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    Iran receives a US ceasefire plan, officials say, as strikes batter the Middle East
    Iran has received an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East, officials said Wednesday — a proposal sent even as Washington deploys paratroopers and more Marines to the region.
    First responders inspect a destroyed car at the site of a residential building hit in an overnight strike in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran.
    Former ICE officials question promises on planned detention facility for Western Maryland
    Seeking to quell concerns about their plans to convert a sprawling Western Maryland warehouse into a makeshift detention facility, federal officials met with Washington County leadership to address the local impact.
    Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 — This new warehouse off Hopewell Road outside Hagerstown has beed toured by government officials for possible use as an ICE detention facility.
    As shutdown drags on, 450 TSA agents quit and ICE officers sent to airports amid travel chaos
    Nationwide on Monday, nearly 11% of TSA workers who were scheduled to report for duty — more than 3,200 — missed work.
    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)
    Trump says US is talking with an Iranian leader as he extends deadline for strikes
    U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war.
    President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington.
    Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
    The Supreme Court‘s conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Trump.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
    Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
    An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle in New York.
    Enhanced role for ICE at US airports as TSA shortages drive delays
    President Trump made clear on Sunday that he was going ahead with the plan to assist the Transportation Security Administration.
     Travelers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
    Hutzell: Maryland deportations won’t stop, even when the ICE insanity ends
    COLUMN | Most local governments don’t want you to know that they’re working with ICE. It’s not the horrific campaign to drag pregnant women and friendly neighbors to the border and give them a sharp kick. It’s the routine business of removing criminal aliens.
    Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, Republican, explains his opposition to a Democratic-led effort to ban cooperative agreements between local jails and U.S. Custom and Immigration Enforcement.
    Trump threatens to send ICE agents to airports as shutdown strains TSA security lines
    President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to give federal immigration officers a role in airport security unless congressional Democrats agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
    Passengers wait outside a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday, March, 21, 2026, (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
    Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81
    Robert Mueller, former FBI director who reshaped the bureau after 9/11 and later led the Trump-Russia investigation as special counsel, has died at 81, his family said.
    FILE - Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington,  July 24, 2019. Mueller, a former FBI director, died on Friday, March 20, 2026.  He was 81.
    Trump signs Army-Navy executive order blocking college broadcasts during big game
    President Donald Trump's executive order says other college football broadcasts would detract from the "morale-building event."
    Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor, dies at 86
    Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy has died at 86.
    FILE - Chuck Norris attends the premiere for "The Expendables 2" in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek to delay his state and federal trials
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year.
    Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in New York.
    Washington County reveals meeting with feds about planned ICE facility near Hagerstown
    County commissioners detail their DHS meeting on the Williamsport ICE facility that could hold up to 1,500 detainees — including job projections and who would pay for infrastructure upgrades.
    New SUVs are parked outside the warehouse in Washington County that was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
    NASA confirms seven-ton meteor seen from Maryland to Midwest states
    People several states away reported seeing the bright fireball even though it was 9 a.m. The American Meteor Society said it received reports from Wisconsin to Maryland.
    The NASA logo is displayed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
    A gentle poet, Eric Hrabowski, son of former UMBC president, dies at 50
    The son of former UMBC president, Eric Hrabowski, went into cardiac arrest at home.
    Eric Coleman Hrabowski in 2018.
    Rubio calls for new Cuban leaders as latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis
    President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged imminent action against Cuba’s socialist government as his moves against the island bring the U.S.’ longtime opponent deeper into crisis.
    A street vendor waits for customers on the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026.
    Top counterterrorism official resigns over Trump’s war, says Iran posed no imminent threat
    Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war.
    FILE - Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
    Flight cancellations and delays continue after storms batter East Coast
    Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed Tuesday, one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and upended air travel in a cross-section of cities.
    Flight delays and cancellations piled up Monday at some of the nation’s largest airports.
    Hospital officials say Israeli strikes killed 12 in Gaza, including 2 children and a pregnant woman
    At least 12 Palestinians, including two boys, a pregnant woman and eight police officers, were killed Sunday by Israeli airstrikes in the war-torn Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said.
    A boy pushes a bicycle carrying jerrycans of water through a sandstorm in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 14, 2026.
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