Zuri Berry
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Executive Editor, Montgomery County at The Banner. 👨🏾‍💻 @bannermoco.bsky.social Check us out at: https://thebanner.com/montgomery
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The application is open for @thebaltimorebanner.com and @bannermoco.bsky.social summer 2026 internship program. This year, we took on 11 journalists. They were a fantastic crew, and each left a mark on our newsroom. We're looking for the next group that can leave its own mark. Deadline is Nov. 14.
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Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
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Thanks, Donna.
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We’ve been readying our launch in Montgomery County. Here are some details on our plan in the Washington Post this morning: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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More than two dozen Maryland professors were placed on Charlie Kirk’s professor watchlist. Some now worry about their own safety now that Kirk is dead. Others are grappling with how to mourn someone that caused trauma in their own lives. Read:
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Maryland professors were targeted by Charlie Kirk. Now what?
After Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, some of his professor targets in Maryland worry for their own safety and feel anxious about the climate of distrust he sowed among young people.
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Today, I talked with Silver Spring business owners who are struggling because of Purple Line construction. They tell me they’re hanging on by a thread. Some are considering moving or closing because they’re underwater. This is their block. They’re hoping for some kind of relief.
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🗳️ NEW: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is launching his re-election bid today, promising to continue to work to improve public schools, end child poverty and improve economic fortunes for middle-class Marylanders.

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Moore makes it official: Governor is running for reelection
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore launched his re-election campaign on Tuesday with a video posted online highlighting his accomplishments and promising to do more.
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Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown

Employers added only 22,000 jobs in August. Revised data also showed that employment fell by 13,000 jobs in June, the first net loss since December 2020.

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Cayla Harris is a must read, and this time she offers some personal reflections on writing obituaries for The Banner. It’s a reminder of the care and effort that goes into the process, and why obits can be fun.
Writing 87 obituaries taught me we are more alike than we think
Cayla Harris shares what she’s learned since becoming The Banner’s first obituary writer in October: Obits aren’t inherently sad, we all have more in common than we think, and everyone experiences…
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People are showing interest!
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I’ll be at the Silver Spring Jazz Festival, along with my colleagues, to talk about The Banner. Come chat with us.
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It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation.

From the Harvard decision today.
A screenshot of page 28 of a legal document discussing the difficulty lower courts face when interpreting unclear or rapidly evolving guidance from the Supreme Court.

The following phrases and sentences are highlighted in yellow:

* "That said, the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket rulings regarding grant terminations have not been models of clarity, and have left many issues unresolved."
* "California was a four-paragraph per curiam decision issued in the context of a stay application."
* "The outcome, which no party had requested, was, thus, inconsistent with the views of eight justices"
* "the issues are complex and evolving."
* "this Court, not the district courts or courts of appeals, will often still be the ultimate decisionmaker as to the interim legal status of major new federal statutes and executive actions."
* "...it is unhelpful and unnecessary to criticize district courts for “defy[ing]” the Supreme Court when they are working to find the right answer in a rapidly evolving doctrinal landscape, where they must grapple with both existing precedent and interim guidance from the Supreme Court that appears to set that precedent aside without much explanation or consensus."
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🌸:Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger is a free woman. The Grande Dame left jail six months early, after she was arrested for a DUI. A camera crew was spotted at the jail this morning, and Huger waved to fans as her car took her back to Potomac:
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‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Karen Huger released early from jail
"Real Housewives of Potomac" star Karen Huger was released from jail on Tuesday morning, roughly six months ahead of schedule.
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