National politics

Five years after becoming the first Southern state to legalize possession of marijuana, Virginia has approved a legal way to sell it to recreational users.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day, a practice President Donald Trump has persistently targeted.

Former President Joe Biden fed red meat to the Maryland Democratic Party’s faithful Saturday night, blasting President Donald Trump and urging them to fight.

The United States is celebrating its 250th year. And what better way to mark that anniversary than with an American summer staple — a trip to the nation’s capital. But visitors to Washington will find that the city is undergoing tremendous change, courtesy of President Donald Trump’s takeover makeover.

After the Supreme Court decided Thursday to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disasters in Haiti and Syria, fear ricocheted through those communities across the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people face the prospect of deportation.

JPMorgan Chase promoted Troy Rohrbaugh, a Gilman School and Johns Hopkins University graduate, to co-president of the bank.

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally retaining classified information, sealing a deal with federal prosecutors that could allow him to avoid a prison term.

Venezuelans in the United States are rushing to organize donation drives Thursday after devastating earthquakes that officials say killed at least 188 people and injured hundreds more in their home country.

A federal judge sided with a coalition of nearly two dozen states that challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation.

Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to stop the Trump administration from putting political appointees in charge of federal health grants.

A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, who has denied killing her parents in Pennsylvania in 2022, has been charged with murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

President Donald Trump abruptly called off a planned signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill ahead of a meeting with Senate Republicans in the Capitol on Wednesday.

The Senate passed a bipartisan housing bill on Monday that aims to reduce federal regulations and expand local control, one of the most sweeping efforts in recent decades to increase supply and bring down prices.

The department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether school districts in Frederick, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties violated Title IX with its gender-identity policies.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday is likely to allow the continued controversial sales of Maryland real estate that has fallen in foreclosure over back taxes, an issue that has plagued many Baltimore homeowners for years.

After a Supreme Court decision weakened parts of the Voting Rights Act, some Black Marylanders aren’t taking chances and are preparing to ensure their ballots count.

David Hearn, a 67-year-old Bethesda man who stopped by the pool while on a 64-mile bike ride, said authorities arrested him and held him for five hours on Friday after he reached down into the pool.

Sunday is the solstice, marking the start of astronomical summer north of the equator.

The agreement struck between the United States and Iran aims to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and relaunch nuclear talks with a 60-day deadline. But the brief document signed by U.S. President Donald Trump at Versailles on Wednesday — which has not been officially released — is vague on some of the major questions left by the three-month conflict.