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    WARREN, MICHIGAN - APRIL 29: President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025 at Warren, Michigan. Trump held the rally to highlight his accomplishments during his first 100 days in office, including closing the border, job creation and the economy.
    Trump says he could return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US, but won’t
    In an interview with ABC News, the president said he “could” bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. from El Salvador, but won’t.
    Supporters of charter schools rally outside of the Supreme Court.
    Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school
    Roberts was the only justice whose vote seemed in doubt after the court heard more than two hours of arguments Wednesday.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined other Democratic attorneys general in several lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions.
    Lawsuit tracker: How Maryland, Baltimore are suing the Trump administration
    Maryland and Baltimore are suing the Trump administration. Here's where things stand.
    An aerial view of shipping containers stacked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California.
    U.S. economy shrinks 0.3% in first quarter as Trump trade wars disrupt business
    The January-March drop in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — reversed a 2.4% gain in the last three months of 2024.
    Carey Wright, the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, said that no other state has heard from the federal education department about getting reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Education.
    Feds silent as Maryland pleads for $232 million in missing school money
    Maryland is just one of the states that have submitted or resubmitted bills to the U.S. Department of Education.
    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 argues Trump has the ability to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia
    In a letter to the White House, the senator detailed conversation with the Salvadoran vice president.
    Trump’s first 100 days in office: How Maryland has been affected
    Here’s a look at some of the ways President Donald Trump’s moves have impacted Maryland during his first 100 days.
    The Washington Monument is seen on the mall in Washington would be in Maryland if retrocession were ever to happen.
    Is Maryland the answer to DC’s MAGA woes? Jamie Raskin says maybe.
    When Rep. Jamie Raskin said D.C. should become part of Maryland again, I had to ask. That’ll never happen, right? Then I learned about retrocession.
    A yellow flag marks a field contaminated with dioxin near Danang airport in Vietnam.
    The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues
    Millions of Vietnamese are born with severe developmental challenges linked to Agent Orange.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined 18 other states challenging the U.S. education department’s threats to withhold school funding.
    Maryland lawsuit challenges federal threats to withhold education funding
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined attorneys general from 18 other states to sue the Trump administration.
    The University of Maryland is among nine Big Ten colleges whose faculty senates voted to join an alliance called a mutual defense compact.
    University of Maryland faculty vote to join Big Ten alliance against Trump
    University of Maryland faculty voted to join nine major universities that want to band together in a NATO-like agreement.
    FBI director Kash Patel.
    FBI director says a judge accused of helping someone evade immigration agents has been arrested
    Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents."
    Carey M. Wright, Maryland state superintendent of schools, and Josh Michael, the state school board president, released a joint statement Thursday on diversity programming in schools.
    Maryland schools won’t end diversity programs, despite Trump demands
    Thursday's statement was carefully worded and didn’t contain the strong language coming from some states that openly defied the Trump administration.
    A protest outside the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn earlier this month, as many express concerns about deep cuts to the federal workforce.
    Social Security could lose some 7,000 employees under Trump’s worker reclassification
    The Social Security Administration could lose thousands of employees under President Donald Trump's revived reclassification policy.
    This week, a Maryland U.S. District judge ruled that the Trump administration deported a Venezuelan man in violation of a court-approved settlement agreement reached following a lawsuit last year.
    Second man deported to El Salvador last month in violation of Maryland court order
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not the only Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador last month, according to court records.
    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.
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