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    Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to the national stage
    Biden has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, which is typically the tradition for immediate past presidents.
    U.S. President Joe Biden addresses attendees at the International African-American Museum on January 19, 2025 in Charleston, South Carolina.
    International students file legal challenges over widespread US visa revocations
    Actions by the federal government to terminate students’ legal status have left hundreds of scholars at risk of detention and deportation.
    Scenes of Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus
    As Tax Day looms, getting IRS help may be harder than usual amid layoffs
    IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season were not allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until after the taxpayer filing deadline of April 15.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 20: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Building is seen on February 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 employees in the middle of tax season as the Trump administration pushes to downsize the federal workforce through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
    Salvadoran president: ‘I don’t have the power’ to return wrongly deported Maryland man to US
    President Nayib Bukele said he had no way to move the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, out of a prison in El Salvador and back to the United States.
    President Donald Trump  meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office.
    Westminster mother arrested by ICE on viral video slated for deportation hearing
    In the video, Berrios’ daughter pleaded for the ICE officers to leave her mother alone, just before one agent shattered the car door window and placed the mother in handcuffs.
    In a still from a video captured by her daughter, Elsy Noemi Berrios is detained by ICE agents after being forcibly removed from her car while on her way to work in March.
    El Salvador’s president says he won’t release Maryland man back to the US
    Trump administration officials emphasized that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a notorious gang prison in El Salvador, was a citizen of that country and that U.S. has no say in his future.
    President Donald Trump  meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador
    What to know about alleged arson at Pennsylvania governor’s official residence
    The suspect, identified as Cody Balmer, 38, was arrested nearby later in the day, police said.
    HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - APRIL 13: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference outside of the Governor's Mansion after a portion of the property was damaged in an arson fire on April 13, 2025 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Shapiro and his family escaped unharmed and police have a suspect, Cody Balmer, in custody. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)
    US quiet on mistakenly deported Maryland man, despite Supreme Court decision
    The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month.
    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
    Milestone or spectacle? What to know about Gayle King’s space flight Monday.
    Although some see space tourism as a small step for man, others see it as a giant vanity project for celebrities and the ultra rich.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 03: Gayle King attends "Good Night, And Good Luck" Broadway Opening Night at Winter Garden Theatre on April 03, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
    U.S. confirms deported Maryland man in El Salvador prison but won’t say when he’ll get home
    The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in 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.
    Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs
    The Trump administration late Friday said they would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from “reciprocal” tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.S.
    CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 09: The new iPhone 16 Pro Max is displayed during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2024 in Cupertino, California. Apple held an event to showcase the new iPhone 16, Airpods and Apple Watch models.
    Maryland colleges back lawsuit to halt Trump visa cancellations
    The University System of Maryland, where at least four students abruptly lost visas, was among those who joined the legal battle.
    The University System of Maryland joined others to sign an amicus brief to stop the Trump administration from revoking student visas without cause.
    US says it needs more time to provide information on mistakenly deported Maryland man
    Attorneys for the government said they haven’t had enough time to review the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling.
    Community partners held a press conference and rally to demand Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.
    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.
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