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U.S. flag, mock passport, 100 dollar banknote and H-1B visa application form are seen in this illustration taken Sept. 26, 2025. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)
Dec 26, 2025

Judge rejects challenge to Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

A federal judge rejected a challenge by the largest U.S. business lobby group to President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas.

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is seen at the airport in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023. (USA TODAY Network)
Dec 26, 2025

ICE agents involved in MD shooting that injures two people

Immigration agents were involved in a shooting incident in Maryland that left one man with bullet wounds and another with minor injuries.

The seal of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adorns a lectern during a press conference in Washington on April 16, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz)
Dec 26, 2025

MD, states sue to block cuts to children’s gender-affirming care

States, including Maryland, sued the Trump administration to block proposed rules that would cut children’s access to gender-affirming care.

Baltimore City Hall is shown on Nov. 5, 2021. (Madeleine O'Neill / The Daily Record)
Dec 26, 2025

Unions sue Baltimore City for refusal to negotiate health benefits

Baltimore City’s major unions sued the city, alleging it is refusing to negotiate aspects of health benefits in violation of a 2022 ordinance.

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Dec 26, 2025

MD mom to police after baby’s death: ‘Nothing I say is going to fix this, is it?’

Maryland authorities charged a 24-year-old mother with first-degree murder after her 5-week-old infant died.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas sits for an interview to discuss the EEOC's initiatives for 2026 in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt)
Dec 23, 2025

Trump’s campaign against corporate DEI faces high legal hurdles

The Trump administration has a high bar to clear to prove companies' DEI policies run afoul of the law, legal and compliance experts say.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, walks with his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura outside U.S. District Court on the day of a hearing in his case, in Greenbelt on Dec. 22, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Dec 23, 2025

Judge in MD lets Kilmar Abrego Garcia spend Christmas with family

A federal judge in Maryland is allowing Kilmar Abrego Garcia to spend Christmas with his family after spending much of the year in custody.

Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., October 27, 2025. (REUTERS/Kylie Cooper)
Dec 23, 2025

Supreme Court hands Trump major defeat on National Guard deployment

The Supreme Court said it would not allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area for now.

People gather next to a logo of Johnson & Johnson at the company’s booth at the 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China, on Nov. 6, 2025. (REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov)
Dec 23, 2025

Baltimore jury hits Johnson & Johnson with record $1.5B talc cancer judgment

A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed its talc-based products caused her cancer.

Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington on May 14, 2021. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly)
Dec 23, 2025

MD joins states suing to block CFPB defunding under Trump

A coalition of states, including Maryland, filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Trump administration from defunding the CFPB.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is shown in 2017. (U.S. General Services Administration file photo)
Dec 23, 2025

4th Circuit: Social Security; Sixth Amendment; gross negligence

Social Security – Sixth Amendment – gross negligence

Appellate Court of Maryland
Dec 23, 2025

Appellate Court of Maryland: Accomplice liability; ‘heart balm’ statute; vehicle impoundment

Accomplice liability – ‘heart balm’ statute – vehicle impoundment