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    Sen. Cory Booker sets record with 25-hour marathon speech railing against Trump’s agenda
    New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's marathon speech is meant to show Democrats object to President Donald Trump's sweeping actions.
    In this image provided by Senate Television, Sen, Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks on the Senate floor, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)
    ‘Devastated and confused’: Wife of Maryland man mistakenly deported decries her family’s fate
    The Trump administration now says the federal courts in the U.S. lack the power to have the man returned.
    TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump administration deported 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha with only 23 being members of the Mara. Nayib Bukele president of El Salvador announced that his government will receive the alleged members of the gang to be taken to CECOT.
    The time to buy a car was yesterday. Thank Trump’s tariffs for that.
    President Trump is imposing a 25% tariff on all imported cars. The auto industry's complex supply chain means even American automakers will be impacted.
    Cars, like those pictured for sale in the lot of Antwerpen Nissan of Owings Mills, will cost more as tariffs get absorbed by consumers.
    Football and fighter jets signal strange days for Maryland’s National Guard
    Wrapped in a deal over football and fighter jets, or the end of 104 years of aviation history in Marland, is Donald Trump and his 2020 use of the National Guard as a presidential force to quell public dissent.
    Maryland Air National Guard Lt. Col. Steven Montalvo, center, greets fellow members of the 104th Fighter Squadron March 26, 2025 at Martin State Airport before flying his A-10C Thunderbolt II to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona.
    Maryland schools face ‘catastrophic’ loss of $418 million in federal funds
    The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland education leaders that they will not reimburse schools for $418 million in funds they had already committed to giving them.
    State Superintendent Carey Wright and school school board president Josh Michael, center, at a press conference earlier this year.
    Trump-voting town alarmed by FEMA cuts to National Fire Academy
    Emmitsburg, Maryland fears the Trump administration’s suspension of the National Fire Academy classes will harm the economy. And emergency workers say the public will be less safe without this training resource.
    FEMA’s National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg on March 10, 2025.
    Lawmakers want to protect immigrants despite Trump threats, but options are limited
    Maryland lawmakers are considering a slate of proposals aimed at protecting immigrants, but their options are limited.
    A white poster board sign that reads "STOP STATE COLLABORATION WITH ICE!!!"
    Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
    President Donald Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term. “I'm not joking,” he says in an NBC News interview.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce automobile tariffs on foreign-made cars.
    Elon Musk is not an idiot. Andy Harris told me so.
    Elon Musk is not an idiot. "Look it up," Andy Harris said. "in the dictionary." I learned a lot from the Eastern Shore congressman's tele-town hall. Some of it was even true.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris speaks during a press conference hosted by the Maryland Maryland Freedom Caucus in Annapolis on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Harris is the only Republican member of Congress from Maryland and chairs the U.S. House Freedom Caucus.
    Hundreds of ‘Tesla takedown’ protesters turn out at Owings Mills dealership: ‘No oligarchs! No fascists!’
    Hundreds of protesters are lining both sides of Reisterstown Road outside the Owings Mills Tesla dealership, expressing outrage at the company’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk.
    Hundreds of protesters gather in front of a Tesla dealership in Owings Mills on Saturday, March 29, 2025, to protest Elon Musk and the DOGE government cuts.
    A Maryland judge tried to stop Musk’s ‘wood chipper’ plan. But an appeals court clears the way for DOGE.
    A federal appeals court lifted a Maryland judge’s order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said in a social media post that he and U.S. President Donald Trump will shut down the foreign assistance agency.
    Baltimore arts and culture communities chart new paths after Trump diversity bans
    The arts have become the latest battleground over efforts to address gender, racial discrimination and inequity.
    Jason Steer, Executive Director of Creative Alliance, sits in front of a piece titled “Land of the Free….” created by artist Ajee Hassan.
    Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to resume deporting Venezuelan migrants under wartime law
    The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce automobile tariffs on foreign-made cars.
    Project 2025 author comes to University of Maryland Law School on Monday
    Kevin Roberts rescheduled his talk at the University of Maryland law school after canceling a prior event due to illness.
    Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, is scheduled to talk about “what federalism should look like in a Trumpian era,” according to the University of Maryland la school's Republican Law Society.
    Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring
    In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies
    A sign in front of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building
    Federal agencies gave Maryland $18,500 per resident last year. Here’s where it went.
    As the Trump administration slashes the government, economists predict dire consequences for a state long dependent on federal spending.
    BETHESDA, MARYLAND - FEBRUARY 10: A sign that reads "NIH Employees Only" stands near an entrance at the National Institute of Health on February 10, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland. Attorney generals from 22 states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration and asked the court to block the proposed $4 billion a year budget cut in funding to biomedical researchers nationwide.
    Letter: Reject private-school vouchers; support public schools
    Stephanie C. Chupein says Marylanders should reject school vouchers and support public schools that serve all children, not just the wealthiest.
    Tidy tables and chairs arranged in school class room, ready for pupils to arrive, education, learning, organisation
    Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expects to raise $100B in revenue
    President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 13: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. The two leaders met as the Trump administration has once again put the military alliance between the United States and Western Europe in question.
    Citing ‘espionage’ concerns, Congress requests info on Chinese U. of Maryland students
    A United States congressional committee on China has requested a plethora of data about Chinese-born students at University of Maryland College Park.
    A U.S. congressional committee sent letters to six universities last week, including the University of Maryland, College Park, demanding information on their Chinese students.
    Andy Harris hears out frustrated callers at tele-town hall
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris didn’t back down from his support for President Donald Trump and cutting government.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris took calls from frustrated voters, but conceded little ground during a telephone town hall Tuesday.
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