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    Trump administration plans to revoke permit for Maryland offshore wind farm
    The Trump administration has taken aggressive steps to curtail the offshore wind industry nationally.
    AT SEA - JULY 07: A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island. The first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States is located 3.8 miles from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind and began operations in December, 2016 at a cost of nearly $300 million.
    Having trouble finding a primary care doctor? Medicaid cuts will make it harder.
    Nearly a quarter of Maryland adults report that they do not have a source of primary care.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia held in Virginia; Judge wants him to remain in US amid deportation fight
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a Virginia detention center, as the case of the Salvadoran native reaches yet another crescendo.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia listens to speakers at a rally on his behalf in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    Trump calls Baltimore a ‘horrible deathbed,’ insults Moore again
    The recent back-and-forth between President Trump and Gov. Wes Moore could set the stage for more direct intervention from the federal government.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington.
    Donald Trump vs. Wes Moore: Everything the president has said about Baltimore
    In an escalating war of words, President Donald Trump threatened to send the National Guard to Baltimore, revoke funding for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge and questioned Gov. Wes Moore's military awards. The Democratic governor wants Trump to come see Baltimore for himself or “keep our names out of your mouth.”
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia in ICE custody again as hundreds rally in Baltimore
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took a stoic Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody Monday morning and are preparing to remove him to Uganda.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, arrives with his wife Jennifer, left, to the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore on Monday, August 25, 2025.
    Some National Guard units in DC now armed in escalation of Trump deployment
    Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms.
    Armed members of the South Carolina National Guard talk with a man while positioned outside of Union Station in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
    Sen. Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wife ahead of ICE check-in
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen met virtually with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the day before the Maryland father is set to check in with ICE.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)
    Trump threatens to revoke Key Bridge funds, send troops to Baltimore
    President Donald Trump posted a missive Sunday morning to his Truth Social platform insulting Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, escalating a simmering feud between the two leaders.
    President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s war of words escalated Sunday.
    ICE threatening to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda on Monday
    The Trump administration is continuing its “vindictive and selective prosecution” of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, his defense attorney wrote Saturday in a court filing.
    Kilmar Ábrego García, tercero de derecha a izquierda, sale de la cárcel del condado Putnam, el viernes 22 de agosto de 2025, en Cookeville, Tennessee. (AP Foto/Brett Carlsen)
    National Guard troops on D.C. streets for Trump’s crackdown will start carrying guns
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown, the Pentagon said Friday.
    National Guardsmen patrol at the base of the Washington Monument, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ‘grateful to God’ after reuniting with his family in Maryland
    Private security contracted by his attorneys is bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from Tennessee to Maryland, though his future in the United States remains uncertain.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)
    FBI searches Maryland home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton
    The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration as national security adviser.
    FBI agents carry empty boxes to former national security adviser John Bolton's house, Friday, August. 22, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    The Democrats are coming for Andy Harris. This time they might succeed.
    An unpopular Republican president, a budget bill that busts the deficit while hurting many Marylanders and election rigging in Texas could change the political fortunes of Rep. Andy Harris.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris attends the first day of the General Assembly session in Annapolis in January.
    Trump visits cops, troops as federal checkpoints spread across D.C. leaving residents on edge
    Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation’s capital, sometimes asking people for their immigration status and detaining them, as President Donald Trump’s crackdown ensnares more residents each day.
    President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen.
    Moore to Trump: Come visit Baltimore
    “Donald Trump, if you are not willing to walk our community, keep our name out of your mouth,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday, before extending an official invitation for the president to visit Baltimore.
    Gov. Wes Moore clapped back at President Donald Trump in a video posted to social media.
    Abrego Garcia’s lawyers want smuggling charges dismissed on grounds of ‘vindictive prosecution’
    Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a human smuggling case against him.
    A rally sign is seen during a news conference outside the federal courthouse before a hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
    Tensions brew over alleged antisemitism in city schools — and who defines it
    In an Aug. 12 letter to the Anti-Defamation League, the parties seek to call attention to their own experiences as Jewish families in Baltimore City Public Schools.
    Dozens of Jewish parents, students and teachers of Baltimore City Public Schools co-signed a letter addressed to the Anti-Defamation League, pushing back against allegations of pervasive antisemitism in city schools.
    Gov. Moore appeals FEMA denial of Western Maryland flood aid
    The cost of storm damage has doubled to more than $30 million from initial estimates.
    Gov. Wes Moore surveys the damage to the Westernport Library on May 15, two days after a storm caused catastrophic flooding in the area.
    Yvette Davids wraps critique of her Naval Academy ouster in praise
    On the way out the door as Naval Academy superintendent, Vice Adm. Yvette Davids wasn’t going to let anyone denigrate her institution or those who have made it a success.
    Vice Adm. Yvette Davids addresses the Naval Academy superintendent’s change of command ceremony Friday in Annapolis.
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