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Aerial view of the United States military headquarters, the Pentagon, September 28, 2008. (REUTERS file photo/Jason Reed)
May 1, 2026

Pentagon reaches agreements with top AI companies, but not Anthropic

The Pentagon reached agreements with seven AI companies for classified network use, excluding Anthropic due to supply-chain risk concerns and ongoing disputes.

A drone view shows acres of corn fields filling the landscape near Springdale, Iowa, on Aug. 20, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
May 1, 2026

House passes farm bill after scrapping pesticide language opposed by MAHA

The U.S. House passed its version of a five-year farm bill after stripping a provision that would have blocked some lawsuits against pesticide makers.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers walk through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on March 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)
Apr 30, 2026

Trump signs bill to fund DHS after lengthy shutdown over ICE operations

The U.S. House passed bipartisan legislation to fund Department of Homeland Security agencies including the Secret Service and TSA.

Comptroller Brooke Lierman, left, and Health Secretary Meena Seshamani talk through some of the challenges facing Maryland's healthcare industry. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters)
Apr 30, 2026

MD comptroller report reveals steep challenges facing healthcare industry

Healthcare and social assistance is the largest industry and leading job creator in Maryland, but there are strains on the industry, a new report says.

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Apr 30, 2026

Property tax payment plan program launches in Baltimore

As part of Baltimore's Residential Property Tax Payment Plan Program, many residential property owners may have a flexible alternative to catch up on past-due real property taxes through monthly payments.

Take a trip to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and you will come face to face with a life-size replica of a megalodon. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Apr 30, 2026

MD makes massive, prehistoric creature its official state shark

Maryland has become the first state to designate the massive, prehistoric megalodon as its official state shark.

President Donald Trump gives a speech during the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn on day two of the state visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on April 28, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS)
Apr 30, 2026

Trump to sign order to expand access to retirement plans

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order aimed at expanding access to retirement plans for workers without employer access through a new website.

Rockville city leaders joined county officials and local Habitat for Humanity leadership for the Fleet Street duplex groundbreaking in Rockville. (Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland)
Apr 30, 2026

Fleet Street duplex groundbreaking held in Rockville

Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland held a groundbreaking ceremony for a duplex residential unit in Rockville. 

Two years after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, the Weeks 533 crane drives a pile beneath the Patapsco River on the site of a new bridge. (Dan Belson/The Daily Record)
Apr 29, 2026

Key Bridge contractor loss: Republicans slam Moore; Democrats call for transparency

Democrats and Republicans react to the announcement that Maryland was dissolving its contract with a firm slated to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Maryland State Police cruiser (USA Today Network)
Apr 29, 2026

2nd highway worker killed on job in MD within days

A worker was killed while working on a maintenance project on Route 13 in Somerset County, the state's second such on-the-job death within days.

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2026. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)
Apr 29, 2026

Fed chief nominee Warsh clears key confirmation hurdle in Senate

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate.

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Apr 28, 2026

Gov. Wes Moore signs voting rights, immigration, foster care bills

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed dozens of bills that are poised to provide increased safeguards for voters, foster children, immigrants and consumers.

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