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Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP File Photo/John Minchillo)
Aug 8, 2025

New lawsuit on Epstein case seeks records of Trump administration communications

Democracy Forward sues DOJ and FBI to release records on Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case and communications involving Donald Trump.

“For all of the attention that’s paid to the risk to judges and others in criminal cases, it’s so important to remind everybody that it is these emotional-laden cases involving families and children (that pose the most danger,” says Andre M. Davis, a retired federal and Maryland state judge. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
Nov 28, 2018

Baltimore sues Trump administration over visa application changes

Baltimore’s immigrant community is more reticent to use non-cash benefits like free school lunches and public health vaccinations because of a change the U.S. Department of State made in processing […]

Donald Trump, Seema Verma
Aug 2, 2018

Baltimore joins lawsuit alleging Trump administration ‘sabotaged’ ACA

Baltimore joined three other cities Thursday in a lawsuit alleging President Donald Trump "intentionally sabotaged" the Affordable Care Act.

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Stephen Snyder leaves the federal courthouse in Baltimore alongside ex-wife Julie Snyder on April 2, 2025, after being sentenced for attempted extortion and related charges. (The Daily Record/Ian Round)

Stephen Snyder case: Conviction of med-mal attorney upheld

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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)

Anne Arundel, ex-officer sued over crash that killed Navy linguist

14/7/2026
A voting sign is displayed at Metropolitan Library during the Georgia Midterm Primary Election in Atlanta on May 19, 2026. (REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)

No recount in tight primary for Carroll County state’s attorney

14/7/2026
The Maryland Supreme Court building is shown in Annapolis on June 4, 2026. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)

Anne Arundel politician residency case: Court explains disqualifying Dove

13/7/2026
Electrical transmission towers, poles and lines are shown in California on Aug. 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo)

‘Try me again’: Carroll County woman sanctioned for blocking Piedmont po[...]

13/7/2026

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President Donald Trump speaks next to, from left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Transport Secretary Sean Duffy during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House Washington on May 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration sued by environmental groups for rescinding definition of &[...]

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U.S. Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett testifies before a House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on the Supreme Court's annual budget request to Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 14, 2026. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

Supreme Court justices testify to Congress as threats to judges surge

14/7/2026
President Donald Trump arrives to an event to unveil the TrumpRx drug discount site, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington on Feb. 5, 2026. (REUTERS/Al Drago)

CVS settles with FTC, agrees to count TrumpRx drug purchases toward insurance

14/7/2026
People purchase gasoline at a Sunoco gas station ahead of the Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia on May, 21 2026. (REUTERS/Seth Herald)

Consumer inflation moderates; upside risks remain amid renewed Middle East confl[...]

14/7/2026
The clock tower of St. Andrew's Catholic Church is pictured in Pasadena California, January 24, 2018. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo)

Lawmakers to debate whether to make daylight saving time permanent

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