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Zainab Chaudry joins other demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 25, 2015. (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Nov 22, 2023

Groups clash over Chaudry’s future on hate crimes panel following anti-Israel posts

Muslim advocate Zainab Chaudry's future on a state hate crimes commission has become the focal point of competing campaigns after she issued several anti-Israel social media posts.

Religious Bias Lawsuit
Aug 14, 2020

Muslim woman accuses McDonald’s franchisee of discrimination

A Muslim woman who worked for a McDonald’s franchisee in Maryland claims managers and co-workers sexually harassed her and subjected her to religious discrimination after she converted to Islam.

Israel Boycott Lawsuit
Jan 10, 2019

Muslim group sues to block Maryland’s ‘No Boycott of Israel’ measure

Maryland's ban on contracting with businesses that boycott Israel tramples on the First Amendment rights of a software engineer who advocates for Palestinians, a Muslim civil rights group claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Facebook
Oct 4, 2018

Maryland councilman gets backlash over posts about Muslims

A Maryland councilman has shared a series of posts that have been perceived by some as being Islamophobic and xenophobic.

Shereef Akeel
Jan 30, 2017

Muslim civil rights group challenges Trump travel ban

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Muslim civil rights group has joined the legal battle to overturn President Donald Trump’s travel ban directed at seven Muslim-majority nations. The Council on American-Islamic Relations […]

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Two Department of Homeland Security vehicles outside of Hyattsville Immigration Court.(Sam Gauntt/Capital News Service)

MD judge blocks ICE from deporting cooperator in MS-13 case — for now

5/8/2026
Gov. Wes Moore says he wants Maryland voters to decide if the state constitution is amended to clarify criteria for congressional redistricting on Aug. 3, 2026. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)

2 Wes Moore vetoes overridden by MD General Assembly; 3 maintained

4/8/2026
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Redistricting referendum passes in MD House, Senate

4/8/2026
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USCIS can’t prevent voter registration drives for new citizens, MD judge rules

4/8/2026
Saint Victor AR-15 Rifle is displayed during the National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston, Texas, May 27, 2022. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo)

Trump administration sues Montgomery County over gun law

4/8/2026

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks, accompanied by President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2026. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

Trump’s EPA was wrong to terminate billions in climate grants, court rules

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 18, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo)

Supreme Court won’t halt $655M judgment against Palestinians over attacks

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Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche walks through the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 29, 2026. (REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden/File Photo)

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Capitol Hill staff member places signs before a news conference by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's decision to indefinitely delay putting famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill, on the steps of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C, June 27, 2019. (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo)

Democratic senators urge Treasury to revive Harriet Tubman $20 bill plan

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