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Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis walks out of the federal courthouse in Baltimore after a hearing on whether the Trump administration's demand for unredacted voter data should be dismissed.
Jul 17, 2026

MD elections head tells feds voter rolls are secure, removing voters ‘must be certain’

Maryland’s top election official said in a letter to federal officials that Maryland is following federal and state law as it maintains voter rolls.

A YouTube sign is shown near the company's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP File Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Sep 24, 2025

YouTube to reinstate creators banned for COVID-19 misinformation

YouTubers will be able to rejoin the platform if they were banned for violating defunct COVID-19 and election misinformation policies.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the New York Law School's Constitution and Citizen Day Summit in New York on Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Sep 17, 2025

Sotomayor urges better civic education so people know difference between presidents and kings

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said improved civic education across the country would help people make better decisions.

Virginia Tech Professor Ashley Dayer, shown in July 2023 in the Adirondacks, New York, says she was informed on Monday that her NSF funding for a research project examining the role of bird feeders had been canceled because the research touched on DEI themes. (Provided by Ashley Dayer)
Apr 25, 2025

‘I was shocked and saddened’: Trump science cuts target multiple disciplines, including in MD

Hundreds of university researchers, including in Maryland, had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled.

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Oct 21, 2022

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections misinformation surge

Misinformation about voting and elections abounds on social media despite promises by tech companies to address a problem blamed for increasing polarization and distrust.