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President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
Jul 28, 2025

Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump cancellation of humanities grants

A judge in New York issued a preliminary injunction stopping the mass cancellation of National Endowment for the Humanities grants.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician's lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
Jul 7, 2025

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, fired by Trump, gets new Mellon role

The former Librarian of Congress — previously the longtime CEO of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library system — has found a new position.

President Donald Trump attends a business meeting at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 16, 2025

Humanities groups sue Trump administration to reverse local funding cuts

A humanities federation and a state council filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse local funding cuts made by the Trump administration.

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close-up photo of Oxycodone pills by Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times via USA TODAY Network)

MD Supreme Court’s big public nuisance decision will affect more than opioid c[...]

8/5/2026
House Minority Whip Jason Buckel, R-Allegany, and Minority Whip Jesse Pippy, R-Frederick, speak before the floor session on on Jan. 20, 2026. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record.

Glock pistol ban: MD House GOP calls on Wes Moore to veto bill

7/5/2026
The Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, which houses Maryland's two appellate courts, is seen on March 30. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)

‘Beltway sniper’ bid to be resentenced sooner in MD rejected by appe[...]

7/5/2026
There is little to show for an ambitious project to redevelop 14 acres of property in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Poppleton development lawsuit dismissed by 4th Circuit

6/5/2026
This photo, courtesy of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, shows the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the shrinking amount of steel wreckage remaining in Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel. Unified Command cleared a 400-foot-wide swath of the federal channel May 20, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels transit of the Port of Baltimore. Unified Command continues to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River, projecting to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth by June 8-10. (Maryland State Police Aviation Command)

Key Bridge litigation: Some witnesses fear criminal consequences ahead of trial

5/5/2026

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Elon Musk attends the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington on Nov. 19, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

Judge rules humanities grant terminations by DOGE were unlawful, discriminatory

8/5/2026
A sign encouraging people to vote against a Virginia redistricting ballot measure at a Falls Church polling center on April 21, 2026. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post)

Virginia’s high court strikes down voter-passed House map favoring Democrats

8/5/2026
A "we're hiring" sign is displayed on the door of a local business, after U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in July, in Encinitas, California, on Aug. 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

US job growth beats expectations in April; unemployment rate steady at 4.3%

8/5/2026
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)

Roberts laments public perception of Supreme Court as ‘political actors[...]

8/5/2026
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)

US trade court rules Trump tariffs illegal, but issues narrow block

7/5/2026

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