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    Ksenia Karelina walks with her fiancé, professional boxer Chris van Heerden, as she arrives Thursday, April 10, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Ex-ballerina with Baltimore County ties returns to US after Russia prisoner swap
    Russian-American Ksenia Karelina, who Moscow freed as part of a prisoner swap, arrived back in the United States late Thursday.
    State education officials have said budget implications from the loss of the pandemic recovery funds could be catastrophic.
    Maryland sues over Trump administration’s sudden halt of pandemic relief aid for schools
    The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration's action violates federal law because it reversed a prior decision to allow states to access the money through March 2026.
    The George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore, where the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office is located.
    Foil blankets, no medical staff: Maryland senators call ill-equipped ICE holding rooms ‘appalling’
    Maryland’s U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks decried the “appalling situation” unfolding in the holding rooms at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office in the city’s downtown.
    Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, said she has tried to keep finances on track, including rejecting political pressure to give contracts to groups that don’t provide services the schools need.
    Baltimore City schools’ rainy day fund to cover $48 million in Trump cuts
    Finances are sound enough to handle a significant hit from the federal government without creating a financial crisis, school officials said this week.
    Demonstrators hold signs during a weekly protest in opposition to President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and the DOGE federal workforce cuts on the Gorman Road I-95 overpass in Laurel.
    Federal workers are frustrated. Some feel better shouting from an I-95 overpass at rush hour.
    Frustrated with the Trump administration, some federal workers and family members said they came to the Gorman Road overpass of I-95 looking for catharsis, community and a form of validation.
    Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, and chairman of the  Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said at a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday, April 9, 2025, that he plans to send a letter directly to the president of El Salvador to urge the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly sent to a prison in that country.
    ‘Still fighting for you’: Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia slams Maryland man’s deportation
    On March 15, immigration authorities deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador, which lawmakers described as “heinous” and known for torturing inmates.
    Prospective job seekers speak with recruiters during a Federal Workers Career Fair hosted at Howard Community College in Columbia on Tuesday.
    Condensing resumes and other job hunt tips for former Maryland federal workers
    Career counselors and employers offer advice to Maryland federal workers, some of whom are returning to a crowded job market as Trump's administration dramatically scales back the size of the government.
    Two male stock traders, both holding tablets and wearing glasses, are see on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The one on the right is speaking into a cellphone while the one on the left looks on.
    Stocks surge after Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs but raises taxes on China
    Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days.
    A video captures Westminster woman arrested by ICE agents on her way to work.
    Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
    Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
    Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.
    Hopkins trailblazer scrambles to protect cancer research as Trump cuts hit home
    The world-class pancreatic cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins University had so-called indirect funds slashed by the federal government.
    The University of Maryland College Park. A UMD spokesperson said that the campus was among those nationwide whose students suddenly lost their ability to legally stay in the U.S.
    U.S. revokes visas of some international students at UMD, UMBC
    The campuses joined the Johns Hopkins University and colleges across the country in publicly acknowledging a wave of visa cancellations affecting their students.
    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    Man who brought gun to Justice Kavanaugh’s Maryland home pleads guilty to attempted murder
    A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
    Shoppers walk on a street at a shopping district on April 03, 2025 in Shenzhen, China.
    China vows countermeasures over Trump tariffs as trade war threatens to intensify
    China said the U.S.’s imposition of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” is “completely groundless.”
    Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley addresses hundreds of protesters at a local “Hands Off” protest — one of over 1,000 that took place nationwide — at the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn on Saturday.
    Mayor, governor, Social Security chief and now — shadow minister Martin O’Malley
    Democrats named former Gov. Martin O’Malley among their new alternative to President Donald Trump’s leadership team, calling it the People's Cabinet.
    Commuters wait to board the 5 a.m. MARC train to Washington at the West Baltimore Station.
    Federal workers are cramming the roads and trains to return to the office
    The Baltimore-D.C. commuter, once endangered, is in species-recovery mode.
    TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 16: In this handout photo provided by the Salvadoran government, view of the inmates allegedly linked to criminal organizations, getting off the buses at CECOT on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Trump's administration deported 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha with only 23 being members of the Mara. Nayib Bukele president of El Salvador announced that his government will receive the alleged members of the gang to be taken to CECOT. On February of 2023 El Salvador inaugurated Latin America's largest prison as part of President Nayib Bukele's plan to fight gangs. (Photo by Salvadoran Government via Getty Images)
    Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after review
    In a bitterly divided decision, the court said the administration must give Venezuelans it claims are gang members “reasonable time” to go to court.
    In an aerial view, the flooded Buffalo Trace Distillery is seen on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Frankfort, Ky.
    National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers
    The weather service has “paused” the translations because its contract with Lilt, an artificial intelligence company, has lapsed, NWS spokesman Michael Musher said.
    Laura Bonkosky, right, protests outside of the District Courthouse in Greenbelt, MD on April 4, 2025 for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration.
    Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
    Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's wife Jennifer, supported by CASA, spoke at a press conference and rally to demand his return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.
    Judge again orders Trump administration to return mistakenly deported Maryland man
    A federal judge is for the second time ordering the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
    Two St. John's College students watch Naval Academy midshipmen prepare to take a shot in the Annapolis Cup croquet match Saturday.
    The Naval Academy banned books. Across the street, they treasure them.
    The Annapolis Cup croquet match between the Naval Academy and St. John's College has always been a contrast in style. But never like Saturday.
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