National politics

Howard County Council is considering two measures aimed at blocking a private immigrant detention center in Elkridge.

The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration officers in Minnesota but will continue its enforcement operation that has sparked tension and deadly confrontations, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday.

Column: José Serrano Maldonado is an almost anonymous victim of the industrial deportation complex, a cruel machine that spits people out without compassion or discretion. Here’s his story.

Howard County has revoked a building permit for a private detention facility proposed in Elkridge that authorities say is intended for use by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled he is relying on help from President Donald Trump to ensure passage.

Trump’s announcement on social media follows a wave of cancellations by leading performers and groups.

Bundled up in parkas and armed with “ICE OUT” signs, hundreds of people gathered and listened intently as speakers dolled out advice on how to handle encounters with ICE officers.

The arrests of Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort are especially troubling for legal experts and media groups who worry about the chilling effect on coverage of the Trump administration.

Protesters held “no work, no school, no shopping” strikes across the U.S. on Friday to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, including correspondence either with or about Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Prince Andrews, and more.

High school students at Sparrows Point, Dundalk, Perry Hall, Parkville and more Baltimore County schools are organizing walkouts to protest ICE actions, citing civil rights concerns and experiences with racism.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed.

President Donald Trump’s massive immigration enforcement push has seen federal agents get violent with residents, raising the prospect of local authorities having to hold them accountable. Are Maryland’s police and prosecutors ready?

More containers — the lifeblood of international shipping — than ever made their way through Baltimore last year. And the port set a record for ship visits, too.

The federal government moved quickly over the last month to establish a foothold in Maryland, notifying Washington County officials of its intentions just days before inking the deed giving it full ownership of the property in Williamsport, just outside of Hagerstown.

Though the passage came as little surprise — leadership in both chambers have made curbing ICE a top priority — an amendment to the law took some teeth out of it.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has inked a deal to purchase a warehouse just outside Hagerstown for $102.4 million.

Gov. Wes Moore’s office slammed the Trump administration for the conditions depicted in a widely circulated video showing an overcrowded holding cell at the downtown Baltimore field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A new viral video taken inside an immigration holding room facility in downtown Baltimore is the latest proof of abusive treatment of people confined in federal custody, activists and lawmakers say.

The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man has prompted calls for a thorough independent investigation into the second death at the hands of ICE officers since the Trump administration began its large-scale operation in the city late last year.