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Jun 12, 2026

Moore announces funding for immigration legal services on Eastern Shore

Gov. Wes Moore said his administration would provide $800,000 for immigration legal services on the Eastern Shore.

U.S. federal agents look on as they stand guard in Camarillo, California, on July 10, 2025. (REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo)
Jun 11, 2026

Trump wins $70B of guaranteed funding for immigration crackdown

Republicans greenlit $70 billion for immigration enforcement, clearing the way for President Donald Trump to pursue his mass deportation agenda for the rest of his term.

Frank Bisignano, now the Social Security Administration commissioner, appears at a Senate Committee on Finance confirmation hearing on March 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (USA TODAY Network)
Jun 9, 2026

Social Security shortfall expected to accelerate, with funds at critical low in 2032

Social Security’s trust fund is now projected to run low on money beginning in 2032.

The facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on March 14, 2026. (REUTERS/Will Dunham/File Photo)
Jun 9, 2026

Supreme Court poised to rule on gun laws and transgender athletes

The Supreme Court is set to decide on major gun law challenges and transgender athlete bans amid ongoing culture war disputes.

Law enforcement officers stand amid smoke from a smoke grenade released to disperse demonstrators in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Jun 5, 2026

Senate passes $70B in new funds for ICE, Border Patrol

The U.S. Senate passed a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security with an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement.

Muslim migrants stranded after President Donald Trump cancelled all U.S. asylum appointments for migrants waiting in Mexico are seen at the Assabil shelter, the only such refuge in Mexico specifically for Muslim migrants, in Tijuana, Mexico, on Jan. 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jorge Duenes/File Photo)
Jun 5, 2026

Judge invalidates Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries

The Trump administration unlawfully barred applicants from 39 travel‑ban countries from receiving decisions on asylum, work permits, green cards and citizenship, a federal judge ruled.

President Donald Trump looks on as he delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. (REUTERS/NATHAN HOWARD)
Jun 5, 2026

With General Assembly primaries looming, it’s all about Trump all across MD

President Donald Trump stands at the center of everything in Washington these days — as well as Maryland’s June 23 General Assembly primaries.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche responds to U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean's (D-PA) question during his testimony before a House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee oversight hearing on the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 2026. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Jun 3, 2026

Trump says he plans to make ‘very talented’ Blanche permanent AG

President Donald Trump said he believed he would make acting Attorney General Todd Blanche permanent as the top U.S. law enforcement officer.

Information packs are distributed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services following a citizenship ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston on July 18, 2018. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
Jun 2, 2026

MD woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite citizenship proof, gets a passport

The Maryland woman arrested by ICE agents and held for 25 days despite offering proof of citizenship has been issued a U.S. passport.

After a highly publicized period in ICE detention, Ludovic Mbock competed at the annual Combo Breaker game festival in Schaumburg, Illinois. (Joshua Lott/For The Washington Post)
Jun 1, 2026

How fighting-game community rallied around MD player detained by ICE

The fighting-game community rallied to raise money to retain an immigration attorney and secure the release of a Maryland man detained by ICE.

A drone view shows the sun rise over migrants as they stand along the U.S. side of the Rio Grande while the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments on Texas' motion to lift a block on its SB4 immigration law that would allow state officials to arrest migrants suspected of being in the country illegally, in El Paso, Texas, on March 22, 2024. (REUTERS/Adrees Latif)
Jun 1, 2026

Court clears way for Texas to enforce migrant arrest law

A federal appeals court cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce key parts of a law that would allow state officials to arrest and deport people.

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May 28, 2026

New MD laws: What goes into effect June 1 — or already has?

These new Maryland laws go into effect June 1 — or already have.