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President Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable on collegiate sports in the White House in Washington on March 6, 2026. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo)
Apr 13, 2026

Judge throws out Trump’s defamation case against Wall Street Journal

A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over an article describing a birthday card to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The construction of U.S. President Donald Trump's White House ballroom continues in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)
Apr 13, 2026

Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue for now

A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that construction on a new White House ballroom sought by President Donald Trump can proceed for now.

The Maryland Supreme Court (formerly the Court of Appeals) building is shown in Annapolis in 2004. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
Apr 13, 2026

MD Supreme Court disqualifies candidate in Anne Arundel residency dispute

The Maryland Supreme Court disqualified an Anne Arundel County resident from a House of Delegates primary race, upholding a lower court’s ruling to remove him from the ballot.

Hanson Rowe holds a jar of moonshine. Salyersville, Kentucky, on Feb. 28, 2020. (REUTERS/Bryan Woolston)
Apr 13, 2026

Federal court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

A U.S. appeals court declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax.

Action from a regular season game softball game between Miles & Stockbridge and Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White. (Submitted photo from Harry Rudo/photo by AJ Crow)
Apr 13, 2026

Baltimore lawyers trade briefs for bats in long-running softball league

Lawyers and legal staff play in Baltimore for a decades-old softball league that fosters social connections and friendly competition.

Allison Green, chief of the Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division, and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, left, announce charges on April 2, 2024, against Anne Arundel County Police Officer Alexander Rodriguez for an unauthorized, high-speed chase that resulted in the death of a Laurel man. (The Daily Record/Rachel Konieczny)
Apr 10, 2026

Former Anne Arundel cop pleads guilty to fleeing scene of fatal crash

A former Anne Arundel County police officer pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a deadly accident.

This formal group photograph of the Supreme Court was taken June 30, 2022 after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined the court. Seated from left are Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Apr 10, 2026

Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights

The Supreme Court that President Donald Trump’s three appointees remade is the first since at least the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis found.

Shipping containers are stacked at a terminal at the port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California, March 10, 2026. (REUTERS/Caroline Brehman/File Photo)
Apr 10, 2026

Trade court weighs legality of Trump’s 10% global tariff

A trade court examined the legality of President Trump's 10% global tariff amid lawsuits from states and businesses challenging its authority.

The company logo for ticket reseller StubHub is displayed on a screen during the IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on Sept. 17, 2025. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Apr 10, 2026

StubHub to pay $10M to settle FTC ticket price case

StubHub Holdings agreed to pay $10 million to settle FTC charges that the platform failed to disclose total ticket price for live events to consumers.

Diddy attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, September 12, 2023. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo)
Apr 10, 2026

Appeals court appears torn over Combs’ bid to overturn sentence

A U.S. appeals court appeared divided on Thursday about a bid by Sean "Diddy" Combs to overturn the hip-hop mogul's prison sentence over prostitution charges in a case that raises novel legal questions about how judges consider conduct for which a defendant has been acquitted in determining a punishment. 

Towson University's fall semester begins Aug. 28, and the university has enrolled an inaugural class of doctoral students for its Ph.D. in business analytics, a program at the center of a controversial state commission vote. (The Daily Record/ Maximilian Franz)
Apr 9, 2026

MD Supreme Court hears arguments on Towson U liability for campus shooting

Maryland's high court will decide what duty the university had to prevent a shooting at a large party at Towson University.

In this screengrab from a video, Maryland Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Fader speaks at a University of Maryland School of Law panel discussion about violence against judges. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)
Apr 9, 2026

Watch: MD Supreme Court chief justice speaks on judicial security

Maryland Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Fader speaks at a University of Maryland School of Law panel discussion about violence against judges.