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Capital News Service is a student-powered news organization run by the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism. With bureaus in Annapolis and Washington run by professional journalists with decades of experience, they deliver news in multiple formats via partner news organizations and a destination Website.
Maryland is joining more than a dozen other states in challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order to end the birthright citizenship the U.S. extends to all people born in the country regardless of their parents’ legal status.
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Rick Nugent, president of the Jamaican Association of Maryland, jots down notes during a conversation at his organization’s office in the Pen Lucy neighborhood of Baltimore on Jan. 16, 2025. (Robert Stewart/Capital News Service)
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“In everything we do, my administration will be inspired by a strong pursuit of excellence and unrelenting success,” Trump said in his inaugural address. “We will not forget our country, we will not forget our constitution and we will not forget our God.”
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Nineteen women from Maryland served during World War II in the 6888th Battalion, the predominantly black postal unit now the subject of the blockbuster film “The Six Triple Eight.”
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By APRIL QUEVEDO AND SHAUN CHORNOBROFF WASHINGTON D.C. ⸺ When Tom Durkin was alerted in November 2012 that James Foley, a
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The Nause-Waiwash tribe is one of the seven Native American tribes that are represented on the Maryland Commission of Indian Affairs, although the tribe is not state-recognized.
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Maryland is one of the few places in the United States serving people who need later abortions, home to two of the only clinics in the country that perform procedures into the third trimester.
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Patients seeking abortion care travel hours, often crossing state lines, to reach Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Rachel Kashy and her colleagues at the Women’s Health Center of Maryland.
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Democratic leaders are projecting public confidence about how Maryland will fare under Donald Trump, but they’re also concerned about some of his policies – and how quickly he might implement them.
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Expected to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee in January, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said he is focused on safeguarding the Constitution. His Democratic colleagues say he’s ready to lead.
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