National politics

    Maryland leaders demand Trump refund $1,744 per household
    It’s uncertain whether the Trump administration will pay up, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
    Gov. Wes Moore, seen here in 2025, Comptroller Brooke Lierman and Treasurer Dereck E. Davis signed a letter to the president Friday and embedded an invoice.
    Prosecutor calls delayed charges against Kilmar Ábrego García ‘extraordinary’ but justified
    Kilmar Ábrego García’s mistaken deportation has galvanized both sides of the immigration debate.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, behind left, arrive at the federal courthouse Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
    ICE vehicles gone from Baltimore’s Symphony Center parking garage
    About 50 new law enforcement vehicles had been stored in the garage in Baltimore’s Midtown-Belvedere neighborhood.
    A fleet of law enforcement vehicles seen parked on the rooftop level of the Symphony Center Garage in Baltimore this month. All of the vehicles  were “removed” as of Wednesday, according to the leasing company of the garage.
    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.
    U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's tariff strategy, and amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf threatening Iran.
    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.
    President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.
    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.
    Family members of the people who were killed in the midair collision near Washington Reagan National Airport listen during a news conference as Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks, not shown, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
    After Kennedy Center exit, Philip Glass to bring new symphony home to Baltimore
    Famed composer and Baltimore native Philip Glass pulled his symphony from the Kennedy Center in protest of Donald Trump. Now, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform “Lincoln” in 2027.
    Acclaimed composer and Baltimore native Philip Glass pulled his new symphony from the Kennedy Center in protest. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform it instead.
    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.
    his new warehouse off Hopewell Road outside Hagerstown has beed toured by government officials for possible use as an ICE detention facility.
    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.
    Cornia Lemon of the Transportation Security Administration checks a traveler's identification at BWI Airport on Jan. 23.
    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.
    FILE - This is an aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla.
    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.
    United States' Kyle Connor (81), Zach Werenski (8), Jack Hughes (86) and Clayton Keller (91) react after receiving their gold medals after the United States defeated Canada in the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.
    Hutzell: Republicans say they want to SAVE us from voter fraud. It’s a November trap.
    COLUMN | I’ve always thought Maryland Republicans’ fixation on voter fraud was a fantasy rooted in the frustration of being the state’s perpetual second party. But in Washington, the serial fantasists are in power and their proposals are a threat to open elections.
    Del. Kevin Hornberger (center), a Cecil County Republican, sits in the House chamber on “crossover day” in the Maryland State House in Annapolis on March 18, 2024.
    Maryland’s politics have a national vibe
    Maryland political issues feel synonymous with national issues. And the small state is getting outsized attention.
    FEBRUARY 18, 2026 - Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries arrive at the Maryland House of Delegates office building for a meeting with Democratic state delegates on Wednesday. Jeffries is pressing Maryland lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional districts to give Democrats a chance at sweeping all eight seats in this fall's election.
    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.
    Raw sewage flows into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026.
    Maryland companies could get big tariff refunds following Supreme Court decision
    When the Supreme Court struck down a bulk of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs Friday, it opened the door for companies to seek substantial refunds from the federal government for trade levies already paid.
    President Donald Trump speaks during an event on foster care in the East Room of the at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    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.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    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.
    A section of the 54-mile Potomac Interceptor, which runs along the Clara Barton Parkway near Interstate 49, collapsed earlier this week.

The Interceptor handles up to 60 million gallons of wastewater a day, moving it from parts of Virginia and Maryland to the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, D.C.
    What happens when ICE wants to open a detention facility in your hometown
    With ICE set to move in down the road, residents in mostly — but not entirely — conservative Washington County are grappling with what it means for their community.
    A newly purchased ICE detention facility sits among rolling farmland and recent snow in Williamsport.
    House Minority Leader Jeffries meets with Ferguson as redistricting pressure builds
    As he walked into the State House, Jeffries said he would “in all likelihood” discuss redistricting with Gov. Wes Moore.
    U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries gives remarks after a conversation with Maryland leadership at the Maryland State House in Annapolis on Wednesday.
    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.”
    Coretta Scott King holds hands while singing with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Christine Farris, the sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they parade on Peachtree Street in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 19, 1987 to honor King's birthday.
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