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US Abandons Maglev Train Plans as China Rapidly Develops Technology

President Donald Trump‘s administration pulled funding this week for a proposed high-speed magnetic levitation (Maglev) rail line connecting Washington D.C. and Baltimore. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told The Baltimore Sun on Friday that he couldn’t “in good conscience keep taxpayers on the hook” for the 26.6-mile line and cancelled over $26 million in funding. Newsweek…

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks to remain in federal custody, and Justice Department agrees

Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay potential release from criminal custody for 30 days amid deportation threat

Washington — Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a federal judge overseeing his criminal case to put off his release from custody for 30 days if the judge rejects a Justice Department bid to keep him in confinement while awaiting a trial. Abrego Garcica’s lawyers said in a filing that the 30-day pause in issuing…

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Why staffing cuts to national parks could pose safety concerns for summer visitors

Why staffing cuts to national parks could pose safety concerns for summer visitors

Assateague Island, Maryland — The shoreline of Maryland’s Assateague Island is a familiar place for surfer Zack Tyndall. A former firefighter paramedic, Tyndall often helped beachgoers there — but now, as the mayor of nearby Berlin, Maryland, he says safety isn’t guaranteed. “I don’t want to see anybody drown,” Tyndall told CBS News. “We had…

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Trump administration sues every federal judge in Maryland over order blocking removal of immigrants

Trump administration sues every federal judge in Maryland over order blocking removal of immigrants

In an unusual move, the Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland over an order blocking the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals. At issue is a May order signed by Chief Judge George L. Russell III blocking the administration from immediately removing from the U.S. any…

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Flooding in western Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania leaves boy missing, schools and homes swamped

Flooding in western Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania leaves boy missing, schools and homes swamped

Flash floods sparked by heavy rain hit parts of Virginia, western Maryland and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, leaving a 12-year-old boy missing in Virginia and forcing elementary schools in rural Maryland to evacuate, authorities said. Severe flooding has left parts of Meyersdale Borough in Somerset County underwater after heavy rains pounded the area on Tuesday. In…

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