Maryland lawmakers have opened a special session to consider a first step in a partisan redistricting initiative that could help Democrats pick up an additional U.S. House seat by 2028.
Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland says he's concerned that President Trump might use federal power to influence the fall elections.
Over 100 women's college basketball players have formed the United College Athletes Association, a union for college athletes.
President Donald Trump is leaving behind the gold-accented White House on Friday for a Cabinet meeting at rustic Camp David in Maryland’s mountains.
U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer and Jerrold Nadler are retiring in January, but they are passing the torch to former aides who won the Democratic primaries to replace them.
A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit against Maryland that sought access to the state’s detailed voter records.
Maryland Democrat Adrian Boafo has advanced to November’s general election in the race to succeed his retiring former boss, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the state will exercise its right of first refusal to match Churchill Downs Incorporated's $85 million offer for intellectual property of the Preakness Stakes and Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a focal point in the debate over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River.
A proposal for a new Maryland congressional map has officially died with the conclusion of the state's legislative session.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia entered the news in March 2025 after he was deported to El Salvador despite a court ruling that should have prevented it.
A professional cornhole player who is also a quadruple amputee has waived his right to an extradition hearing in a fatal shooting case.
The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River has returned to operation after the completion of emergency repairs.
President Donald Trump has approved emergency assistance to Washington, D.C., to help the city address a sewage system leak that dumped at least 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pushing back on President Donald Trump while trying to rally Democrats in his state around a mid-decade redistricting fight.
New laws in some Democratic-led states are forcing local sheriffs to stop cooperating with President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement efforts.
President Donald Trump is lashing out at Maryland Gov. Wes Moore over what he says is as a lagging response to a January pipe rupture that sent sewage flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington.
A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal.
Authorities say one man is dead and another injured after a shooting at a food court at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in the Maryland suburbs of Washington.
Maryland officials have announced a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for blocking the construction of a new FBI headquarters in the state just outside the nation's capital.
Kevin Willard takes on the challenge of leading Villanova's basketball team after Kyle Neptune's departure.
The Trump administration is pushing again to deport a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
The College Sports Commission has launched a tip line for anonymously reporting potential violations of new rules on player payments for name, image, and likeness.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat who has been mentioned as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, has officially announced his reelection campaign for governor.
The U.S. Capitol Police have led a massive training exercise in Maryland to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies.
The FBI seized phones, computer equipment and typed documents from the home of John Bolton as part of an investigation into whether President Donald Trump's first-term national security adviser mishandled government secrets.
The White House says a judge's decision to throw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against all federal judges in Maryland is a direct assault on the president’s ability to enforce immigration laws.
A jail release order from a Tennessee court requires Kilmar Abrego Garcia to travel directly to Maryland, where he'll be in home detention with his brother as his custodian.
President Donald Trump's administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions against capital punishment.
A federal appeals court has ruled that part of a first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising in Maryland aimed at Big Tech is unconstitutional.
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, issuing the fourth court decision blocking the president’ birthright citizenship order nationwide since a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June.
A Maryland man has been arrested on charges that he made threatening calls to the Georgia offices of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
A federal judge in Maryland may soon become the second to block President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship from taking effect nationwide.
Three members of a violent cultlike group will be tried together on charges of trespassing and illegal gun and drug possession in rural western Maryland.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The Justice Department says it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him to a country that is not his native El Salvador.
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland over an order blocking the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals, ratcheting up a fight with the federal judiciary over President Donald Trump’s executive powers.
Rising temperatures are not just uncomfortable; for many families, they are hitting their health and their wallets hard. That’s why it’s important for us all to look at what we can do, and what our communities can do to tackle these problems head-on.
The health of the Chesapeake Bay has declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary.
Democratic Gov. Wes Moore has been saying for months that he doesn't plan to run for president in 2028.
Vice President JD Vance will address the US Naval Academy’s graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has signed a bill into law to make Maryland the first state to use money collected from a surcharge on insurance plans sold under the Affordable Care Act to pay for an abortion grant program.
Supporters of a measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery in Maryland have rallied next to the Capitol and the governor’s residence to urge Gov. Wes Moore to sign the legislation.
The Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a household name as the Trump administration wages an intense legal battle to keep him locked up in an El Salvador prison despite his mistaken deportation.
Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.
For Democrats, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is about fundamental American ideals, including due process, following court orders and preventing government overreach.
A federal judge says she will order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Lawyers for the Trump administration say they are unable to provide information on the location and status of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The Department of Justice placed one of its top immigration lawyers on leave after that lawyer questioned, in court, the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador.
A federal judge says the U_S_ government’s decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless.”.
Maryland lawmakers have passed a measure to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions.
The Trump administration is asking an appeals court to suspend a judge's order for the government to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison.
Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week.
U.S. officials say the U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office to review and get rid of books that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
Dawn Staley has seen a lot of growth in South Carolina star guard MiLaysia Fulwiley over the last few months.
MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 23 points, including a go-ahead layup with 2:22 left, and Chloe Kitts added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 seed South Carolina beat fourth-seeded Maryland 71-67 in the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament.
Derik Queen banked in a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, and Maryland advanced to the Sweet 16 in a thriller, beating Colorado State 72-71 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Arlando “Tray” Jones is among thousands of people seeking accountability under a new state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse claims.
Maryland officials have unveiled their designs for replacing Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge almost a year after it collapsed under the weight of a cargo ship that lost power and veered off course.
Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies in a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers.
Tre Holloman made a buzzer-beater from beyond midcourt to give No. 8 Michigan State a 58-55 win over No. 16 Maryland in a sensational finish.
A Baltimore judge is weighing whether to reduce Adnan Syed's murder sentence to time served, allowing him to remain free even though murder conviction still stands.
Argentina’s President Javier Milei is urging conservatives to keep supporting measures to shrink the size of government.
The leader of a cultlike group known as the Zizians that is linked to six killings has been ordered held without bail, as were two others.
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.
Baltimore is suing Glock over design features that allow its handguns to be easily modified to become fully automatic weapons.
A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.
Maryland officials have unveiled their designs for replacing Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge almost a year after it collapsed under the weight of a cargo ship that lost power and veered off course.
Auburn and Duke remain 1-2 atop The Associated Press Topo 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week.
Lauren Betts scored a career-high 33 points, Kiki Rice added 19, and No. 1 UCLA defeated No. 8 Maryland 82-67.
Maryland is going into a key stretch of its conference season with games against No. 12 Ohio State and top-ranked UCLA this week.
Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 27 points and Maryland topped No. 22 UCLA 79-61 after Bruins coach Mick Cronin was ejected with 5:11 remaining.
President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that transfers the land that includes the old RFK Stadium from the federal government to city control.
Johnny Zuagar says he tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents.
The Washington Commanders are another step closer to the possibility of returning to the franchise’s old home in the nation’s capital.
Beau Pribula is not sticking around for Penn State’s matchup with SMU in the College Football Playoff.
Police have arrested a suspect in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s customer and an employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon, mask and writings linking him to the ambush.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris have met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as efforts push forward to secure access to the RFK Stadium site in the District of Columbia.
Drew Allar threw for a touchdown and ran for another score as No. 4 Penn State beat Maryland 44-7 and advanced to its first Big Ten championship game since 2016.
Former Jaguars running back Fred Taylor is a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the sixth time, stating his case once again for enshrinement.
