National politics

The Justice Department on Friday began releasing its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most influential people.

A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit, officials said.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors.

Reclassification would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated.

The U.S. Naval Academy Athletic Association proposed a golf course at Greenbury Point in 2022.

President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.

A prime-time slot on a major network gives the governor the opportunity to introduce himself to a broad national audience — especially as he has eyes on his 2026 reelection campaign and a future beyond that.

U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, according to data that was delayed, and likely distorted, by the government shutdown.

The official response to the first lawsuit filed by one of the victims’ families said that the government is liable in the crash partly because the air traffic controller violated procedures.

But contrary to the messaging from the president and his team, most of those arrested this year had no criminal history, according to a Banner analysis of newly released federal data.

The U.S. Capitol will display a statue sculpted by Steven Weitzman of Maryland that shows Barbara Rose Johns protesting at her segregated Virginia high school.

The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.

Here’s a timeline of what we know about Kilmar Ábrego García and key events in his legal battle with the Trump administration.

Tariffs have hit holiday retailers hard. But a longstanding Cockeysville business kept the economic climate from ruining Christmas.

Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead Sunday at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a person of interest in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded.

Officers were hunting through buildings on the Ivy League campus more than two hours after the shooting erupted on the second day of final exams.

“This is an ISIS attack,” the American president told reporters at the White House before departing for the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore.

Kilmar Ábrego García appeared at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Friday morning, less than a day after his release.

COLUMN | President Donald Trump will attend the Army-Navy game on Saturday in Baltimore. There will be protests outside, but probably none within M&T Bank Stadium. Maybe there should be.