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    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    Man who brought gun to Justice Kavanaugh’s Maryland home pleads guilty to attempted murder
    A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
    Shoppers walk on a street at a shopping district on April 03, 2025 in Shenzhen, China.
    China vows countermeasures over Trump tariffs as trade war threatens to intensify
    China said the U.S.’s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” is “completely groundless.”
    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 04, 2025 in New York City.
    US stock market closes lower after Trump’s latest tariff threats
    European and Asian shares saw dramatic losses, the leading U.S. index is flirting with bear market territory, and oil prices are sagging.
    Laura Bonkosky, right, protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
    Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
    Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's wife Jennifer, supported by CASA, spoke at a press conference and rally to demand his return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.
    Judge again orders Trump administration to return mistakenly deported Maryland man
    A federal judge is for the second time ordering the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
    NBA All-Star and Baltimore Orioles fan Carmelo Anthony watches a game between them and the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sept. 8, 2024.
    Baltimore’s Carmelo Anthony among legends heading into Basketball Hall of Fame
    Anthony, 40, was born in New York and moved with his family to Baltimore when he was young. He played three seasons at Towson Catholic High School before transferring to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia for his senior year.
    Senate Democrats, from left, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., gather to speak to reporters before the start of a voting marathon as Senate Republicans push the next step to pass President Donald Trump's budget agenda, at the Capitol, in Washington, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Senate GOP approves framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session
    Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework.
    Jaye Summerlot protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
    Federal judge orders return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Recounting the moment on Friday, Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she hasn’t seen or heard from him since, in her first speaking appearance since news of her husband’s deportation was reported.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing to examine worldwide threats comes a day after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently included on a high level Trump administration Signal group chat on bombing plans in Yemen on Houthi targets.
    Top Democrats protest after reported firing of National Security Agency director
    Top congressional Democrats are protesting the reported firing of Gen. Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency, with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe.”
    Masaru Yamada of Japan, left, and Yeisser Ramirez of the United States compete in the men's individual Epee team round of 16 competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
    Fencer disqualified from UMD tourney after refusing to face an opponent she says is transgender
    USA Fencing disqualified a fencer from a women’s tournament in Maryland after she refused to face an opponent who she says is transgender.
    Illustration showing a picture of a man and a woman holding hands that his being torn apart.
    Bracing for the worst, Maryland’s immigrant families take stock of their lives
    Immigrant families — regardless of status — are increasingly planning for the possibility of a family member being detained and eventually deported.
    The floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 was down 3.3% in early trading, worse than the drops for other major stock markets.
    Dow drops nearly 1,680 in biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from tariffs shake markets
    The S&P 500 was down 3.3% in early trading, worse than the drops for other major stock markets.
    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Trump’s vast new tariffs: What they mean for prices and global trade
    After weeks of anticipation and speculation, President Donald Trump followed through on his reciprocal tariff threats by declaring a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States.
    Ardena Githara of Rosedale was put on administrative leave from her federal job earlier this year.
    Federal jobs helped build Baltimore’s Black middle class. What happens now?
    In Baltimore and Baltimore County, Black full-time federal workers earn a median income about $30,000 higher than other Black workers.
    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump announced additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Trump’s sweeping tariffs threaten economy as allies brace for impact
    President Donald Trump announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.
    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.
    Elon Musk backlash, aging models contribute to Tesla sales drop in first quarter
    Tesla sales declined 13% in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.
    HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 29:  Actor Val Kilmer attends the 2004 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Mortons Restaurant, February 29, 2004 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
    Val Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65
    Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.
    An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
    Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
    Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
    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.
    ‘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.
    Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.
    Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione
    Mangione, a Baltimore County native, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing.
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