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    Wind turbines in the ocean.
    Maryland joins states suing Trump administration for blocking development of wind energy
    A coalition of 17 states, including Maryland, plus Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order that Donald Trump signed on his first day in office.
    Patty Morin, center, mother of Rachel Morin, during a press conference outside the circuit court for Harford County in Bel Air last month.
    Rachel Morin’s children file new lawsuit against their grandmother and aunt
    The five children of Rachel Morin, the Bel Air woman slain on a hiking trail in 2023, have again filed a lawsuit against their grandmother and aunt.
    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.
    Trump administration says it’ll pay undocumented immigrants $1,000 to leave the country
    The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.
    Alcatraz Island is pictured on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
    Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz for ‘most ruthless and violent offenders’
    President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.
    Signing the Declaration of Independence.
    Is it un-American to fear your government? Not if you’ve been paying attention.
    Our current American state of affairs and citizens' relationship with the government is a reminder that we’ve always lived in separate countries.
    Federal workers are hunting for new jobs: ‘It’s incredibly saturated’
    Federal workers are finding a depressing and difficult job market as they navigate the Trump administration's policy changes.
    The Baltimore City Department of Public Works distributes water in 2022 after E. coli bacteria was found in local drinking water. Baltimore is one of the cities awarded an environmental justice grant that the EPA plans to terminate. Among the grant's aims: water quality testing.
    EPA funding cuts target disadvantaged communities, analysis shows
    In its bid to resist a court order to unfreeze grants, the Trump administration reveals a laser focus on eliminating environmental justice aid.
    Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's mother and his wife Jennifer, supported by CASA; his attorney Lucia Curiel and members of his union SMART as well as other community partners held a press conference and rally to demand his return back home in Maryland on April 4, 2025.
    Tennessee police release video of Kilmar Abrego Garcia traffic stop in 2022
    The body-camera footage shows a calm and friendly exchange between officers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Abrego Garcia
    White House border czar Tom Homan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
    Trump official suggests arrests of ‘sanctuary’ leaders could happen
    ‘Wait to see what’s coming,’ Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, said Thursday.
    Gov. Wes Moore celebrated Volunteer Maryland’s 30th anniversary during an AmeriCorps service event at the Baltimore Community ToolBank in Baltimore City on March 17, 2023.
    Maryland nonprofits and volunteers ‘devastated’ after AmeriCorps abruptly ends service
    The Trump administration’s dismantling of AmericCorps leaves volunteers without work and Maryland community programs in a lurch.
    President Trump has asked the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease federal funding to NPR and PBS.
    Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.
    Fed says Oklahoma family who moved from Maryland was wrongly targeted during immigration raid
    The agents took their phones, computers, and life savings in cash, the mother in the family said.
    National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a television interview at the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz is out after Signal chat blunder
    Waltz is leaving the administration just weeks after it was revealed he added a journalist to a Signal chat being used to discuss military plans, according to two people familiar with the matter Thursday.
    In a still from a video captured by her daughter, Elsy Noemi Berrios is detained by ICE agents after being forcibly removed from her car while on her way to work in March.
    Bond denied for Maryland mother whom ICE detained after shattering her car window
    The 52-year-old Westminster woman’s arrest by ICE agents while in her car drew national attention.
    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.
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