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    Moore’s war of words with Trump is good politics, experts say
    President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore have gone toe-to-toe in recent weeks. Is there a downside to Moore’s tougher tone?
    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.
    When a journalist dies in Gaza, does it change how we think about this horrific war?
    When a colleague urged me to write about the death of Anas Al-Sharif, a correspondent covering the war in Gaza for Al Jazeera Arabic, he hoped I would be outraged. I didn’t. Because, frankly, I don’t know how I feel. So I asked someone who was there.
    Freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working with the Associated Press and other outlets during the Gaza war, poses for a portrait in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2024. Dagga was one of several journalists killed along with other people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.
    Powerball mania hits Maryland as jackpot soars to $1 billion
    As Powerball ticket sales climbed this week, game officials raised the estimated Saturday night jackpot to $1 billion from $950 million, before taxes.
    At the Triple Fam Mart in Mount Vernon, the owners sold Powerball tickets to a steady flow of customers all week as the jackpot continued to grow. On Saturday, August 30, 2025, the jackpot hit $1 billion.
    Experts say Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s asylum request is a smart but risky legal move
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s request for asylum in the United States is a prudent legal strategy, experts say, because it gives his lawyers better options for fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia listens to speakers at a rally on his behalf outside the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    What the law says about whether Trump can send troops to Baltimore
    As President Donald Trump normally acts first and lets the courts sort it out later, experts say we’re drifting into uncharted territory.
    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.
    The Trump administration is trying to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia again, this time to Uganda.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    National Guard troops have been on patrol at Union Station after President Donald Trump launched an anti-crime effort earlier this month.
    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.
    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.
    Trump administration plans to revoke permit for Maryland offshore wind farm
    The Trump administration has taken aggressive steps to curtail the offshore wind industry nationally.
    AT SEA - JULY 07: A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 07, 2022 near Block Island, Rhode Island. The first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States is located 3.8 miles from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind and began operations in December, 2016 at a cost of nearly $300 million.
    Having trouble finding a primary care doctor? Medicaid cuts will make it harder.
    Nearly a quarter of Maryland adults report that they do not have a source of primary care.
    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 listens to speakers at a rally on his behalf in downtown Baltimore early Monday.
    Trump calls Baltimore a ‘horrible deathbed,’ insults Moore again
    The recent back-and-forth between President Trump and Gov. Wes Moore could set the stage for more direct intervention from the federal government.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington.
    Donald Trump vs. Wes Moore: Everything the president has said about Baltimore
    In an escalating war of words, President Donald Trump threatened to send the National Guard to Baltimore, revoke funding for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge and questioned Gov. Wes Moore's military awards. The Democratic governor wants Trump to come see Baltimore for himself or “keep our names out of your mouth.”
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.)
    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.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)
    Trump threatens to revoke Key Bridge funds, send troops to Baltimore
    President Donald Trump posted a missive Sunday morning to his Truth Social platform insulting Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, escalating a simmering feud between the two leaders.
    President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s war of words escalated Sunday.
    ICE threatening to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda on Monday
    The Trump administration is continuing its “vindictive and selective prosecution” of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, his defense attorney wrote Saturday in a court filing.
    Kilmar Ábrego García, tercero de derecha a izquierda, sale de la cárcel del condado Putnam, el viernes 22 de agosto de 2025, en Cookeville, Tennessee. (AP Foto/Brett Carlsen)
    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.
    National Guardsmen patrol at the base of the Washington Monument, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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