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    Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
    Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen stepped up to Trump — and into the national spotlight
    The Trump administration has so far denied a unanimous U.S Supreme Court order to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, and the president has called Chris Van Hollen a “fake” and a “grandstander” for confronting his administration’s sweeping deportation efforts with a congressional fact-finding mission.
    President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office.
    Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ cities that limit immigration cooperation
    A U.S. District judge issued an injunction that prohibits the Trump administration from withholding federal funding.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: Former Special Counsel Robert Hur returns from a short break to resume his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hur investigated U.S. President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and published a final report with contentious conclusions about Biden’s memory.
    How a former Maryland U.S. attorney became key in Harvard’s legal battle
    Robert Hur is one of the two lawyers defending Harvard University against the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts.
    New Mitsubishis are parked at the Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal on Tuesday.
    Port of Baltimore becomes car purgatory amid Trump’s tariff turmoil
    To avoid President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported cars, some manufacturers are stockpiling inventory at ports.
    Education Secretary Linda McMahon had directed school districts to sign a letter certifying they were in compliance with the Trump administration's interpretation of civil rights law.
    Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s push to end DEI in K-12 public schools
    The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.
    Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., April 4, 2025
    Judge temporarily halts order seeking details on efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US
    A federal judge has temporarily halted her order directing the government to explain what it’s done to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S.
    Cadeem Franklin holds his chicken while sitting inside of his Tesla outside of his home in Baltimore, Friday, April 11, 2025.
    From thumbs up to middle fingers, Tesla owners are along for Musk’s political ride
    To sell or not to sell? That is the question for Tesla owners who oppose CEO Elon Musk’s unprecedented role in the federal government but still love the company's electric vehicles.
    A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured, Tuesday, April, 15, 2025, in Washington.
    Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents opposed to LGBTQ books in schools
    The Supreme Court seemed likely to find that the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Key events in saga of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Here’s a timeline of what we know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and what has happened since he was deported.
    A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case
    Maryland’s largest school district heads to the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know.
    Some Montgomery County families want the right to opt kids out of reading inclusive storybooks.
    Ryan Holiday gives a talk at the U.S. Naval Academy in 2023.
    He refused to censor his lecture. Then the Naval Academy canceled it.
    Ryan Holiday, an author and podcaster, had planned to mention book bans — including the Naval Academy's own — during an ethics lecture.
    Rep. Maxwell Frost speaks during the Hands Off! day of action against the Trump administration and Elon Musk.
    More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s behalf
    Four House Democratic lawmakers have traveled to El Salvador to call attention to Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s plight.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Hegseth, an Army veteran and the former host of “FOX & Friends Weekend” on FOX News will be the first of the incoming Trump administration’s nominees to face questions from Senators. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
    Hegseth had a second Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike, New York Times reports
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s Houthi militants to those sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders.
    U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, in a portrait in Baltimore on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
    Van Hollen says US faces constitutional crisis as Trump defies courts
    The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Trump administration must facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return.
    From left, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rep. Andy Harris.
    What makes a Maryland man? Chris Van Hollen and Andy Harris disagree
    The definition of a Maryland man is at the center of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s fate — and maybe the republic itself.
    Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference upon his arrival from meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Van Hollen says improperly deported man ‘traumatized’ by time in dangerous prison
    Sen. Van Hollen is the first person Kilmar Abrego Garcia has spoken to see being unlawfully deported and imprisoned in El Salvador. He told the senator he wants to talk to his wife.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa of the Kanagawa Prefecture a signed Tomoyuki Sugano Baltimore Orioles jersey. A pitcher for the Os, Sugano is from the Kanagawa Prefecture and is a three-time MVP in Japan.
    Moore’s Asia trip helped by baseball talk and a slight football gaffe
    Sports were frequent cultural touchstones on Gov. Wes Moore's trip to Japan and South Korea.
    President Donald Trump listens during a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Washington.
    Trump calls Kilmar Abrego Garcia ‘unbelievably bad’
    Earlier this month, hundreds of people showed up at the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn to protest Elon Musk and DOGE.
    Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data
    U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction Thursday in the case, which was brought by a group of labor unions and retirees.
    In a photo posted to his official X account on Thursday, April 17, 2025, Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a trip to El Salvador this week.
    Sen. Van Hollen meets Maryland man held in El Salvador prison after wrongful deportation
    Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
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