National politics

    Curtain is coming down for Trump at the Kennedy Center as his name is being taken off building
    After a day of legal maneuvers and thunderstorms, workers began the process in the early morning hours of removing the letters spelling out the Republican president’s name from the facade of the iconic performing arts venue.
    Workers construct scaffolding below the sign for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
    Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery won’t harm competition, consumers, DOJ says
    An investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has determined that the mammoth Hollywood media merger is not likely to harm competition in the industry or be harmful for consumers.
    The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
    ICE vehicles hit Baltimore father’s car as he took his children to school, attorney says
    ICE says Jesus Acevedo Sanchez and his wife, who were detained while dropping off their children at a Baltimore school, face federal charges.
    Police vehicles were parked outside Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School after ICE agents detained two people during school drop-off on Thursday.
    ICE agents detain parents dropping off kids outside Baltimore school
    ICE agents detained two adults on public school property Thursday in a chaotic scene caught on video.
    Baltimore Police vehicles are parked outside The Commodore John Rodgers School, which is temporarily holding classes in Dundalk, after a report that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers arrested a person during school drop-offs on Thursday morning.
    Maryland musician Chuck Redd wins legal fight with Kennedy Center over canceled performance
    Maryland jazz musician Chuck Redd scored a legal victory this month when a D.C. judge threw out a Kennedy Center lawsuit that accused him of breaching a contract after he canceled a performance in protest of President Donald Trump’s association with the venue.
    New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington.
    Mass deportation hearings in Baltimore raise due process concerns
    As President Donald Trump restructures immigration cases, the latest national trend has arrived in Baltimore: so-called “mega” master calendar hearings that pack more than 100 people in court at the same time.
    FILE - The seal of the Department of Justice is shown in Washington, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
    House passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement for 3 years, sending measure to Trump
    A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, fueling the administration’s deportation agenda for the remainder of his time in the White House.
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal seen on a podium
    Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas
    A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike.
    In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, people arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami.
    Israel and Iran exchange strikes in most serious escalation since April ceasefire
    The renewed hostilities threatened to drag the Middle East back into a full-scale war.
    Farmers spray water in a burned agricultural field next to a projectile near the town of Najha, Syria, Monday, June 8, 2026, after debris from Iranian missile launches during the Iran-Israel conflict fell in the area.
    Hutzell: Chris Van Hollen’s got a list. Talarico tops it, Boafo is at the bottom.
    COLUMN | James Talarico, the Democrat's hope for winning a Senate seat in Texas, is at the top of Chris Van Hollen’s buddy list right now. Like every list, however, if there is a top, there must be a bottom. That would be Maryland Del. Adrian Boafo.
    Texas Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, speaks for the first time since winning the Democratic nomination in Austin, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
    Trump’s deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress
    With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a sizable infusion of cash to the Department of Homeland Security, powering President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda for the remainder of his term in the White House.
    The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025.
    Federal judge dismisses part of lawsuit over Elkridge ICE facility, which could still open
    U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson dismissed portions of a lawsuit over an Elkridge ICE facility, but has yet to rule whether construction on the building may proceed.
    U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson dismissed portions of a lawsuit over an Elkridge ICE facility, but has yet to rule whether construction at the building may proceed.
    Olney company secures $5 million federal no-bid contract to gild statues near Arlington Memorial Bridge
    A Montgomery County company secured a $5.1 million no-bid contract to gild the “Arts of War” and “Arts of Peace” statues near the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
    One of the Arts of Peace statues on Memorial Bridge at sunrise in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2016. The National Park Service is about to begin its final temporary repair of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, but even that fix will only extend the life of Washington's most iconic river crossing by another five years.
    Senate OKs $70B immigration bill after rejecting efforts to ban Trump settlement fund
    The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses for questions from reporters before votes on the immigration enforcement funding package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2026.
    Van Hollen warns about outside money for Boafo in congressional race
    The race is one of Maryland’s most competitive after U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer announced earlier this year that he was stepping down following four decades in Congress.
    U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is warning voters in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District about the influx of outside money supporting candidate Adrian Boafo.
    Ex-national security adviser John Bolton will plead guilty in classified information case
    Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the Justice Department.
    Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton, right, arrives for his arraignment at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.
    House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran, in a rebuke of Trump
    The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks with reporters at the Capitol.
    Scott Pelley fired from ‘60 Minutes’ as CBS News turmoil deepens
    CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The move deepened the turmoil at the nation’s most influential TV news program and the news unit that oversees it.
    Scott Pelley, then-anchor of the "CBS Evening News," at the CBS Upfront in New York, May 15, 2013.
    Latest Luigi Mangione hearing shrouded in secrecy as judge shuts out press and public
    A hearing in Luigi Mangione ’s state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was held in secret Wednesday after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.
    FILE - Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)
    Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: Dems try to make Iowa inroads and defend California
    Here are takeaways from primary elections in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
    People watch results at an election night event for California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Los Angeles.
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