Capital News Service

By ALINE BEHAR KADO, HALEY PARSLEY AND RAPHAEL ROMERO RUIZ  Capital News Service Sheriffs in Maryland are assisting President Donald Trump’s administration in carrying out his immigration policy at a faster clip than almost every other part of the country. Maryland...

By PETER RICCIO and AUDREY KEEFE Capital News Service WASHINGTON - Maryland Reps. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, and Andy Harris, a Republican, agree that the Senate wrongly approved a provision that would allow senators to sue the government for up to $500,000 if they are...

By SOPHIA DA SILVA Capital News Service For 43 days, many government-funded services and programs were interrupted and suspended by the shutdown. That included such popular tourist sites in the nation’s capital as the Smithsonian Institution museums, the United States...

By XAVIER BOARD and PETER RICCIO Capital News Service The House of Representatives voted 222-209 Wednesday to approve a continuing resolution that funds the federal government through Jan. 30, ending the record 42-day shutdown and sending the bill to President Donald...

By MIRA BEINART Capital News Service Maryland’s attorney general joined 24 other states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its upcoming suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The lawsuit,...

By MARY BURKE and XAVIER BOARD Capital News Service WASHINGTON - Maryland’s Democratic senators voted Thursday against a Republican proposal that would provide back pay only to certain essential federal workers during the shutdown. The Shutdown Fairness Act,...

By AUDREY KEEFE Capital News Service WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday denied an appeal for federal disaster aid to Western Maryland for the May floods in Allegany and Garrett Counties. The appeal for a major disaster declaration would have made the...

By SANDRA SMITH Capital News Service  As of Oct. 1, Maryland’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, or SNAP-Ed, has been defunded following President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” SNAP-Ed provides SNAP participants, low-income individuals who receive...

By MATT COHEN AND MOLECULE JONGWILAI  Capital News Service The government shutdown continues into its second week as Congress has yet to come to a deal on a budget bill. The shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1, the close of the 2025 fiscal year, and the Senate...

By MIRA BEINART Capital News Service Maryland Democratic officials on Wednesday thanked federal workers who are continuing to show up for work during the government shutdown even though they’re not getting paid right now for their service. The officials held a morning...