National politics

President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Dozens of those people are from Maryland.

The rhetoric surrounding immigration and deportations is certain to set large parts of Maryland on edge.

Carlos Ayala had his case dismissed earlier this week after President Trump issued a blanket pardon to the Jan. 6 participants. Ayala’s trial was scheduled for June.

Here are statements we’ve received from local elected officials around Maryland about immigration and cooperating with federal enforcement.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week ended a longstanding policy that had kept them out of schools.

Five pregnant mothers joined with CASA and Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project to file a lawsuit in the United States District Court of Maryland against President Donald Trump in response to his executive order seeking to overturn birthright citizenship.

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Tuesday that he was joining 22 other states to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Marginalized groups, including immigrants, non-white people and members of the LGBTQIA+ population expressed displeasure with Donald Trump’s inauguration speech and subsequent issuing of a slew of executive orders.

President Donald Trump signed a 65-word executive order that appeared to have a big effect on Maryland — a state that depends on federal jobs like no other.

Wes Moore is good at making pithy statements, and this one traveled far in the political news media, which is looking for someone to speak for the 48.36% of the nation's voters who didn’t want Donald Trump returned to the White House. Protest too much, Mr. Governor?

President Donald Trump’s plans to sign a raft of executive orders Monday will set a dramatically different tone for the next four years in Washington.

President-elect Trump will act swiftly after the ceremony, with executive orders already prepared for his signature.

The Navy named a new class of amphibious landing ships for Maj. Megan McClung, the first female Naval Academy graduate killed in combat.

In interviews, several Black Marylanders said they are now steering clear of Washington, D.C., and instead practicing service and self-care.

If you are planning to travel to the nation’s capital from the Baltimore area, here’s what you should keep in mind.

The president-elect has reportedly tasked a New Jersey congressman with drafting an executive order to halt offshore wind development. Just how damaging it could be for plans off the Maryland coast remains to be seen.