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(WASHINGTON) – Republican and Democratic lawmakers voiced frustration with the Pentagon’s lack of communication with Congress about the escalating war in Iran during a House committee hearing on Thursday. Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of Defense, told the House Armed Services Committee that the agency is carrying out President Donald Trump’s strategy …

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Ukrainians and their supporters came from across the country to the Lincoln Memorial to sing, pray and chant before marching toward the Russian ambassador’s residence, waving yellow and blue Ukrainian flags. “The war, Russia’s war, has had devastating consequences in Ukraine,” Jovita Neliupšienė, European Union ambassador to …

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, is pushing legislation that would support states and law enforcement agencies in preventing domestic violence related homicides across the United States. The legislation would create a national training and assistance center to standardize the use of the Lethality Assessment Program, a model that …

HYATTSVILLE–There’s no sign on the high-rise office building to indicate it houses the Hyattsville Immigration Court. It looks like all the other office buildings on this commercial strip not far from the Mall at Prince George’s. But it’s a place of life-changing decisions nonetheless. Some people come here and win …

HYATTSVILLE, Md.–Jim Bell has never felt comfortable entering Hyattsville Immigration Court, but he still shows up every Thursday afternoon, putting his own ease aside out of a sense of duty. He and several other local people of faith say they come to bear witness to the proceedings. They want to …

COLLEGE PARK, Md.–Federal officials have reversed a decision of the Hyattsville Immigration Court and welcomed reporters back inside — without need for permission from a public information officer to be there. On Friday morning, a Department of Justice office sent an email stating that immigration court hearings are “generally open …

Editor’s Note: This week, two Capital News Service reporters were ousted from immigration court. It was an incident that drew national attention — and condemnation from advocates for press freedom and for people concerned about immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. Now, three days after our reporters were removed by …

When Amazon Web Services went down on Monday, much of the internet went with it. The outage began in northern Virginia at AWS’ largest data center, and ultimately impacted over 1,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide. While most services returned to normal after the 15-hour long outage, …

ANNAPOLIS–Eight counties in Maryland are working directly with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in formal agreements to identify and detain undocumented immigrants in local jails. It’s happening under a decades-old law that lets the federal government formally delegate some parts of its immigration power to local law enforcement. …

ANNAPOLIS–A push to expand the electorate is gaining momentum in Maryland. The effort to lower the voting age in Maryland to 16 years of age is part of a national student-led initiative advocating for youth suffrage. “By the age of 16, our cold cognition capabilities are fully developed,” said Anya …

Outside groups poured over $57 million into Maryland’s congressional races during the 2024 cycle – over five times more than any prior election, according to FEC data that stretches back two decades.

Three days after polls closed on Election Day, Democrat April McClain Delaney on Friday declared victory over Republican Neil Parrott in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District race.

The 2024 election has already generated immense enthusiasm in Maryland, with nearly 1 million people having voted early in-person and over 600,000 more voters casting their ballots by mail as of Tuesday morning.

Maryland Republicans entered the 2024 election cycle with reasons to believe their fortunes could soon change. Nevertheless, election forecasters have remained skeptical of Republicans’ odds.

I used WordPress to design an interactive “Election Hub” on the Capital News Service website and redesigned the homepage to create a carousel of election stories. Acts as a meeting place for all election content published by CNS.

I created this story for Capital News Service to answer Maryland voters FAQs for election day. Collaborated with two other students to create questions, research the answers, and publish the story.

WASHINGTON — Maryland military facilities are in the early stages of remedial investigations into “forever chemicals” that jeopardize drinking water supplies in groundwater after a September report by the Department of Defense identified hundreds of military sites across the country as at risk for such chemicals. The facilities include high-profile …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lead poisoning has hit the news recently with pollution from leaded aviation gasoline, poisoning from applesauce pouches and federal lead pipe replacement projects. But some lead poisoning threats come during the holiday gift-giving season from jewelry, toys, makeup and other gifts. In October, the U.S. Environmental Protection …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A spooky, imported ladybug, often mistaken for a native bug, known as the Halloween beetle is preparing to migrate from gardens and into homes as Maryland heads for colder weather. And while they are extremely valuable to plant life, the little bugs bite. Halloween beetle home infestations …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A spooky, imported ladybug, often mistaken for a native bug, known as the Halloween beetle is preparing to migrate from gardens and into homes as Maryland heads for colder weather. And while they are extremely valuable to plant life, the little bugs bite. Halloween beetle home infestations …

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – As the invasive spotted lanternfly continues to spread nationwide, its proliferation has highlighted an even more worrisome invasive species: the prolific “stinking sumac,” or tree of heaven. National Geographic referred to the tree of heaven as the “hellish invasive species” in 2021. It is a fast-growing deciduous …

Development and real estate is picking up in McElderry Park, a struggling East Baltimore neighborhood, but community activist Ernest Smith fears the development will force low-income people to leave the neighborhood. “When people begin to redevelop the homes and properties, many times those properties are being redeveloped at prices that …

During the pandemic, fatal vehicle accidents in Maryland were higher than in previous years, reflective of a national trend. So far this year, the data shows that trend is continuing. The total number of crashes in the years leading up to the pandemic fluctuated between around 120,000 and 115,000 per …

Undergraduate and graduate enrollment in public four-year universities has decreased during the pandemic and community college enrollment has seen an even more dramatic decline. As the pandemic led to financial uncertainty across the country and caused colleges to make changes to class delivery, student life and other services, students were …

In Vista, California, heroes wear softball uniforms. Their names: Danielle Ellis and Sydney Prenatt. Ellis and Prenatt resist such praise. But at Rancho Buena Vista High School, where the pair were teammates on the Longhorns softball team for four years before graduating in 2018, that’s exactly how they’re remembered. “They …

As a grassroots, volunteer-based organization that connects homeschoolers across the state, the Maryland Homeschool Association (MDHSA) has been tracking data collected by the state education department on homeschooling rates for nearly 20 years. It always tended to fluctuate seemingly randomly, said founder Alessa Keener, never changing by more than 9%. …

WASHINGTON – With a crowd of hundreds of activists gathered outside, the Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a Mississippi law restricting abortions that challenges the nearly 50-year precedent set by Roe v. Wade.

WASHINGTON – In a landmark case watched by abortion advocates and opponents, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Dec. 1 on a 2018 Mississippi law challenging nearly 50 years of legal access to abortions.

WASHINGTON — An unprecedented infrastructure bill that won final passage by the House late Friday includes nearly $8 billion for highway, public transportation, ports and broadband projects throughout Maryland.

WASHINGTON – Following up on one of President Joe Biden’s pledges to combat climate change, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Mechanicsville, introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at ending global deforestation, creating a $9 billion trust fund to assist developing countries.