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    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.
    Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley addresses a crowd of protesters outside at the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn on Saturday.
    O’Malley fires up ‘Hands Off!’ protesters: ‘Never gonna give up in this fight for Social Security!’
    Hundreds of thousands of people attended more than 1,000 “Hands Off!”-related protests nationwide focused on President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The hearing to examine worldwide threats comes a day after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief for The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently included on a high level Trump administration Signal group chat on bombing plans in Yemen on Houthi targets.
    Top Democrats protest after reported firing of National Security Agency director
    Top congressional Democrats are protesting the reported firing of Gen. Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency, with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe.”
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Joined by children seated at school desks, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the signed executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The order instructs Education Secretary Linda McMahon, former head of the Small Business Administration and co-founder of the World Wrestling Entertainment, to shrink the $100 billion department, which cannot be dissolved without Congressional approval.
    Maryland joins other Democratic states suing Trump over elections order
    “The President has no power to do any of this,” the state attorneys general wrote in court documents.
    Under Armour will begin moving into its new 280,000-square-foot global headquarters building in the Baltimore Peninsula next week.
    Trump tariffs pummel Baltimore-based Under Armour
    Baltimore-based sports apparel company Under Armour saw its shares decline by more than 18%, to $5.36, as markets closed Thursday.
    TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump 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.
    Judge to hold hearing for Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
    A judge will hear arguments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran resident who the government said was deported after an “administrative error.”
    Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand in line to enter the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building on April 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Layoffs began earlier this week at the Health and Human Service Administration offices after it was announced last week that the Trump Administration plans to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS.
    Nearly 3,000 jobs cut in Maryland after federal health agencies scale back
    Mass layoffs at federal health agencies began this week, producing anxiety about workers, public health and economy.
    The floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 was down 3.3% in early trading, worse than the drops for other major stock markets.
    Dow drops nearly 1,680 in biggest wipeout since 2020 as fears of fallout from tariffs shake markets
    The S&P 500 was down 3.3% in early trading, worse than the drops for other major stock markets.
    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Trump’s vast new tariffs: What they mean for prices and global trade
    After weeks of anticipation and speculation, President Donald Trump followed through on his reciprocal tariff threats by declaring a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States.
    Ardena Githara of Rosedale was put on administrative leave from her federal job earlier this year.
    Federal jobs helped build Baltimore’s Black middle class. What happens now?
    In Baltimore and Baltimore County, Black full-time federal workers earn a median income about $30,000 higher than other Black workers.
    Views of the U.S. Social Security Administration Headquarters in Woodlawn.
    She spent her final months trying to prove she was alive. Now her family is suing Social Security.
    Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.
    People stand outside and hold signs protesting federal layoffs. One sign says "Justice for NOAA workers" and "Science not Silence." Another says "Save NOAA. Stop DOGE."
    Maryland judge extends order requiring fired federal workers be rehired in 19 states
    The order requires the 18 agencies originally named in the lawsuit to follow the law in conducting any future reductions in force.
    The U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library.
    Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth’s office
    Academy officials were told to review the library late last week.
    An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
    Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
    Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
    In this image provided by Senate Television, Sen, Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks on the Senate floor, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)
    Sen. Cory Booker sets record with 25-hour marathon speech railing against Trump’s agenda
    New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's marathon speech is meant to show Democrats object to President Donald Trump's sweeping actions.
    TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump 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.
    ‘Devastated and confused’: Wife of Maryland man mistakenly deported decries her family’s fate
    The Trump administration now says the federal courts in the U.S. lack the power to have the man returned.
    Cars, like those pictured for sale in the lot of Antwerpen Nissan of Owings Mills, will cost more as tariffs get absorbed by consumers.
    The time to buy a car was yesterday. Thank Trump’s tariffs for that.
    President Trump is imposing a 25% tariff on all imported cars. The auto industry's complex supply chain means even American automakers will be impacted.
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