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A sample of germanium (Ge) is displayed at the Laboratory of Physics and Material studies (LPEM) in Paris on June 23, 2025. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)
Aug 4, 2026

MD-based Lockheed seeks US mineral supplies after Trump supply-chain push, sources say

Maryland-based Lockheed Martin is in talks to buy supplies of two critical minerals from U.S. mines, two sources said.

Shipping containers are seen ready for transport at the Guangzhou Port in the Nansha district in southern China's Guangdong province April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
May 7, 2025

MD goods exports to China increased in 2024, but tariffs pose threats to future trade

Maryland’s goods exports to China rose 10 percent in 2024, driven largely by surging coal and petroleum gas shipments, a report shows.

judge’s hammer in front of  row of law books
Nov 28, 2022

Lawyers’ job market may level off in 2023

Today is Monday, the 127th anniversary of the first auto race in the United States. Here are some other news items. – Job market for lawyers might level off in […]

Chuck Schumer
Jun 9, 2021

Bipartisan Senate passes bill to boost technology industry, counter rivals

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China.

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May 24, 2021

Biden’s solar ambitions collide with concerns of forced labor in China

The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints that the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced by forced labor.

Donald Trump
Sep 15, 2020

US tariffs on China are illegal, says world trade body

A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are illegal, vindicating Beijing even if the United States has all but incapacitated the WTO's ability to hand down a final, binding verdict.

The primary contributor to the majority of overdose deaths in Maryland involves some form of opioids. (Photo by Patrick Sison, AP)
Feb 17, 2020

Opioids settlement will likely be less than expected

Welcome to Monday, the 219th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ breaking in Thomas Jefferson’s favor an Electoral College tie for the presidency between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Here are […]

FRance G7 Summit
Aug 26, 2019

Trump order on China will hurt us, small businesses say

Although President Donald Trump has told U.S. companies to stop dealing with China, small business owners say complying would hurt, even devastate them.

Paul Wiedefeld
Feb 12, 2019

China’s state-owned firm’s interest in Metro causes concern

WASHINGTON — China‘s state-owned rail car manufacturer has shown interest in building the next generation of rail cars for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and federal officials are worried […]

A Silver Spring family, saying they were brutalized during a no-knock warrant, has filed a million-dollar federal lawsuit against the Montgomery County Police Department for what the family describes as a poorly drafted and violently executed early-morning search for the 20-something son of their basement apartment tenant.
Feb 11, 2019

Police object to Waze’s directions

Welcome to Monday, the 103rd anniversary of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s first concert. Here are some news items to get your week started: — The New York Police Department threatens […]

Immigration Colleges
Jan 28, 2019

Subverting state power leads to prison

Welcome to Monday, the 33rd anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Chinese civil rights attorney faces prison for subversion of […]

Luxembourg EU Brexit
Dec 10, 2018

Brexit need not be necessarily so, E.U.’s top court rules

Welcome to Monday, the 54th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Britain can […]