33.086Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/4LB2UZLWANFHDJQXPUKWKQSZUY.jpg?auth=b03385b622bc5df6846a8ed1904fad7e851951a9fd7b78337812769c66d6d5eb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1809&amp;height=1206</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dazhon Darien arrives on Monday at the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson, where FBI special agents arrested him on charges of sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/k-12-schools/moore-blueprint-maryland-schools-F4OW3CUKMRGGZBVSQQD5CYISX4/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T14:43:53.157Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QFJTAF44HJCWDC3X7KE4LPAP5M.jpg?auth=7c8fe523997d477cc8250e7c00544f96c909a2dbf3158fff019294192bbb0156&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4703&amp;height=3135</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has proposed redirecting $110 million per year away from the state’s landmark education reform plan.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/us-senior-aid-officials-on-leave-F6HB4PKM6BGOLMOPTJZJ63LR7M/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T14:23:58.302Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/XQQL7QE4EZCYFGYQXMHCDP4WM4.jpg?auth=b6f6ce856842743cdf379cfd50db1dcd9367c962488fa24d771ecdaa9e6e5464&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5874&amp;height=3916</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The move follows President Donald Trump’s executive order last week that directed a 90-day pause on most U.S. foreign assistance disbursed through the State Department.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/education/higher-education/frostburg-state-multi-million-deficit-ZXU4TAAWKNGF7DZN5WBQJGS3VA/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T14:17:02.82Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/MSYUUYDRSNHQFJWPHEAY5DZ3CE.jpg?auth=93eec3884a6864e56603d81a4763ef6666f84a06c376fd2be305914e603d9770&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4555&amp;height=3644</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Frostburg State University has closed buildings, cut athletics funding and merged departments in an effort to get its deficit under control.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/carl-jackson-harry-bhandari-maryland-senate-LNI2SZK5HFFP3FMD7AIXOE6PAE/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T14:00:00.927Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/QUZQUDI4RVHW3OTGM326G2BJPU.jpg?auth=d508da11331941dc132b850a8e347df9e0fa4db4f933adc99b3ef91bb6fcb819&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dels. Harry Bhandari, left, and Carl Jackson are vying for a vacant Maryland Senate seat.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/culture/food-drink/charm-city-meadworks-peabody-heights-brewery-WMJ5DWWKDZDYNL7GS7EY2VEVT4/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T12:33:13.697Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/KNZ4CKIZRNG3RJUCJHKQXESM64.jpg?auth=77ec40550910a77ac3d4dd72fa942e328d109e0387a61cac98f2af2bd36ef9a3&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5077&amp;height=3385</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Charm City Meadworks is closing its East Biddle Street taproom but isn’t going out of business.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/opinion/column/ben-kramer-lorig-charkoudian-marybeth-carozza-SOCKRT365RGORCTT4Z7KO3AVBA/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T10:30:04.111Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/IPWRURJNZJCZ7N4OINYOJEASYU.JPG?auth=a1aa8153d6c4a3317cb6ef2545f6f1b3984db357048806ab90751a33f34fe63d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2997&amp;height=1998</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Legislators under the State House dome in Annapolis see lots of high-profile bills, but also some legislation that doesn’t get much attention.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/economy/careers/side-husl-housing-cash-ideas-BK2LBFZQX5DYHF62YE4BZZGCCA/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T10:30:03.45Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/JJEODACP3BDG3F57WWMWO4OJBY.jpg?auth=799eeba74c1295696a227a4244bd97eb44f4abe0d7deeb0d5c32a7ea7255245d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=7500&amp;height=5000</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-overdose-fentanyl-scott-conway-DYLWQIT2VBB3VLRX2E7QODG3CU/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T03:19:58.427Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/NDXRWQRWW5HPDMQJILOIZMJRZY.JPG?auth=8cedca47c27789d835b790f98790f51ce8ddd74df18a1af9276e7d2577080809&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6754&amp;height=4503</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[City Councilman Mark Conway is pushing for wider use of buprenorphine to help with the city’s overdose crisis.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/climate-environment/annapolis-anne-arundel-lawsuit-climate-oil-2CFKNP4KTBGVTKEY4C3NYYIJR4/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T02:07:42.03Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/HJK6QA4XIRGIJHAIBWQAEKEN34.jpg?auth=34d49e9612dbb8f6b8c48b71849de54f1835fe04edd5bee17aeecc809a6fddef&amp;smart=true&amp;width=8640&amp;height=5760</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Steven Platt dismissed a lawsuit by the city of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County over climate change. Annapolis regularly experiences flooding during heavy rains.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/recycling-fire-dundalk-AETKZSNBDZATVMWPR77B67CDGY/</loc><lastmod>2025-01-28T00:06:23.003Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://baltimorebanner-the-baltimore-banner-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/TC44HCAQHNBUBEM6JFTOGTC2ZM.JPG?auth=27bf5622fbbad27d6ae3db71d036c0af434883230b75bc83e6c963f58d3710b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=1685</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[After a fire initially broke out Jan. 18, Baltimore County officials said Monday it was extinguished. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>