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Takeaways from State of the Union: Sales mode to pitch economy, draft on patriotism
Trump took the high road to honor the gold medal-winning U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team and a war hero before pivoting abruptly to ridiculing Democrats.
Trump’s State of the Union seeks to calm economic jitters: ‘We’re winning so much’
A main theme will be that the country is booming with a rise in domestic manufacturing and new jobs, despite many Americans not feeling that way.
House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions
The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington, D.C., to require all aircraft flying around busy airports to have key locator systems to prevent such crashes.
Maryland sues to block planned Washington County ICE detention center
The suit asks a federal judge to void the Department of Homeland Security’s purchase of a warehouse and block any further development of the property.
After Supreme Court rebuke, Democrats call for government to refund billions in Trump tariff money
A trio of Senate Democrats is calling for the government to start refunding roughly $175 billion in tariff revenues that the Supreme Court ruled were collected because of an illegal set of orders by President Donald Trump.
Millions are stuck at home due to blizzard warnings and travel shutdowns in northeastern US
A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeast United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation shutdowns, and school and business closures.
TSA says PreCheck still operational after previous announcement of suspension during funding fight
The Transportation Security Administration said Sunday that its PreCheck program would remain operational despite an earlier announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the airport security service was being suspended during the partial government shutdown.
Armed man shot dead inside secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says
An armed man drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as another vehicle was exiting before being shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service.
US beats Canada for first men’s hockey gold at the Olympics since 1980
Jack Hughes scored in overtime and the U.S. defeated Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday to earn the nation’s third men’s title at the Games and its first since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980.
Trump approves disaster assistance to DC to help with sewage spill into Potomac River
President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that dumped at least 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
Slavery exhibit removed by Trump administration is returning to Independence Mall in Philadelphia
An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration.
DC mayor declares emergency for sewage spill on the Potomac, asks Trump for help
Mayor Muriel Bowser declared an emergency and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system leak that dumped 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River in its early stages.
Maryland leaders remember Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Champion for the dignity of the working people’
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called Jackson a “champion for the dignity of the working people” and a trailblazer in the civil rights movement who led with love and turned “protest into progress.”
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, key figure in the Civil Rights Movement for decades, has died at 84
Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care. His daughter said he died at home with family.
Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dead at 95
He had been acting for some 20 years when “The Godfather,” released in 1972, established him as one of the most in-demand performers of Hollywood. He grew up in Annapolis and San Diego.
What to know about student loan repayment plans and collections
More than 5 million Americans were in default on their federal student loans as of September as millions are behind on loan payments and at risk of default this year.
Parents who owe child support could lose US passports under expanded enforcement plans
Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made.
A year after border agent’s killing, Zizians fight charges in Maryland and 2 other states
Seven members of the group known as Zizians are jailed in three states, all awaiting trial, nearly a year after the killing of a U.S. border agent.
Hundreds of agents search for Nancy Guthrie as her case spotlights other families left behind
As hundreds of federal and local agents search the Arizona desert nearly two weeks after Nancy Guthrie vanished, families of other missing people are reminded how elusive answers can be.
