CURRENT EDITION: baltimore (none)🔄 Loading BlueConic...EDITION HISTORY: No changes tracked
🔵 BlueConic: ___🍪 Cookie: ___ UNKNOWN🔗 Query: ___✏️ Composer: ___

National politics

    Trump’s DC takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive
    Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation’s capital on Tuesday.
    A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington.
    Standing up to Trump the despot will require Gloria’s courage
    Standing up to injustice requires courage, and every step toward despotism by President Donald Trump is another call to show it.
    FILE - Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman's bayonet aside as she moves among a crowd of African Americans to convince them to disperse in Cambridge, Md., on July 21, 1963. Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was captured in a photograph as she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman, died July 15, 2021, in New York.
    Trump, again, calls out city. Baltimore says, ‘You’re wrong, hon.’
    President Donald Trump included Baltimore on a short list of Democratic-led cities he cast as crime-ridden, on the same day he deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.
    President Donald Trump arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.
    Trump calls Baltimore ‘so far gone’ amid DC National Guard deployment
    For Trump, the effort to take over public safety in Washington reflects a next step in his law enforcement agenda after his aggressive push to stop illegal border crossings.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.
    Maryland’s Cameroonian population lives in fear under Trump
    Since fleeing the gunfire and chaos of Cameroon in 2021, Ernestine and Denis have created a sense of normal life in Maryland.
    Ernestine and Denis, a Cameroonian couple in Charles County, fear returning to their native country.
    Trump’s controversial plan for Naval Academy demands loyalty over merit
    Navy Secretary John Phelan spelled it out. The Trump administration plans to replace the Naval Academy dean, reduce the civilian faculty, increase discipline and generally screw around with the curriculum some more.
    Naval Academy provost Samara L. Firebaugh addresses the Brigade of Midshipmen at the start of the new school year in August 2024.
    Summer’s best meteor shower peaks soon. But the moon will interfere with viewing the Perseids
    This year, a bright moon will dampen viewing at the time of peak early Wednesday morning, so some experts recommend waiting a week or so to glimpse shooting stars against a darker sky.
    An outburst of Perseid meteors lights up the sky in August 2009 in this time-lapse image. Stargazers expect a similar outburst during next week’s Perseid meteor shower, which will be visible overnight on Aug. 11 and 12.
    Justice Department escalates scrutiny of Trump foes Letitia James and Adam Schiff
    The Justice Department is escalating efforts to scrutinize perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump with investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff.
    FILE - The seal of the Department of Justice is shown in Washington, Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
    Suspected gunman and police officer dead in shooting near the CDC and Emory University
    A suspected gunman and a police officer are dead after law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter near the adjoining campuses of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University on Friday, authorities said.
    Armed police officers walk near the scene of shooting at the Emory University in Atlanta on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen to headline Iowa Democrats’ annual steak fry
    The Polk County Democrats’ annual steak fry draws party faithful from across the country. Chair Bill Brauch said Van Hollen was “a big get.”
    Baltimore City Councilman Mark Parker talks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen in Patterson Park during one of the many No Kings protests being held around the country in opposition to President Trump.
    Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
    James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.
    Apollo 8 astronauts, from left, James Lovell, command module pilot; William Anders, lunar module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander; stand in front of mission simulator prior to training in exercise for their scheduled six-day lunar orbital mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dec. 18, 1968. Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing seven months later, has died. He was 95. Borman died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Billings, Mont., according to a NASA statement Thursday, Nov. 9. (AP Photo/File)
    Trump presses for new census that excludes immigrants in US illegally. Can a president do that?
    President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally from the head count which determines political power and federal spending.
    President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arriving at the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025, in Washington.
    Maryland judge blocks Trump’s birthright order in fourth such ruling since Supreme Court decision
    A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.
    FILE - Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025.
    He played Superman on TV. Now Dean Cain will be an honorary ICE officer in real life.
    Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman on a 1990s television show, wants to join the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
    FILE - Dean Cain speaks during a ceremony honoring Mehmet Oz with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
    Kamala Harris doesn’t owe us anything
    Kamala Harris wants to fight tyranny from outside an elected office, but that's not good enough for some people.
    Former Vice President Kamala Harris was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on the July 31 episode of "The Late Show."
    Trump threatens federal takeover of DC after attack on former DOGE worker
    The attack gave new fuel to long-standing Republican efforts to challenge Washington’s autonomy.
    President Donald Trump threatened to bypass local authority and impose direct federal control over Washington.
    What Brazil’s 50% tariff means for Maryland
    President Trump is increasing tariffs on products imported from Brazil. Here's how that will affect Maryland.
    Piles of sugar in a warehouse at the Canton Port Services headquarters in Baltimore. Maryland imports more than $1 billion in goods each year from Brazil, a majority which is sugar and confectionery products.
    Baltimore County is Maryland’s only ‘sanctuary’ county in revised DOJ list
    Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier believes the county's inclusion on the list was “in error.”
    Baltimore County is the only Maryland jurisdiction on a revised list of local governments identified by the Trump administration as impeding the enforcement of federal immigration laws
    Federal worker brews a new beginning after USAID dismantling
    After losing her job at USAID due to federal cuts, Anne Arundel mom Annie Leverich turned her passion for coffee into a growing small business, First Light Coffee.
    Annie Leverich packs up coffee out of her home in Deale.
    Check your student loan status: Millions could move into default by August
    Until past due payments are paid or the loan’s default status is resolved, borrowers are at risk of having their wages garnished.
    In this May 5, 2018, file photo, graduates at the University of Toledo commencement ceremony in Toledo, Ohio.
    Load More Stories
    Oh no!

    Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes. If the problem persists, please contact customer service at 443-843-0043 or customercare@thebaltimorebanner.com.