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The Anthropic logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. (REUTERS file Illustration/Dado Ruvic)
Mar 27, 2026

Federal judge blocks Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklisting for now

A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker's high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield.

The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 8, 2020. (REUTERS file photo/Al Drago)
Mar 23, 2026

Pentagon’s limits on press access are unconstitutional, judge rules

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which threatens journalists with being ​branded security risks.

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Feb. 5, 2026. (REUTERS/Al Drago)
Feb 6, 2026

Appeals court rejects challenge to Trump’s efforts to ban DEI

A federal appeals court rejected a challenge to a move by President Donald Trump's administration to ban DEI programs at federal agencies.

Attorney General Anthony Brown visits the Senate chamber on the first day of the 2026 legislative session. (Hannah Gaskill/The Daily Record)
Jan 30, 2026

MD AG calls for limiting police chases, improving mental health services

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is calling for expanded mental health services and a higher standard for police chases.

Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook speaks on "The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy" at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)
Jan 21, 2026

Supreme Court appears reluctant to let Trump fire Fed’s Lisa Cook

Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism toward President Donald Trump's bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

simulation of wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City
Oct 23, 2025

US Wind, facing ‘existential threat’ from Trump, seeks order allowing Ocean City wind project

The Baltimore-based US Wind said the government’s efforts to stop the Ocean City wind farm could force it into bankruptcy.

Allison Green heads the Maryland Attorney's General Office Independent Investigations Division in December 2024. (The Daily Record photo/Ian Round)
Oct 15, 2025

Leaders of prominent OAG division resign after failed police prosecution

Allison Green, chief of the Office of the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division, and deputy chief Renee Joy are leaving.

A person is detained by federal agents outside an immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits federal building on July 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Jul 17, 2025

Homeland Security officials defend immigration court arrests after being sued

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defended its policy of having ICE officers arrest people at their immigration court hearings.

President Donald Trump holds a document with notes about Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he speaks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on April 18, 2025.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
May 5, 2025

Trump, in new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights

President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve due process rights.

Judge Gavel and Handcuffs with Dollars Bills on the Table. (Depositphotos)
Sep 1, 2022

Appeals court: EMT not an ‘agent of the state’ when questioning suspect

Maryland's Court of Special Appeals ruled that a suspect's incriminating statement to an emergency medical technician was admissible in court even though the man did not receive a Miranda warning.

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Feb 7, 2022

Human Rights Campaign faces racial bias allegation

Welcome to Monday, the 118th anniversary of the Great Baltimore Fire. Here are some more news items. — Fired Human Rights Campaign president sues the group for alleged racial bias. […]

High court will weigh lawyers’ exemption in debt collection
Aug 19, 2019

Court finds plaintiff waived 5th amendment right in civil case

A woman suing her former employer for defamation after he reported her to the police for theft and fraud was not entitled to a stay of the civil suit to […]