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Deanna Bracken, special liaison for the Baltimore Police Department's Community Partnerships Unit, holds a tactile keychain given to people who register on a recently launched database for neurodivergent people. The keychain is intended to help officers identify people who are neurodivergent during interactions and find their emergency contact information using a unique identifier number.
May 28, 2026

Baltimore Police launch ‘neurodivergent individuals database.’ Advocates are wary.

Advocates scrutinized a Baltimore Police database of people with mental health conditions and neurodevelopmental differences, saying the voluntary registry raised privacy concerns.

Demonstrators carry a transgender flags outside the U.S. Supreme Court, on the day justices were expected to hear oral arguments in two cases concerning efforts to enforce Republican-backed state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 2026. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
May 14, 2026

Judge blocks DOJ bid for Rhode Island hospital transgender care records

A U.S. judge blocked the Justice Department from forcing a Rhode Island hospital to hand over records on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, July 1, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo)
Apr 29, 2026

Supreme Court backs anti-abortion pregnancy centers in NJ case

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the operator of Christian faith-based anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy centers" over a state investigation into whether the facilities engage in deceptive practices.

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Apr 27, 2026

MD Supreme Court to consider subpoena’s legality in lawyer discipline case

The Maryland Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over Baltimore lawyer J. Wyndal Gordon's attempt to quash a subpoena from the Attorney Grievance Commission.

U.S. President Donald Trump, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought tour the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., July 24, 2025. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura)
Apr 24, 2026

DOJ drops investigation into Fed Chair Powell, removing obstacle to Warsh

The Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said.

Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming is fighting the city law department's decision to treat her subpoenas like Maryland Public Information Act requests. (Courtesy of Isabel Cumming)
Apr 17, 2026

Judge: Baltimore IG’s records access ‘crushed’ by administration

A Baltimore judge seemed skeptical after hearing Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration's challenge to the city inspector general recruiting pro bono attorneys to litigate an ongoing dispute.

Steve Bannon, former advisor of President Donald Trump, attends a hearing to enter a guilty plea in his fraud case stemming from a fundraising effort to build a border wall, at the New York Criminal Court, in New York City on Feb. 11, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)
Apr 6, 2026

Supreme Court clears way for dismissal of case against Steve Bannon

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Justice Department to move forward with dismissing a criminal case in which Steve Bannon was convicted after defying a congressional subpoena.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2026. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo)
Mar 17, 2026

House panel subpoenas AG Pam Bondi in Jeffrey Epstein probe

A U.S. congressional committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify behind closed doors in its probe of the late convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. President Donald Trump, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought tour the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., July 24, 2025. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura)
Mar 13, 2026

Judge blocks subpoenas against Fed Chair Powell

A federal judge said he was blocking subpoenas that the Justice Department served to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Del. C.T. Wilson's bill to usher in a redistricted congressional map ahead of the 2030 census was introduced on the House floor on Jan. 23, 2026. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)
Mar 5, 2026

MD bill aims to protect workers after Trump targeting of national labor board

Del. C.T. Wilson is sponsoring legislation to establish the Maryland Labor Relations Board should the national iteration become weakened or snuffed out.

A view shows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signage in New York City, July 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)
Mar 5, 2026

Homeland Security use of secretive legal weapon draws congressional scrutiny

Congressional Democrats launched an inquiry into how tech giants handle demands from Homeland Security for personal information on Americans who criticize the agency.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2026. (REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo)
Mar 4, 2026

House committee subpoenas AG Pam Bondi over Epstein investigation

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi over the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.