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Major changes are coming for thousands of Montgomery County students

Community members packed the Montgomery County Public Schools’ headquarters in Rockville to protest a vote over new campus boundaries and programs.

Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson tags out CJ Abrams of the Nationals during the fourth inning Thursday at Wrigley Field.

Nationals usher in a new era with a 10-4 victory over the Cubs

Prince George’s, Montgomery account for a third of the state’s population growth in 2025

Kennedy Center confirms 2026 Mark Twain Prize comedian after White House denial

Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal

The Nationals are in for a slog. But these storylines are worth following.

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7 things to do in Montgomery County, including free coffee and a teen theater takeover

Local high school students in the Round House Theatre Teen Performance Company will perform a play and comedy improv show this weekend in Bethesda.

Wootton shooting: MCPS report details quick response — and need for better security

Mar 25, 2026

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas W. Taylor speaks about a shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School at a press conference in Rockville on Monday evening.

Maryland House tries to revive redistricting plan B

Mar 25, 2026

Majority Leader David Moon holds a press conference in the hallway of the Maryland State House on Sine Die in Annapolis, Md. on Monday, April 7, 2025.

AG releases videos of police encounter with Silver Spring man who died a week later

Updated Mar 25, 2026

The Maryland State's Attorney General's office released body camera footage from Montgomery County Police officers who detained Jamal Thompson, who was having a mental health crisis, and who died a week later.

Washington County reveals meeting with feds about planned ICE facility near Hagerstown

Mar 18, 2026

New SUVs are parked outside the warehouse in Washington County that was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.

Metro will halt trains between Friendship Heights and North Bethesda this summer

Mar 24, 2026

Pedestrians walk past Purple Line project construction in Silver Spring in 2025.

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Montgomery County prohibits ICE from using county parking lots for operations

Mar 24, 2026

Council member Kristin Mink was the lead sponsor of the County Values Act.

Maryland kids won’t have school in late June after all

Mar 24, 2026

The state school board instructed school districts to plan better for snow days in future years.

Maryland bill could make credit scores less important for some renters

Mar 24, 2026

Tenant Mandee Crumpton said her credit score nearly tanked her housing search a few years ago.

The Nationals announce cable channels for Nationals.TV ahead of opening day

The Nationals announced more channels on other cable providers Thursday morning.

Clones of Maryland’s Liberty Tree will be planted statewide in celebration of 250 years

Mar 25, 2026

Maryland leaders plant Anne Arundel County’s new Liberty Tree sapling as part of the Maryland Liberty Tree Project in Annapolis on Wednesday.

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Nationals set 26-man opening day roster, featuring 7 infielders and 4 outfielders

Mar 25, 2026

Blake Butera will manage his first game with the Nationals at 2:20 p.m. Thursday against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

2 years. 6 lives. Billions at stake. The Key Bridge tragedy isn’t over.

Mar 25, 2026

Thursday, March 19, 2026 — Piling work continues at the Francis Scott Key Bridge site, almost two years after the container ship Dali hit the bridge causing a catastrophic collapse.

Maryland lawmakers pass school cellphone ban

Updated Mar 25, 2026

Principal Shawnette Williams collects a cellphone and headphones from a student arriving at Reginald Lewis High School on Monday, March 17, 2025.

7 things to do in Annapolis: Film festival talks are the true star of the show

Nick Jonas, left, and Paul Rudd star in "Power Ballad," a dramedy about an aging Irish wedding singer whose song is stolen by a washed-up boy-band member.

As shutdown drags on, 450 TSA agents quit and ICE officers sent to airports amid travel chaos

Updated Mar 24, 2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) agents patrol around the Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce)

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Maryland’s higher education secretary to be replaced

Mar 24, 2026

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Baltimore sues Elon Musk’s AI company over Grok’s fake sexual images

Mar 24, 2026

In this photo illustration, the Grok Imagine website is seen on a computer screen on January 26, 2026 in Miami, Florida. The European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X over concerns its AI tool Grok was used to create sexualized images of real people.

Silver Spring dentist charged with sexually assaulting patient

Mar 24, 2026

Here are 8 Nationals prospects to keep tabs on this season

Mar 24, 2026

Washington Nationals catching prospect Harry Ford poses with a bat on his shoulder.

Fani-González says no to Elrich’s special taxing district proposal — at least for now

Mar 23, 2026

Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González said she wants to wait before weighing in on County Executive Marc Elrich’s proposed tax hikes.

2 killed in single-vehicle crash in Rockville

Mar 24, 2026

A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Council president rejects Marc Elrich’s incinerator plan as ‘not logical’

Mar 23, 2026

A giant claw moves garbage around the room where the waste is held at the Montgomery County resource recovery facility on Wednesday September 17th. Waste needs to be periodically moved around in order to keep the organic material that is decomposing and generating heat from creating a fire in the facility.

Facing deadline, Maryland lawmakers advance changes to court commissioner system

Mar 24, 2026

The Maryland House of Delegates met for hours in multiple voting sessions on Crossover Day, a deadline for bills to pass one chamber and cross over to the other chamber for the best chance of passage.

Quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested in Charles County murder

Mar 23, 2026

A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Nationals starter Josiah Gray suffers right flexor strain amid comeback bid

Updated Mar 23, 2026

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray poses for a photo.

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target

Mar 23, 2026

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.