WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new plan to grant temporary work permits to many young, illegal immigrants who otherwise could be deported may cost more than $585 million and require hiring hundreds of new federal employees to process more than ...

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HAGERSTOWN — U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski says she’s seeking $43 million in federal funds to keep a spy plane production line running in Hagerstown. Mikulski said Tuesday that the appropriation would prevent a shutdown of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s production of ...

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Federal authorities say more than $47 million in counterfeit merchandise seized at the Patapsco Flea Market is the Homeland Security department’s largest such seizure ever. Agents raided the market in southwest Baltimore on April 22 as part of a 2 ...

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans and Democrats expressed optimism Friday about sending a cybersecurity bill to President Barack Obama this year despite significant disagreements with the Senate and the White House. The House delivered a strong bipartisan vote Thursday for the ...

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WASHINGTON — Nearly 10 years after the September 2001 terrorist attacks there is still no system to know who is leaving the United States or exactly what is inside much of the luggage checked at airports. A Government Accountability Report ...

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