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    President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter after signing a series of executive orders at the White House on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    What to watch when Trump gives his big speech to Congress
    President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday isn’t technically considered a State of the Union address — that comes next year, after he’s been on the job for longer — but there’s no distinguishable difference for anyone watching at home.
    Andy Harris is holding an art contest. Oh, how I wish I could enter.
    How could any teenager worth the title resist the chance to submit an entry tweaking the congressman for his tone-deaf dismissal of concerns held by many constituents and fellow Marylanders?
    Protesters gather along the 9400 block of Reisterstown Rd, near the Tesla dealership in Owings Mills, to protest Elon Musk on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
    Hundreds protest Elon Musk, Donald Trump outside Tesla dealership in Owings Mills
    Nearly 300 protesters gathered outside the Tesla dealership in Owings Mills on Saturday, waving homemade signs as drivers slowly passed by beeping their horns in a show of support.
    Timur Karimkulov, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Russia.
    White immigrants express few worries despite Trump crackdown
    While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.
    Zeke Cohen, Baltimore City Council President, speaks during a press conference addressing rising BGE costs and legislation aimed at lower heating costs and improving public safety held outside of Baltimore City Hall on February 4, 2025 in Baltimore, MD.
    Maryland’s federal lawmakers want an end to BGE’s rate hikes
    Three of Maryland's congressional representatives join the chorus of voices calling for an end to Baltimore Gas and Electric rate hikes.
    U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
    Zelenskyy leaves White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office blow up
    President Donald Trump has cut short talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy over a deal for U.S. access to that country’s rare earth minerals after shouting at him in the Oval Office.
    Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
    Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful
    U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including at the Department of Defense.
    People gather for a federal workers career fair in Howard County on Feb. 26, 2025.
    Maryland’s displaced federal workers pack job fair as Trump, Musk slash government
    Hundreds of federal workers packed a job fair in Howard County Tuesday night to rehearse in mock interviews, pose for professional headshots and adapt their often lengthy resumes for the private sector.
    April Amaya-Luis, left, and her husband Tyler Schelts.
    Undocumented trans woman from Maryland granted bond in Miami after ICE arrest
    The White House posted a picture of her on its X account in February as an example of alleged crimes committed by immigrants.
    ‘What fresh hell awaits me today?’ Federal workers share their stories.
    Maryland is home to about 327,000 federal workers. They share their stories of stress and uncertainty as they watch colleagues fired and contend with the Trump administration's demands to document their productivity.
    Angel St. Jean, founder and CEO of Equity Brain Trust, in front of her inspiration wall in her Baltimore office.
    Local DEI consultants struggle and pivot under Trump
    The Trump administration’s targeting of DEI initiatives has resulted in consultants losing clients and needing to pivot.
    Global Refuge’s President & CEO, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah speaks during Global Refuge’s 10th annual Hope for the Holidays campaign in Baltimore, Md., on Friday, December 6, 2024.
    Baltimore-based Global Refuge lays off more than half its staff after Trump directives
    Global Refuge, the nonprofit organization formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), laid off hundreds of employees nationwide this week.
    Farm manager Sophia Fast cuts spinach at One Acre Farm in Dickerson.
    Trump funding freeze shakes Maryland farmers’ trust in government
    Farmers don’t know if promised USDA funding will materialize for projects ranging from solar panels to windbreaks to online marketing.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in his office in January. Moore attended the National Governors Association meeting in Washington, D.C., last week, witnessing President Donald Trump’s clash with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes in sports.
    Wes Moore saw Trump up close — and now the governor sounds totally different
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he’s willing to work with anyone, but he seems less optimistic that it will be with President Donald Trump.
    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing Interior Secretary Doug Burghum's commission in the Oval Office on January 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke to reporters about tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico and how Burghum will coordinate with the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Judge does not restore AP’s White House access but urges reconsideration
    The judge urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban, saying that case law “is uniformly unhelpful to the White House.”
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 17: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Noem is expected to face questions about the incoming Trump administration's plans to crack down on illegal immigration. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
    Maryland group fights against DHS for Venezuelan migrants in new lawsuit
    The decision stands to affect approximately 600,000 Venezuelan migrants and their families living in the United States.
    A man with dark close cropped hair and a goatee wearing a dark suit jacket and a T-shirt sits in a cream-colored chair talking at a conference.
    Pro-Trump pundit Dan Bongino picked as FBI deputy director
    Dan Bongino has never served in the FBI, raising questions about his experience level.
    Elon Musk, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, and his son X Musk, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Federal workers sue over Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments
    Lawmakers in both parties said that Elon Musk’s mandate may be illegal, while unions are threatening to sue.
    The George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore, where the ICE field office is located.
    How ICE operates in Maryland and what changes could be coming
    Increasing reports of ICE agents in Maryland have stoked fear, raising questions about what happens to people who are arrested.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: Protestors gather outside of USAID headquarters on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said in a social media post that he and U.S. President Donald Trump will shut down the foreign assistance agency.
    Trump administration firing 2,000 USAID workers, putting thousands of others on leave
    President Donald Trump and his chief cost cutter, Elon Musk, contend the aid and development work is wasteful and furthers a liberal agenda.
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