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The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard
The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”
The District of Columbia sued to stop President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard.
Scott warns Baltimore not to give Trump what he wants
Questions about how the city and state would respond to federal intervention come a day after Trump said he was sending troops to Chicago and suggested he would do the same in Baltimore.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott at a news conference in February. On Wednesday, he urged residents to stand up for the city.
Parts of Baltimore’s Superblock damaged in five-alarm Downtown fire
Segments of the historic Superblock caught fire during Tuesday afternoon’s five-alarm blaze.
Damaged buildings are seen along Fayette Street at Howard Street the day after a five-alarm fire tore through several buildings in the block.
Gov. Moore’s sprawling executive order aims to boost Maryland housing stock
It’s unclear how many more units the governor’s executive order would induce, and to what extent it fills Maryland’s housing gap.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, left, and state Housing Secretary Jake Day take questions from reporters following an event at the Legacy at Twin Rivers community in Columbia on Wednesday.
Many seasoned inspectors general are out of the job. Will Howard County hire one of them?
Howard County received 58 applications for its first-ever Inspector General, an independent position that residents voted overwhelmingly to create last fall.
Board member Steven Quisenberry, on screen, virtually attends a meeting of the Howard County Inspector General Advisory Board, chaired by David Salem, center left, in Ellicott City on Thursday.
Baltimore County Council moves at its own pace: V-E-R-Y slowly
Pack a lunch and bring a pillow. Baltimore County Council meetings have been lasting more than six hours, which some say may not be good for democracy.
Baltimore County Seventh District Councilman Todd Crandell, left, at a Baltimore County Council work session at the Old Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson on July 29, 2025.
Trump hints at sending troops to Baltimore; White House won’t clarify
President Donald Trump was declarative on his plans for Chicago but ambiguous when it came to Baltimore.
President Donald Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen.
Gov. Moore spent Labor Day at George Clooney’s home in Italy
The Daily Mail tabloid published pictures Monday night of a shirtless Gov. Wes Moore and his wife, Dawn Moore, on a boat. The tabloid reported that the Moores were staying at a home on Lake Como owned by actor George Clooney.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Blue Palmetto Dinner in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, May 30, 2025.
Trump’s use of National Guard during Los Angeles protests is illegal, judge rules
The decision comes as Trump has discussed National Guard deployments in Democratic-led cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York.
A protester taunts a line of California National Guard protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025.
What Washington D.C.’s occupation can teach Baltimore
With President Donald Trump threatening to send the military to Baltimore, the situation in Washington is instructive to how things may unfold here.
Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday.
1.2M immigrants gone from US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July. That's according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.
FILE - Migrant farmworkers pick a vegetable crop on an early morning in Fresno, Calif., on July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
This judge will resolve ‘who’s your daddy?’ Her pay raise might be unconstitutional.
Orphans' Court judges convinced the Baltimore County executive and council to give them $30,000 raises. It may have violated the Maryland Constitution.
The Baltimore County Orphans Court conducts its hearings in a series of small courtrooms on the fifth floor of the county courthouse in Towson.
Baltimore records 7 homicides in August, fewest for month in a half-century
Baltimore is now in its third consecutive year of steep declines in homicides and nonfatal shootings.
Baltimore Police on scene of a police-involved shooting on the 2700 block of Mosher Street on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
Trump plans a hefty tax on imported drugs, risking higher prices and shortages
Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he’s largely spared in his trade war.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington.
Maryland may open more state trails to e-bikes. Here’s what to know.
Officials with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources are considering allowing e-bikes on more state bike trails, a move they say could increase accessibility to public parks.
Class 1 e-bikes are already permitted on the Western Maryland Rail Trail.
At rally interrupted by federal officials, union leaders and others push for worker protections
The rally in Woodlawn was the third and final stop of the day for the union groups, which were traveling around the region to highlight three themes.
Courtney Jenkins, president of the Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, leads a bus tour through the Greater Baltimore area to visit workplaces to highlight "freedom, fairness and security."
Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess
As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms.
The most urgent task for Congress will be to avoid a government shutdown on Sept. 30, when federal funding runs out.
When a journalist dies in Gaza, does it change how we think about this horrific war?
When a colleague urged me to write about the death of Anas Al-Sharif, a correspondent covering the war in Gaza for Al Jazeera Arabic, he hoped I would be outraged. I didn’t. Because, frankly, I don’t know how I feel. So I asked someone who was there.
Freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working with the Associated Press and other outlets during the Gaza war, poses for a portrait in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2024. Dagga was one of several journalists killed along with other people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.
Moore’s war of words with Trump is good politics, experts say
President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore have gone toe-to-toe in recent weeks. Is there a downside to Moore’s tougher tone?
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 06: Governor of Maryland Wes Moore speaks onstage during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola - Day 3 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Powerball mania hits Maryland as jackpot soars to $1 billion
As Powerball ticket sales climbed this week, game officials raised the estimated Saturday night jackpot to $1 billion from $950 million, before taxes.
At the Triple Fam Mart in Mount Vernon, the owners sold Powerball tickets to a steady flow of customers all week as the jackpot continued to grow. On Saturday, August 30, 2025, the jackpot hit $1 billion.
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