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National politics

    El Salvador’s president says he won’t release Maryland man back to the US
    Trump administration officials emphasized that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a notorious gang prison in El Salvador, was a citizen of that country and that U.S. has no say in his future.
    President Donald Trump  meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador
    Trump’s federal worker cuts are destabilizing the nation’s 2 richest Black counties
    Businesses across Charles County and neighboring Prince George’s County brace for the impact of Trump's federal cuts.
    Denise Joseph grabs the mail from her mailbox, in Waldorf, Charles County, Md., Thursday, April 10, 2025.
    US quiet on mistakenly deported Maryland man, despite Supreme Court decision
    The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month.
    Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville
    Gov. Wes Moore kicks off Asia trade trip with maglev train ride: ‘This is the future’
    Moore needed one word to summarize the experience: “Wow.”
    Gov. Wes Moore smiles as he departs a Central Japan Railway Company SCMAGLEV train Saturday, April 12, 2025. "Wow" is how he described the experience, a 311 MPH futuristic train ride.
    ‘Several dozen’ Johns Hopkins student visas revoked
    Days earlier, the number at Johns Hopkins University was closer to 12.
    Some students wait for a shuttle while others walk past the Johns Hopkins University sign welcoming people to the Homewood Campus from Charles Street in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
    Maryland schools plan to comply with federal DEI demands
    Maryland schools are expected to send a letter to the federal education department saying they are complying with civil rights laws.
    President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
    US says it needs more time to provide information on mistakenly deported Maryland man
    Attorneys for the government said they haven’t had enough time to review the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling.
    Community partners held a press conference and rally to demand Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.
    Ex-ballerina with Baltimore County ties returns to US after Russia prisoner swap
    Russian-American Ksenia Karelina, who Moscow freed as part of a prisoner swap, arrived back in the United States late Thursday.
    Ksenia Karelina walks with her fiancé, professional boxer Chris van Heerden, as she arrives Thursday, April 10, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Maryland sues over Trump administration’s sudden halt of pandemic relief aid for schools
    The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration's action violates federal law because it reversed a prior decision to allow states to access the money through March 2026.
    State education officials have said budget implications from the loss of the pandemic recovery funds could be catastrophic.
    Foil blankets, no medical staff: Maryland senators call ill-equipped ICE holding rooms ‘appalling’
    Maryland’s U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks decried the “appalling situation” unfolding in the holding rooms at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office in the city’s downtown.
    George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.
    Baltimore City schools’ rainy day fund to cover $48 million in Trump cuts
    Finances are sound enough to handle a significant hit from the federal government without creating a financial crisis, school officials said this week.
    Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, said she has tried to keep finances on track, including rejecting political pressure to give contracts to groups that don’t provide services the schools need.
    Federal workers are frustrated. Some feel better shouting from an I-95 overpass at rush hour.
    Frustrated with the Trump administration, some federal workers and family members said they came to the Gorman Road overpass of I-95 looking for catharsis, community and a form of validation.
    Demonstrators hold signs during a weekly protest in opposition to President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and the DOGE federal workforce cuts on the Gorman Road I-95 overpass in Laurel.
    ‘Still fighting for you’: Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia slams Maryland man’s deportation
    On March 15, immigration authorities deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador, which lawmakers described as “heinous” and known for torturing inmates.
    Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, and chairman of the  Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said at a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday, April 9, 2025, that he plans to send a letter directly to the president of El Salvador to urge the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly sent to a prison in that country.
    Condensing resumes and other job hunt tips for former Maryland federal workers
    Career counselors and employers offer advice to Maryland federal workers, some of whom are returning to a crowded job market as Trump's administration dramatically scales back the size of the government.
    Prospective job seekers speak with recruiters during a Federal Workers Career Fair hosted at Howard Community College in Columbia on Tuesday.
    Stocks surge after Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs but raises taxes on China
    Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days.
    Two male stock traders, both holding tablets and wearing glasses, are see on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The one on the right is speaking into a cellphone while the one on the left looks on.
    Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
    Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
    A video captures Westminster woman arrested by ICE agents on her way to work.
    Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home
    The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.
    Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
    U.S. revokes visas of some international students at UMD, UMBC
    The campuses joined the Johns Hopkins University and colleges across the country in publicly acknowledging a wave of visa cancellations affecting their students.
    The University of Maryland College Park. A UMD spokesperson said that the campus was among those nationwide whose students suddenly lost their ability to legally stay in the U.S.
    Man who brought gun to Justice Kavanaugh’s Maryland home pleads guilty to attempted murder
    A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    China vows countermeasures over Trump tariffs as trade war threatens to intensify
    China said the U.S.’s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” is “completely groundless.”
    Shoppers walk on a street at a shopping district on April 03, 2025 in Shenzhen, China.
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