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    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.
    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.”
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