National politics

The Turning Point USA-affiliated group stopped at the Maryland campus on its HBCU tour.

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

Many people across the U.S. are preparing to give out shelf-stable foods to trick-or-treaters this year to help fill the void left by looming cuts to SNAP.

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier announced she will provide $4 million from the county coffers to assist furloughed federal workers and those set to lose their SNAP benefits as the Trump Administration continues to cut spending.

Maryland’s federal workers and contractors are facing financial uncertainty as the government shutdown stretches on. Here’s where they can get help.

Halloween is the day to take out your fears and examine them, to laugh at what gives you the willies. Dress them up in silly costumes, throw candy at them and hope they don’t get angry.

A federal judge seemed skeptical of the Trump administration’s argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time because of the government shutdown.

Here’s how changes to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown will affect Marylanders who rely on SNAP.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China agreed to purchase 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually for the next three years, starting with 12 million metric tons from now to January.

The separate, late-night operations in Paris and nearby Seine-Saint-Denis bring the total arrests to seven.

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how.

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the shooting by a Homeland Security Investigations agent, who was with police officers and other federal agents when they stopped a car driven by Phillip M. Brown on Oct. 17.

A former Sheppard Pratt nurse has been charged with raping a minor who was being treated at the Maryland psychiatric hospital.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is asking the federal government to cover SNAP benefits with money already set aside by Congress.

A federal judge in Tennessee on Monday warned of possible sanctions against top Trump administration officials if they continue to make inflammatory statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia that could prejudice his coming trial.

Grambo’s neighborhood rides come as some communities across the nation scramble to confront stepped-up immigration enforcement.

Young immigrants and advocates are fearful of being deported after President Donald Trump’s administration ended deferred action for the youths earlier this year.

U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis issued a preliminary injunction in August that the Salvadoran native and Beltsville resident not be deported while he challenges the legality of his re-detention with ICE.

Apparently there’s nothing to be done about the demolition and construction at the White House. It’s still heartbreaking to see a hole in it.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1.