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$70 million flows to a beefed up Annapolis lobbying corps 04/28/2024 06:29pm • This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The top 10 highest earning lobbyists in the state earned slightly more as a group in the last year but saw their share of compensation d Republicans seeking Georgia congressional seat debate limits on abortion and immigration 04/28/2024 04:44pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Brian Jack sought to make a Sunday debate among Republican candidates for an open Georgia congressional seat all about his close ties to former President Donald Trump, while the other contenders ignored Trump's endorsement of Jack. Five Republicans running for their party's nominati Arrests roil campuses nationwide ahead of graduation as protesters demand Israel ties be cut 04/28/2024 04:42pm • Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as administrators with graduation ceremonies next month face demands that schools cut financial ties to Israel against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet by early afternoon Sunday, but about 275 people were arrested Rep. Summer Lee says 'we don't' hear if college students are excited to vote for Biden 04/28/2024 03:07pm • ▶ Watch Video: Rep. Summer Lee says "we don't" hear if college students are excited to vote for Biden Rep. Summer Lee, a progressive Democrat from Pennsylvania who recently visited pro-Palestinian protesters at a Pittsburgh campus, said Sunday that "we don't" h Have you heard the one about Trump? Biden tries humor on the campaign trail 04/28/2024 01:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is out to win votes by scoring some laughs at the expense of Donald Trump, unleashing mockery with the goal of getting under the former president's thin skin and reminding the country of his blunders. Like a comic honing his routine, the Democratic president College protesters want ‘amnesty.’ At stake: Tuition, legal charges, grades and graduation 04/28/2024 12:53pm • Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and ot Social Security isn’t keeping up with inflation. That could weaken Biden’s support among some seniors 04/28/2024 09:00am • (CNN) — Not long ago, senior citizens got the two biggest annual increases in their monthly Social Security checks that most had ever seen. But for many of them, the adjustments still weren’t enough to cope with the runaway inflation of earlier this decade and the continued high prices for St. Mary's Co. sheriff's deputy arrested on assault charges 04/28/2024 08:46am • A St. Mary's County, Maryland, sheriff's deputy has been arrested on charges of second-degree assault, according to the sheriff's office. On Saturday afternoon, the sheriff's office said that Deputy Donald Anthony Shubrooks, 29, called the nonemergency line and said that he was involved with a "d Nepal hosts an investment summit in hopes of attracting foreign money for hydropower projects 04/28/2024 05:52am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal hosted an investment summit Sunday in hopes of attracting much-needed foreign investment, especially in developing hydropower projects to produce more electricity that it can sell to neighboring countries. Several foreign investors were attending the two-day meetings A look at the protests about the war in Gaza that have emerged on US college campuses 04/28/2024 05:41am • Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s El gobernador de Tennessee firma un proyecto de ley que permite a los maestros y al personal estar armados en el campus 04/28/2024 04:31am • (CNN) -- El gobernador de Tennessee, Bill Lee, firmó este viernes una legislación que permite a los maestros y al personal escolar del estado estar armados en los edificios y campus escolares, según el sitio web de la Asamblea General.Los legisladores estatales aprobaron este martes el proyecto d Today in History: April 28, Muhammad Ali stripped of heavyweight title 04/28/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, April 28, the 119th day of 2024. There are 247 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces. On this date: In 17 Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity 04/27/2024 10:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters Inmigración sacude elecciones en EEUU; en México ni siquiera se menciona en debate político 04/27/2024 10:06pm • BRIGHTON, Colorado – El mes pasado, activistas republicanos se reunieron en el comedor de una escuela para escuchar los discursos políticos de los candidatos y coincidieron en el principal problema de los suburbios de Denver en estos días: La inmigración. La zona se ha visto alterada por Demonstrations at GW University campus over Israel-Hamas war enter 3rd day 04/27/2024 10:05pm • Pro-Palestinian student protests on and in front of George Washington University's University Yard entered their third day on Saturday with no sign of slowing down. The Hatchet, the GW University student newspaper, reported that about 200 demonstrators were outside the yard around 8 p.m. While