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    The Trump administration is trying to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia again, this time to Uganda.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers worry he can’t get a fair trial, request gag order for top US officials
    Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say they are concerned he can’t get a fair trial in his human smuggling case because Trump administration officials keep attacking him.
    Severna Park native Mark Teixeira, shown with the Yankees in 2016, was a three-time All-Star during a 14-year MLB career.
    Severna Park native Mark Teixeira, former MLB star, announces bid for US House seat in Texas
    In his announcement, Teixeira pledged to work with President Donald Trump to secure the border and end “radical woke indoctrination.”
    Immigrants fearing deportation are willing to pay thousands to stay. And that’s when scammers strike.
    Amid what has been billed the nation’s largest round-up of undocumented immigrants, attorneys, advocates, social workers and therapists working with the immigrant community say unsuspecting immigrants are becoming victims of deception and predatory behavior.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, are escorted by members of CASA as he arrives for a check-in with ICE in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in US, hoping to prevent deportation to Uganda
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has become the face of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.
    The Food and Drug Administration narrowed the use of the new shots for younger adults and children to those with at least one high-risk health condition.
    FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots with limits for some kids and adults
    U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children.
    National Guard troops have been on patrol at Union Station after President Donald Trump launched an anti-crime effort earlier this month.
    Trump extends control over DC by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, away from Amtrak.
    President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before he boards Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Washington.
    Court tosses Trump suit against Maryland federal judges, calling it ‘potentially calamitous’
    A federal judge threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals.
    It's the latest change for Southwest, which also ended its bags fly free perk in May.
    How Southwest’s new policy will affect plus-size travelers
    Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who don’t fit within the armrests of their seat to pay for an extra one in advance, part of a string of recent changes the carrier is making.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia listens to speakers at a rally on his behalf in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia held in Virginia; Judge wants him to remain in US amid deportation fight
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a Virginia detention center, as the case of the Salvadoran native reaches yet another crescendo.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, arrives with his wife Jennifer, left, to the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore on Monday, August 25, 2025.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia in ICE custody again as hundreds rally in Baltimore
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took a stoic Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody Monday morning and are preparing to remove him to Uganda.
    Armed members of the South Carolina National Guard talk with a man while positioned outside of Union Station in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
    Some National Guard units in DC now armed in escalation of Trump deployment
    Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)
    Sen. Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wife ahead of ICE check-in
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen met virtually with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the day before the Maryland father is set to check in with ICE.
    National Guardsmen patrol at the base of the Washington Monument, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
    National Guard troops on D.C. streets for Trump’s crackdown will start carrying guns
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown, the Pentagon said Friday.
    Sebastian Kettner fishes on Jennette's Pier as waves from Hurricane Erin crash ashore in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
    Erin spurs Baltimore-area coastal flood warnings as Ocean City declares no swimming at beaches
    Weather officials placed Anne Arundel County under a coastal flood warning until 10 a.m. Sunday, suggesting 2-2.5 feet of flooding is possible. In Annapolis, sandbags are being provided as officials warn residents to take precautions.
    Secretariat on the rail, with Ron Turcotte up, wins the 98th running of the Preakness Stakes on May 19, 1973, in Baltimore.
    Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, dies at 84
    Turcotte won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes twice each from 1965-73 before his riding career ended when he fell off a horse and suffered injuries that made him paraplegic.
    FBI agents carry empty boxes to former national security adviser John Bolton's house, Friday, August. 22, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    FBI searches Maryland home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton
    The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration as national security adviser.
    Supporters of Kilmar Abrego Garcia rally outside of the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., where a hearing was scheduled to be held on returning him to Maryland, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be released from jail Friday but his freedom might be short-lived
    A U.S. magistrate judge is expected to order the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Tennessee jail Friday while he awaits trial on federal human smuggling charges.
    President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen.
    Trump visits cops, troops as federal checkpoints spread across D.C. leaving residents on edge
    Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation’s capital, sometimes asking people for their immigration status and detaining them, as President Donald Trump’s crackdown ensnares more residents each day.
    Police gather at the Villanova University campus where an active shooter was reported Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Villanova, Pa.
    Villanova University president says report of campus shooter was a ‘cruel hoax’
    A report of a shooter on Villanova University’s campus that sparked panic among students and drew a heavy police presence was a “cruel hoax,” the school’s president said Thursday.
    A rally sign is seen during a news conference outside the federal courthouse before a hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
    Abrego Garcia’s lawyers want smuggling charges dismissed on grounds of ‘vindictive prosecution’
    Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a human smuggling case against him.
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