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    Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants asylum. The US wants to deport him. What to know.
    The Trump administration wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the African nation of Eswatini. Abrego Garcia wants to apply for asylum to stay in the U.S. Either path could begin with a long journey through the legal system.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into ICE custody in Baltimore in August.
    Dear Gov. Moore, what’s wrong with vacationing in Ocean City? (and other nonsense questions)
    Columnist Rick Hutzell has a few questions for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore after he was photographed sunbathing topless with his wife on George's Clooney's boat?
    NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 06: Governor of Maryland Wes Moore speaks onstage during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola - Day 3 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
    Republicans are eager for President Trump to expand his use of the military on US soil
    President Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals.
    Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the National Mall on Wednesday, August 28, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
    Thousands of immigrants uprooted as US expels them to nations they’ve never known
    The Trump administration has said its strategy for third-country deportation is meant to be an inconvenience.
    Missing in Trump’s trade war is the tariff Maryland’s seafood industry wants most
    American crabmeat has largely been replaced by cheap substitutes from Venezuela and elsewhere in crab cakes, soups and dips. Maryland’s seafood industry wonders why the tariff-happy Trump administration won’t impose steeper levies on it.
    Crab pickers process Blue Crabs at J.M. Clayton Seafood Company on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Cambridge.
    White House’s review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide
    Trump is moving to bring the Smithsonian into alignment with his vision of American history.
    Trump is moving to bring the Smithsonian into alignment with his vision of American history.
    In one DC neighborhood after federal intervention, the notion of more authority is a mixed bag
    The crime that President Trump has mobilized federal law enforcement to address is something Anacostia residents would like to see more resources dedicated to. But it’s complicated.
    Members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol with the Lincoln Monument in the background.
    Thousands protest for a ‘Free DC’ on the 4th week of federal control in Washington
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched across Washington, D.C., on Saturday in one of the largest demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital.
    WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 6: Demonstrators march from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza during the "We Are All DC: A National March" on September 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
    Moore, Scott walk Park Heights in a message to Trump
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott tour the city in a community walk, pushing back on President Trump's narrative of Charm City.
    Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott lead a community walk with elected officials and law enforcement in Northwest Baltimore on Friday.
    Congress is expected to allow Trump’s takeover of DC police to expire
    Congress is expected to allow President Donald Trump’s temporary takeover of Washington’s police department to expire next week as the 30-day limit comes to an end and Mayor Muriel Bowser pledges to maintain close coordination with federal law enforcement.
    Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol a Metro station on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in August.
    Trump administration says Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ineligible for asylum
    The Trump administration is fighting Kilmar Abrego Garcia‘s bid to apply for asylum in the United States.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia is comforted by CASA member Lydia Walther-Rodriguez during a press conference outside the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore last month.
    The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard
    The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”
    The District of Columbia sued to stop President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard.
    Scott warns Baltimore not to give Trump what he wants
    Questions about how the city and state would respond to federal intervention come a day after Trump said he was sending troops to Chicago and suggested he would do the same in Baltimore.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott at a news conference in February. On Wednesday, he urged residents to stand up for the city.
    Trump hints at sending troops to Baltimore; White House won’t clarify
    President Donald Trump was declarative on his plans for Chicago but ambiguous when it came to Baltimore.
    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’s use of National Guard during Los Angeles protests is illegal, judge rules
    The decision comes as Trump has discussed National Guard deployments in Democratic-led cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York.
    A protester taunts a line of California National Guard protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025.
    What Washington D.C.’s occupation can teach Baltimore
    With President Donald Trump threatening to send the military to Baltimore, the situation in Washington is instructive to how things may unfold here.
    Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday.
    1.2M immigrants gone from US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
    More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July. That's according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
    FILE - Migrant farmworkers pick a vegetable crop on an early morning in Fresno, Calif., on July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
    Baltimore records 7 homicides in August, fewest for month in a half-century
    Baltimore is now in its third consecutive year of steep declines in homicides and nonfatal shootings.
    Baltimore Police on scene of a police-involved shooting on the 2700 block of Mosher Street on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
    At rally interrupted by federal officials, union leaders and others push for worker protections
    The rally in Woodlawn was the third and final stop of the day for the union groups, which were traveling around the region to highlight three themes.
    Courtney Jenkins, president of the Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, leads a bus tour through the Greater Baltimore area to visit workplaces to highlight "freedom, fairness and security."
    Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
    As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms.
    The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
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