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National politics

    Here’s what tariffs are and how they work
    Tariffs are typically charged as a percentage of the price a buyer pays a foreign seller.
    In this aerial view, trucks cross the Ambassador Bridge as they carry cargo between Canada and the United States.
    Here are the $7 billion in products Maryland imports from Canada and Mexico
    Mexico, Canada and China — which the Trump administration is slapping with tariffs — are the U.S.’s top trading partners, and plenty of those goods land in Maryland.
    Nearly one-quarter of all tonnage shipped into the Port of Baltimore comes from China, Mexico or Canada.
    Dream promotion ends with a DOGE layoff for Baltimore federal worker
    Democrats are inviting laid-off federal workers like Katie Stahl to the Capitol on Tuesday to call attention to what they say have been indiscriminate job cuts.
    Katie Stahl had recently received a promotion at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but then was laid off as the Trump administration slashed government spending.
    DOGE overhauls Social Security Administration with employee, office lease cuts
    The Social Security Administration plans to cut its workforce by more than 7,000 by offering employees early retirement and buyouts and through expected resignations.
    Woodlawn in Baltimore County is home to the Social Security Administration’s headquarters.
    Project 2025 author Kevin Roberts cancels talk at University of Maryland law school
    Kevin Roberts won’t speak in Baltimore because of an illness.
    Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts was scheduled to speak at the University of Maryland law school in Baltimore on Monday night.
    Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with ‘no room’ for delay
    Trump has said the tariffs are to force the two U.S. neighbors to step up their fight against fentanyl trafficking and stop illegal immigration.
    U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (L) takes a question from a reporter in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 3, 2025
    What to watch when Trump gives his big speech to Congress
    President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday isn’t technically considered a State of the Union address — that comes next year, after he’s been on the job for longer — but there’s no distinguishable difference for anyone watching at home.
    President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter after signing a series of executive orders at the White House on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Andy Harris is holding an art contest. Oh, how I wish I could enter.
    How could any teenager worth the title resist the chance to submit an entry tweaking the congressman for his tone-deaf dismissal of concerns held by many constituents and fellow Marylanders?
    Hundreds protest Elon Musk, Donald Trump outside Tesla dealership in Owings Mills
    Nearly 300 protesters gathered outside the Tesla dealership in Owings Mills on Saturday, waving homemade signs as drivers slowly passed by beeping their horns in a show of support.
    Protesters gather along the 9400 block of Reisterstown Rd, near the Tesla dealership in Owings Mills, to protest Elon Musk on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
    White immigrants express few worries despite Trump crackdown
    While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.
    Timur Karimkulov, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Russia.
    Maryland’s federal lawmakers want an end to BGE’s rate hikes
    Three of Maryland's congressional representatives join the chorus of voices calling for an end to Baltimore Gas and Electric rate hikes.
    Zeke Cohen, Baltimore City Council President, speaks during a press conference addressing rising BGE costs and legislation aimed at lower heating costs and improving public safety held outside of Baltimore City Hall on February 4, 2025 in Baltimore, MD.
    Zelenskyy leaves White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office blow up
    President Donald Trump has cut short talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy over a deal for U.S. access to that country’s rare earth minerals after shouting at him in the Oval Office.
    U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
    Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful
    U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including at the Department of Defense.
    Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
    Maryland’s displaced federal workers pack job fair as Trump, Musk slash government
    Hundreds of federal workers packed a job fair in Howard County Tuesday night to rehearse in mock interviews, pose for professional headshots and adapt their often lengthy resumes for the private sector.
    People gather for a federal workers career fair in Howard County on Feb. 26, 2025.
    Undocumented trans woman from Maryland granted bond in Miami after ICE arrest
    The White House posted a picture of her on its X account in February as an example of alleged crimes committed by immigrants.
    April Amaya-Luis, left, and her husband Tyler Schelts.
    ‘What fresh hell awaits me today?’ Federal workers share their stories.
    Maryland is home to about 327,000 federal workers. They share their stories of stress and uncertainty as they watch colleagues fired and contend with the Trump administration's demands to document their productivity.
    Local DEI consultants struggle and pivot under Trump
    The Trump administration’s targeting of DEI initiatives has resulted in consultants losing clients and needing to pivot.
    Angel St. Jean, founder and CEO of Equity Brain Trust, in front of her inspiration wall in her Baltimore office.
    Baltimore-based Global Refuge lays off more than half its staff after Trump directives
    Global Refuge, the nonprofit organization formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), laid off hundreds of employees nationwide this week.
    Global Refuge’s President & CEO, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah speaks during Global Refuge’s 10th annual Hope for the Holidays campaign in Baltimore, Md., on Friday, December 6, 2024.
    Trump funding freeze shakes Maryland farmers’ trust in government
    Farmers don’t know if promised USDA funding will materialize for projects ranging from solar panels to windbreaks to online marketing.
    Farm manager Sophia Fast cuts spinach at One Acre Farm in Dickerson.
    Wes Moore saw Trump up close — and now the governor sounds totally different
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he’s willing to work with anyone, but he seems less optimistic that it will be with President Donald Trump.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in his office in January. Moore attended the National Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C., last week, witnessing President Donald Trump’s clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes in sports.
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