National politics

    The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard
    The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”
    The District of Columbia sued to stop President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard.
    Scott warns Baltimore not to give Trump what he wants
    Questions about how the city and state would respond to federal intervention come a day after Trump said he was sending troops to Chicago and suggested he would do the same in Baltimore.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott at a news conference in February. On Wednesday, he urged residents to stand up for the city.
    Trump hints at sending troops to Baltimore; White House won’t clarify
    President Donald Trump was declarative on his plans for Chicago but ambiguous when it came to Baltimore.
    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.
    Trump’s use of National Guard during Los Angeles protests is illegal, judge rules
    The decision comes as Trump has discussed National Guard deployments in Democratic-led cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York.
    A protester taunts a line of California National Guard protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025.
    What Washington D.C.’s occupation can teach Baltimore
    With President Donald Trump threatening to send the military to Baltimore, the situation in Washington is instructive to how things may unfold here.
    Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday.
    1.2M immigrants gone from US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
    More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July. That's according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
    FILE - Migrant farmworkers pick a vegetable crop on an early morning in Fresno, Calif., on July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
    Baltimore records 7 homicides in August, fewest for month in a half-century
    Baltimore is now in its third consecutive year of steep declines in homicides and nonfatal shootings.
    Baltimore Police on scene of a police-involved shooting on the 2700 block of Mosher Street on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
    At rally interrupted by federal officials, union leaders and others push for worker protections
    The rally in Woodlawn was the third and final stop of the day for the union groups, which were traveling around the region to highlight three themes.
    Courtney Jenkins, president of the Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, leads a bus tour through the Greater Baltimore area to visit workplaces to highlight "freedom, fairness and security."
    Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
    As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms.
    The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    Moore’s war of words with Trump is good politics, experts say
    President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore have gone toe-to-toe in recent weeks. Is there a downside to Moore’s tougher tone?
    NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 06: Governor of Maryland Wes Moore speaks onstage during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola - Day 3 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
    When a journalist dies in Gaza, does it change how we think about this horrific war?
    When a colleague urged me to write about the death of Anas Al-Sharif, a correspondent covering the war in Gaza for Al Jazeera Arabic, he hoped I would be outraged. I didn’t. Because, frankly, I don’t know how I feel. So I asked someone who was there.
    Freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working with the Associated Press and other outlets during the Gaza war, poses for a portrait in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2024. Dagga was one of several journalists killed along with other people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.
    Powerball mania hits Maryland as jackpot soars to $1 billion
    As Powerball ticket sales climbed this week, game officials raised the estimated Saturday night jackpot to $1 billion from $950 million, before taxes.
    At the Triple Fam Mart in Mount Vernon, the owners sold Powerball tickets to a steady flow of customers all week as the jackpot continued to grow. On Saturday, August 30, 2025, the jackpot hit $1 billion.
    Experts say Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s asylum request is a smart but risky legal move
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s request for asylum in the United States is a prudent legal strategy, experts say, because it gives his lawyers better options for fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia listens to speakers at a rally on his behalf outside the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    What the law says about whether Trump can send troops to Baltimore
    As President Donald Trump normally acts first and lets the courts sort it out later, experts say we’re drifting into uncharted territory.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers worry he can’t get a fair trial, request gag order for top US officials
    Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say they are concerned he can’t get a fair trial in his human smuggling case because Trump administration officials keep attacking him.
    The Trump administration is trying to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia again, this time to Uganda.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in US, hoping to prevent deportation to Uganda
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has become the face of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, are escorted by members of CASA as he arrives for a check-in with ICE in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    Trump extends control over DC by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, away from Amtrak.
    National Guard troops have been on patrol at Union Station after President Donald Trump launched an anti-crime effort earlier this month.
    Court tosses Trump suit against Maryland federal judges, calling it ‘potentially calamitous’
    A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals.
    President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before he boards Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Washington.
    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.
    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.