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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent assists Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers as passengers are screened at a checkpoint at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on March 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo)
May 22, 2026

Republican revolt over Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund stalls ICE funding vote

Senate Republicans abandoned plans to vote on funding for immigration enforcement in a revolt against President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion fund for victims of government "weaponization."

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan poses for a photo in his Annapolis office with jerseys of local sports teams hanging behind him on May 14, 2026. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post)
May 19, 2026

‘Somewhat jaded’ Larry Hogan promises no more campaigns, pivots to teaching

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is vowing to never run for office again and instead focus on teaching leadership skills to Washington College undergraduates.

President Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable on collegiate sports in the White House in Washington on March 6, 2026. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo)
May 18, 2026

Trump uses MD mail-in ballot error to advocate for SAVE Act

President Donald Trump pointed to incorrect mail-in ballots in Maryland as reason to advocate for the passage of strict voting rights legislation, prompting an official to defend the state's election process.

Bitcoin coins illustration (Depositphotos)
May 14, 2026

Alsobrooks helps Senate committee advance crypto bill in milestone for digital assets

The Republican-led Senate Banking Committee advanced long-awaited legislation that would create regulations for cryptocurrencies.

Construction in November 2025 at the former site of the White House's East Wing. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
May 14, 2026

Trump’s White House ballroom rises aboveground, but the legal battle isn’t over

Historic preservationists sued to stop President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, and a federal judge ordered a halt to it. But construction is pressing forward.

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, attends a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing to testify, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2026. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)
May 13, 2026

Warsh clinches Senate approval as next Fed chair as inflation intensifies

The U.S. Senate approved Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, putting him at the helm as the central bank grapples with intensifying inflation.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers walk through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on March 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)
Apr 30, 2026

Trump signs bill to fund DHS after lengthy shutdown over ICE operations

The U.S. House passed bipartisan legislation to fund Department of Homeland Security agencies including the Secret Service and TSA.

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's then-nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2026. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)
Apr 29, 2026

Fed chief nominee Warsh clears key confirmation hurdle in Senate

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer speaks at a press conference with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and other House Republicans, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon)
Apr 21, 2026

Chavez-DeRemer steps down as US labor secretary amid misconduct probe

U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned as the Labor Department’s inspector general neared the end of an investigation into claims of misconduct.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), at the Federal Reserve in Washington on March 18, 2026. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Apr 15, 2026

Trump threatens to fire Powell if he doesn’t leave Fed board; probe to continue

President Donald Trump threatened to fire Jerome Powell from his separate seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors if he does not vacate that post as well when his term as Fed chief ends.

President Donald Trump speaks as he shows a signed executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 31, 2026. (REUTERS/Evan Vucci)
Apr 1, 2026

Trump signs order tightening mail-in voting, drawing swift legal threats

President Donald Trump signed an executive order tightening rules on mail‑in voting nationwide, drawing immediate threats of legal challenges from voting rights groups and Democrats.

Passengers wait in a TSA security checkpoint queue that stretches through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore on March 29, 2026. (REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz)
Mar 30, 2026

Major airports like BWI return to normal as TSA workers get paid

Major U.S. airports that suffered massive disruptions for weeks after TSA security officers went unpaid say operations are returning to normal.

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Two years after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, the Weeks 533 crane drives a pile beneath the Patapsco River on the site of a new bridge. (Dan Belson/The Daily Record)

6 families of workers who died in Key Bridge collapse settle

29/5/2026
Salvage crews remove debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Fort McHenry channel on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Bobby Petty, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District)

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Mike Muempfer, director of the Maryland School Mental Health Response Program. (Submitted photo)

What’s MD doing for mental health in schools?

29/5/2026
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28/5/2026

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