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National

The Maryland Nonprofit Behind the Lawsuit That Just Knocked Out Trump’s 75-Country Visa Suspension

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A federal judge has struck down one of the Trump administration’s broadest immigration...

Michael Phillips
August 22, 2026

Three Governors, One Script: Texas, Maryland and Pennsylvania Are All Suddenly Cracking Down on Data Centers

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro stood in Harrisburg on Tuesday and told data center...

Michael Phillips
August 20, 2026

Maryland’s Van Hollen Bet Big on a Michigan Candidate Who Wants Him Running the Senate Democrats — Raskin Cheered From the House

Van Hollen was the first sitting senator to back Abdul El-Sayed after Bernie Sanders. Raskin called his win proof of...

Michael Phillips
August 6, 2026

Power Over People: How Annapolis Rewrote the Rules — and What It Ignored to Do It

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland General Assembly closed its three-day special session Tuesday night having...

Michael Phillips
August 5, 2026

Blindsided, Again

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note: MDBayNews published this morning, at approximately 11:30 am, the first...

Michael Phillips
August 3, 2026

Moore’s Two-Front Test: What the NGA Gavel Means for His Ambitions — and His Reelection

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore picked up a new title over the weekend, and it isn't on the Maryland ballot....

Michael Phillips
August 3, 2026

Van Hollen Isn’t Even on the Ballot. He’s Still Doing the Socialists’ Work for Them.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Chris Van Hollen has no primary to survive and no general election to win in 2026. He...

Michael Phillips
August 2, 2026

Anne Arundel Schools Face Federal Investigation Over Policy That Let Staff Withhold a Student’s Gender Transition From Her Parents

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Anne Arundel County Public Schools is now the subject of a federal investigation that could...

Michael Phillips
July 27, 2026

Maryland Named Twice by DHS — State Signals It Won’t Comply, as Federal Funding and Legal Threats Escalate

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland is one of 18 states named in a declassified federal intelligence review alleging...

Michael Phillips
July 19, 2026

The Bipartisan Rider Nobody’s Enforcing: USDA Presses Ahead On Beltsville Closure While Congress Says Stop

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland's largest federal research complex is closing, and Congress told the U.S....

Michael Phillips
July 16, 2026

Moore’s ICE Scare Tactic Was Already Out of Date When It Aired

By Michael Phillips  |  MDBayNews On a soundstage in California, taped weeks before it ever reached a Maryland screen,...

Michael Phillips
July 7, 2026

The Maryland Wedding That Changed the Bush Family Forever

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews George W. Bush turns 80 years old today. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, raised in...

Michael Phillips
July 6, 2026

The Fight Was at the White House. You Needed a Subscription to Watch It.

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews President Trump wanted the biggest audience possible. Dana White promised Super Bowl...

Michael Phillips
June 15, 2026

Stars, Stripes, and a Stunner: America’s 250th Ends With Gaethje Champion on the White House Lawn

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews It started with the sky and ended with the sky — and in between, on the South Lawn of the...

Michael Phillips
June 15, 2026

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