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    Maryland sues over Trump administration’s sudden halt of pandemic relief aid for schools
    The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration's action violates federal law because it reversed a prior decision to allow states to access the money through March 2026.
    State education officials have said budget implications from the loss of the pandemic recovery funds could be catastrophic.
    Deported Maryland man’s wife, advocates applaud Supreme Court order to bring him home
    The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.
    Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., April 4, 2025
    Foil blankets, no medical staff: Maryland senators call ill-equipped ICE holding rooms ‘appalling’
    Maryland’s U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks decried the “appalling situation” unfolding in the holding rooms at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office in the city’s downtown.
    George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.
    Six dead in New York City helicopter crash into Hudson River, AP source says
    Videos posted on social media showed the aircraft mostly submerged, upside down in the water.
    First responders walk along Pier 40, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York, across from where a helicopter went down in the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J.
    Ex-ballerina with ties to Baltimore County released in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap
    Ksenia Karelina, who lived Randallstown in Baltimore County before moving to Los Angeles, is “on a plane back home to the United States,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on social media platform X.
    FILE - Ksenia Karelina, also known as Khavana sits in a glass cage in a court room in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
    Stocks surge after Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs but raises taxes on China
    Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days.
    Two male stock traders, both holding tablets and wearing glasses, are see on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The one on the right is speaking into a cellphone while the one on the left looks on.
    Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
    Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
    A video captures Westminster woman arrested by ICE agents on her way to work.
    Appeals court clears the way for the Trump administration to fire thousands of probationary workers
    A federal appeals court cleared the way Wednesday for President Donald Trump’s administration to fire thousands of probationary workers, halting a judge’s order requiring them to be reinstated.
    SILVER SPRING, MD - MARCH 03: Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest against Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 03, 2025 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Last week the Trump administration fired about 800 probationary staff at NOAA, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science. The layoffs are on top of about 500 employees who left the agency after taking the so-called deferred resignation offer.
    Trump’s latest round of tariffs goes into effect. Here’s what we know.
    With so many back-and-forth tariff actions and threats, it can be tough to keep track of where things stand. Here’s a rundown of what you need to know.
    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump announced additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home
    The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.
    Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
    Thousands of intimate images found in hacking investigation seized from ex-Ravens coach
    Investigators have seized thousands of intimate photos and videos from a former Baltimore Ravens and University of Michigan assistant football coach who is charged with hacking into the computer accounts of college athletes.
    Former Ravens and University of Michigan assistant football coach Matt Weiss leaves federal court in Detroit, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
    Man who brought gun to Justice Kavanaugh’s Maryland home pleads guilty to attempted murder
    A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    China vows countermeasures over Trump tariffs as trade war threatens to intensify
    China said the U.S.’s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” is “completely groundless.”
    Shoppers walk on a street at a shopping district on April 03, 2025 in Shenzhen, China.
    US stock market closes lower after Trump’s latest tariff threats
    European and Asian shares saw dramatic losses, the leading U.S. index is flirting with bear market territory, and oil prices are sagging.
    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 04, 2025 in New York City.
    Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
    Laura Bonkosky, right, protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
    Judge again orders Trump administration to return mistakenly deported Maryland man
    A federal judge is for the second time ordering the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
    Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's wife Jennifer, supported by CASA, spoke at a press conference and rally to demand his return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.
    Baltimore’s Carmelo Anthony among legends heading into Basketball Hall of Fame
    Anthony, 40, was born in New York and moved with his family to Baltimore when he was young. He played three seasons at Towson Catholic High School before transferring to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia for his senior year.
    NBA All-Star and Baltimore Orioles fan Carmelo Anthony watches a game between them and the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sept. 8, 2024.
    Senate GOP approves framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session
    Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework.
    Senate Democrats, from left, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., gather to speak to reporters before the start of a voting marathon as Senate Republicans push the next step to pass President Donald Trump's budget agenda, at the Capitol, in Washington, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Federal judge orders return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Recounting the moment on Friday, Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she hasn’t seen or heard from him since, in her first speaking appearance since news of her husband’s deportation was reported.
    Jaye Summerlot protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
    Top Democrats protest after reported firing of National Security Agency director
    Top congressional Democrats are protesting the reported firing of Gen. Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency, with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe.”
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing to examine worldwide threats comes a day after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently included on a high level Trump administration Signal group chat on bombing plans in Yemen on Houthi targets.
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