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    A person holds up a sign during a news conference and rally by immigrant justice organizations and advocates protesting ICE arrests in San Francisco
    Democratic states double down on laws resisting Trump’s immigration crackdown
    In California alone, more than a dozen pro-immigrant bills passed either the Assembly or Senate this week.
    Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was fired abruptly by Trump.
    After a lifetime in libraries, Carla Hayden was fired by Trump in two sentences
    Hayden’s firing comes as libraries and archives are under siege nationwide by the Trump administration and factions of the Republican Party.
    Labubus, a plush toy by the Chinese collectible company Pop Mart, have grown in popularity since their launch in 2019.
    Labubus are invading Maryland. What to know about the cute, creepy little monsters.
    Labubus, a plush toy by the Chinese collectible company Pop Mart, have started popping up everywhere. Here’s what’s behind the craze.
    Jockey Junior Alvarado points to the sky after riding Sovereignty to victory Saturday in the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga.
    After skipping Preakness, Sovereignty adds Belmont to Kentucky Derby triumph
    Sovereignty led off the first leg of the Triple Crown by winning the Derby in early May. The Bill Mott-trained colt also edged Journalism in that race.
    FILE - The McDonald's restaurant logo and golden arch is lit up, April 20, 2006, in Chicago. On Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, a federal judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit that accused McDonald’s and Wendy’s of misleading consumers with ads that show bigger, juicier burgers than their restaurants actually serve. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
    McDonald’s is bringing back a fan favorite next month that was discontinued years ago
    If McDonald’s ever doubted it needed to bring back the Snack Wrap, consider this: Nine years after the fast-food powerhouse discontinued the item in the U.S., customers have continued to order it at drive-thrus.
    People march during the World Pride Parade, Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    As World Pride flows straight into the military parade, DC officials say they’re ready for anything
    June 7 and 8 brings the peak of the two-week World Pride celebration with two days of mass gatherings — a parade on Saturday and a rally and protest March Sunday.
    The Social Security Administration holds sensitive data on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, salary details and medical information.
    Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans
    The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two victories Friday in cases involving the Department of Government Efficiency.
    Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts as she plays against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during their final match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
    Coco Gauff wins the French Open capturing her 2nd major title
    Coco Gauff won the French Open defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 11: U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk depart after looking at Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke out against calls for a boycott of Elon Musk's companies and said he would purchase a Tesla vehicle in what he calls a 'show of confidence and support' for Elon Musk.
    Trump and Musk’s relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started
    President Donald Trump is threatening to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud.
    President Donald Trump stands before greeting Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz before his arrival at the White House, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Washington.
    Marylanders react to Trump’s announced travel ban, restrictions
    Hundreds of Maryland college students could be affected by the travel ban on 12 countries and restrictions on seven more.
    U.S. Army Pfc. Dewayne Johnson sits with his teammates during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-01 at Helemano Military Reservation in Wahiawa, Hawaii, Nov. 2, 2023.
    Army soldier from Maryland gets 23 years for killing his pregnant wife and dumping her in the trash
    A Hawaii-based U.S. Army soldier who was originally from Maryland was sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his wife and unborn child last summer and attempting to cover up the crime by dismembering and disposing of her body in the trash.
    The Steelers and the 41-year-old Rodgers had been circling each other for months.
    Aaron Rodgers ends months-long dance with Steelers, informs team he plans to sign, AP source says
    The Steelers and the 41-year-old Rodgers had been circling each other for months.
    FILE - As President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton mark the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps national service program, hundreds of new volunteers are sworn in for duty at a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
    AmeriCorps must restore grant funding, members to states that sued over cuts, judge rules
    AmeriCorps employs more than 500 full-time federal workers and has an operating budget of roughly $1 billion.
    The Manhattan district attorney’s office quoted extensively from Mangione’s handwritten diary.
    Luigi Mangione said UnitedHealthcare CEO ‘had it coming,’ according to prosecutors
    Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty in both cases. No trial dates have been set.
    U.S. President Donald Trump addresses graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point in Michie Stadium on May 24, 2025 in West Point, New York.
    Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
    President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
    SAN VICENTE, EL SALVADOR - APRIL 4: A prison officer guards a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. Amid internal legal dispute, Trump's administration continues with its controversial and fast-paced deportation policy to El Salvador, as part of a partnership with President Bukele. The US Government acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland resident from El Salvador with protected status and is arguing against returning him to the US.
    Judge says migrants sent to El Salvador prison must get chance to challenge their deportations
    A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give more than 100 migrants sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador a chance to challenge their deportations.
    Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, second from left, joins a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md
    Unsealed records in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown
    Abrego Garcia’s attorneys have argued that the Trump administration has done nothing to return the Maryland construction worker.
    Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. plays a shot against Italy's Lorenzo Musetti during their quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
    Marylander Frances Tiafoe knocked out of French Open as his historic run ends
    Tiafoe also was part of a rare duo: He and Paul were the first American men to get to the round of eight in Paris since Andre Agassi.
    Constellation Energy, which is headquartered in Baltimore, is the largest operator of nuclear energy in the United States.
    Meta turns to Baltimore-based Constellation to secure nuclear power for AI needs
    The agreement announced Tuesday is just the latest in a string of tech-nuclear partnerships as the use of artificial intelligence expands.
    The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a ban on assault weapons in Maryland.
    Supreme Court declines for now to hear a challenge to assault weapons bans in a case from Maryland
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