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    Fans fill the Rose Bowl as Chelsea plays Liverpool FC in an International Champions Cup soccer match , July 27, 2016, in Pasadena, Calif.
    Will visa delays and border fears keep fans away from the Club World Cup in the US?
    The United States will see the arrival of 32 professional club teams from around the globe to 11 cities for the tournament.
    The government has accused Kilmar Abrego Garcia of conspiring to bring undocumented immigrants into the United States.
    Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say Trump administration’s actions left ‘stain’ on Constitution
    Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia said the lawsuit over his mistaken deportation has not concluded in a Maryland federal court.
    WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: Rep. Andy Harris (R., Md.) speaks during a news conference on the proposed continuing resolution to extend government funding through March 14, on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Allies of President-elect Trump criticized a massive government funding bill unveiled Tuesday, urging lawmakers to oppose it ahead of a looming deadline and complicating efforts by House GOP leaders, while Trump himself has yet to weigh in.
    Harris leads Maryland’s House members in earmark requests
    Maryland Rep. Andy Harris has asked his fellow appropriators for more than $99 million in earmarks targeting special projects in his district.
    Johns Hopkins University graduating senior Akosa Obianwu says the university’s priorities don’t include DEI.
    Hopkins’ dimming DEI efforts worry students who feel left behind
    Johns Hopkins University is at a complicated crossroads as President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to pull federal funding from institutions with programs that support marginalized groups.
    Community members and supporters wave to Mong “Melissa” Tuyen Thi Tran as she calls in by video from an ICE detention center in Tacoma, Wash., on Wednesday.
    ICE targeted a Maryland mother over a decades-old crime. Her town is fighting back.
    A 43-year-old is fighting deportation to Vietnam, a place she last lived when she was 10.
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks  after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the CDC on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said the federal government’s plan to return thousands of forced-reset triggers will have
severe consequences for the state.
    Maryland leads lawsuit against Trump administration over gun triggers deal
    The suit announced Monday argues that returning the triggers would violate federal law, pose a threat to residents and worsen gun violence.
    Jenna Norton, a researcher at the NIH, in a gray jacket and black shirt.
    NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research
    On Monday, scores of scientists at the agency sent a letter challenging the Trump administration’s cuts in public health research.
    President Donald Trump's new travel ban took effect Monday and does not have an end date.
    Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering US. Here’s what you need to know.
    President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the United States by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is now in effect.
    A person holds up a sign during a news conference and rally by immigrant justice organizations and advocates protesting ICE arrests in San Francisco
    Democratic states double down on laws resisting Trump’s immigration crackdown
    In California alone, more than a dozen pro-immigrant bills passed either the Assembly or Senate this week.
    Wes Moore’s image on the foamy head of a Guinness pint in South Carolina last month was another reminder that he’s on everyone’s lips as a possible candidate for president, no matter how many times he says no.
    Wes Moore insists he’s not running for president in ’28. So why is no one persuaded?
    Why is no one persuaded when Gov. Wes Moore says again and again he isn't running for president? Because not running for president has a track record of success.
    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 returned to US to face charges after improper deportation
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged in the United States with transporting undocumented immigrants into the country, nearly three months after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to his native El Salvador.
    The Howard County Department of Corrections has its detention center on Waterloo Road in Jessup. ICE officials appear to want the Howard County Council to change county law regarding its detainer requests for county inmates.
    Behind the scenes, ICE is meeting with Howard County’s top elected leaders
    Federal immigration authorities are meeting behind closed doors with Howard County’s top elected leaders to discuss a dispute over detaining people in the county jail who are suspected of entering the country illegally.
    President Donald Trump stands before greeting Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz before his arrival at the White House, Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Washington.
    Marylanders react to Trump’s announced travel ban, restrictions
    Hundreds of Maryland college students could be affected by the travel ban on 12 countries and restrictions on seven more.
    FILE - As President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton mark the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps national service program, hundreds of new volunteers are sworn in for duty at a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
    AmeriCorps must restore grant funding, members to states that sued over cuts, judge rules
    AmeriCorps employs more than 500 full-time federal workers and has an operating budget of roughly $1 billion.
    Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, second from left, joins a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md
    Unsealed records in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown
    Abrego Garcia’s attorneys have argued that the Trump administration has done nothing to return the Maryland construction worker.
    A boater heads out toward the Chesapeake Bay at the Susquehanna Flats.
    Trump finally leaves Chesapeake Bay cleanup funds alone — cold comfort to advocates
    Maryland environmentalists had braced for Trump to again take a sledgehammer to the Bay Program.
    : The logo of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seen at the Nation Hurricane Center on August 29, 2019 in Miami, Florida.
    In wake of deep cuts, NOAA says it will hire for ‘mission-critical’ weather service jobs
    NOAA didn’t say how many jobs would be posted and refused to provide more details.
    NEW YORK CITY - JANUARY 28: In this handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York City Fugitive Operations Team, joined by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, conducted targeted enforcement operations resulting in the arrest of an illegal Dominican national on January 28, 2025 in New York City.
    List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from government website following criticism
    Maryland and multiple counties in the state were on the Trump administration's "sanctuary jurisdictions" list last week.
    The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a ban on assault weapons in Maryland.
    Supreme Court declines for now to hear a challenge to assault weapons bans in a case from Maryland
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