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After Immunity Ruling, Trump Seeks Delay of Classified Documents Casewww.nytimes.com The former president’s lawyers asked to freeze nearly all proceedings while they sort out whether the Supreme Court decision applies to charges focused on actions after he left the White House.
(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...
Man cleared after 3 trials in teen’s 2010 slaying now accused of raping, strangling different teenwww.thebaltimorebanner.com The alleged victim told police that Johnson, 40, overheard her on the phone talking about a boy and became enraged, assaulting her throughout the night, including punching her, strangling her until sh...
The Real Problem With Legal Weedwww.nytimes.com New York is trying to treat an addictive substance just like any other product.
She took on a small Mississippi town’s police. Then they arrested her.wapo.st How civil rights lawyer Jill Collen Jefferson convinced the Justice Department to investigate allegedly racist and abusive policing in tiny Lexington, Miss.
Biden to announce heat rules as climate-related deaths risewww.politico.com If finalized, they would be the first U.S. regulations to protect workers from dangerous temperatures.
Virginia 1906bluedragonfly10.wordpress.com A white woman dreaming of innocence, of a country childhood, apple-blossom driftings, is held in a DC-10 above the purity of a thick cloud ceiling in a vault of purest blue. She feels safe. Here, no o...
African American studies is too ‘divisive’ for one Maryland school districtwww.thebaltimorebanner.com The move left students and staff scrambling to find replacement classes, but some educators and diversity advocates say the broader message does more lasting damage.
Olszewski administration seeks $200,000 more in battle over public information records | Baltimore Brewwww.baltimorebrew.com Former County Administrator Fred Homan is challenging the county executive in a court case over money paid to a retired firefighter that was allegedly disguised by a false name.
White House wants $4B for Key Bridge and other disasterswww.thebaltimorebanner.com The White House is seeking roughly $4 billion in additional emergency funding from Congress for costs related to the collapse and repair of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and to respond to other disaste...
House G.O.P. Pushes Deep Cuts to Federal Law Enforcementwww.nytimes.com Republicans put forward a spending bill that would slash funding for federal law enforcement, though they failed to find a way to defund the special counsel prosecuting former President Donald J. Trum...
Baltimore’s flashiest developer has entered his cold-plunge erawww.thebaltimorebanner.com Brandon Chasen’s development company is dialing back its national expansion plans and slowing its pace in Baltimore, too.
I.R.S. Extends Freeze of Pandemic-Era Tax Credit Amid Widespread Fraudwww.nytimes.com An internal analysis conducted by the agency found that up to 90 percent of claims are potentially fraudulent.
Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plansapnews.com Tom Jones and his American Accountability Foundation are digging into the backgrounds, social media posts and commentary of key high-ranking government employees, starting with the Department of Homel...