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Trump's plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings 11/12/2023 08:10am • NEW YORK (AP) — A mass deportation operation. A new Muslim ban. Tariffs on all imported goods and "freedom cities" built on federal land. Much of the 2024 presidential campaign has been dominated by the myriad investigations into former President Donald Trump and the subsequent charges against hi Today in History: November 12, Stalin takes control of Soviet Union 11/12/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Nov. 12, the 316th day of 2023. There are 49 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 12, 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party. On this date: In 1920, base Maryland lawmakers assess whether juvenile services are effective, how law enforcement could help 11/11/2023 09:13pm • As reforms continue to take effect in Maryland, lawmakers in Annapolis this week debated how to best support the state's juvenile justice system. The House Judiciary Committee held a more than three-hour briefing on juvenile justice on Wednesday. Almost 90 minutes of the discussion focused on Tensions running high at East Coast campuses over protests around Israel-Hamas war 11/11/2023 11:46am • BOSTON (AP) — Administrators of MIT suspended a number of students Thursday from the prestigious technology school after Israel-Hamas war protesters took over a prominent building for much of the day and then some refused to leave by a set deadline. It was far from the only disruption at college U.Md. denounces 'hateful, antisemitic' expressions from rally in support of Palestinians 11/11/2023 03:33am • The University of Maryland has issued a statement condemning "in no uncertain terms" the "hateful, antisemitic statements" expressed during a Justice for Palestine rally held on campus Thursday. "The offensive actions of a few should not reflect on the vast majority of protesters who were there t Things to know about efforts to block people from crossing state lines for abortion 11/10/2023 04:49pm • A federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice this week said that states are going too far by trying to block people from helping others cross state lines for abortion. A ruling in Idaho and the federal government taking sides in an Alabama lawsuit are far from the final word, but they could of Wisconsin judge orders former chief justice to turn over records related to impeachment advice 11/10/2023 04:17pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Friday ordered the former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to produce records related to her work advising the Republican Assembly speaker on whether to impeach a current justice. Former Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was one of three former The Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, a Pokemon card - even a private island 11/10/2023 10:44am • YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) — A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida's Withlacoochee Ba Spain's Socialists will grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for support of new government 11/09/2023 10:49pm • MADRID (AP) — Spain's Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for potentially thousands of people involved in the region's failed secession bid in exchange for its backing of acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in forming a new governme Minneapolis police lieutenant disciplined over racist email promoted to homicide unit leader 11/09/2023 07:28pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police lieutenant who was placed on paid leave for more than a year for forwarding a racist email has been promoted to lead the department's homicide unit, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The promotion of 25-year veteran Aimee Linson angered police reform ad Baltimore police shooting prompts criticism of specialized gun squads 11/09/2023 03:11pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — After a corruption scandal led the Baltimore Police Department to disband its plainclothes gun squad in 2017, the embattled agency pledged to increase oversight while remaining focused on seizing illegal weapons and curbing rampant violence. But several years later, two recent House Republicans subpoena Hunter and James Biden as their impeachment inquiry ramps back up 11/08/2023 11:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued subpoenas Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden's family, taking their most aggressive step yet in an impeachment inquiry bitterly opposed by Democrats that is testing the reach of congressional oversight powers. The long-awaited move by Rep. James Justice Department opens probe of police in small Mississippi city over alleged civil rights abuses 11/08/2023 03:21pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation Wednesday into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city, stepping in following accusations that officers used excessive force and arrested people without justification. The federal pro Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women pleads guilty to federal charges 11/08/2023 05:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women during various overseas postings pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington to federal sex abuse charges that could land him behind bars for up to 30 years. Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 50 The Biden administration says colleges must fight 'alarming rise' in antisemitism and Islamophobia 11/07/2023 06:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats and harassment. In a Tuesday letter, the Education Department said there's “renew