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Harry Dunn's new assignment – Maryland Matters
Harry Dunn may not be joining Congress in January, as he had hoped.
But the former U.S. Capitol Police officer who battled insurrectionists on Jan. 6, 2021, is still an integral part of Democrats’ campaign to defeat former President Donald Trump in November and defend democracy.
Highly visible at 6-foot-9 and with a best-selling memoir under his belt, he’s become a celebrity surrogate for the president and other Democrats. And he’s involved in an array of political activities around the country and at home.
Last week, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for their official acts, Dunn was part of a hastily assembled press call that President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign put together to denounce the justices’ decision.
“I don’t need nine Supreme Court justices to tell me that Donald Trump was responsible for Jan. 6 — I was there,” Dunn said on the call. “Those people that attacked us, they attacked us in his name, on his orders. I was there when Donald Trump encouraged a mob of supporters to march on the Capitol to try to overturn the results of a free and fair election.
“I remember it clearly while they were beating officers with flags. While they were there, they said they were there to ‘stop the steal.’ When we told them to leave they said, ‘The president told us to come,’” he said on that call.
The Capitol insurrection inspired Dunn to shed his law enforcement career and launch a political campaign of his own. But since losing the Democratic congressional primary in Maryland’s 3rd District in May, Dunn has been crisscrossing the country on Biden’s behalf. In fact, with Biden now struggling to convince party stalwarts that he should remain in the presidential race after stumbling badly in his recent debate with Trump, Dunn has become one of the president’s most prominent and vocal defenders.
“I don’t believe that we’re in trouble,” Dunn told a Democratic political club in Silver Spring Monday morning. “I’m not going to turn my back on him because of a 90-minute performance. I’m looking at what he’s done in his 3 1/2 years in office, in his 40-year, 50-year political career. I don’t think we need to throw in the towel on him because of a 90-minute speech.”
Even more emphatically, Dunn said: “I can’t imagine President Biden not being in office at this moment in time.”
When he isn’t being dispatched by the Biden campaign, Dunn has been stumping for Democratic congressional contenders. He recently set up a political action committee, Dunn’s Democracy Defenders, to help candidates running against pro-Trump Republicans.
Dunn is also not abandoning Maryland after his first high-profile, if ultimately unsuccessful, foray into state politics.
He attended last month’s Maryland Democratic Party gala in Greenbelt, his first. And he spoke at the District 18 Democratic Breakfast Club, one of the most active and opinionated party groups in the state, on Monday morning.
Dunn is reflecting candidly about some of the lessons he learned — about the Maryland political scene and electoral politics more broadly — since finishing second to state Sen. Sarah K. Elfreth (D-Anne Arundel) in the 22-candidate 3rd District Democratic primary.
Dunn lives in Wheaton, which is within the 18th District — a fact that did not go unnoticed at Monday’s breakfast. He is not a resident of the 3rd Congressional District — though by law, he didn’t have to be — which led to some grumbling during the primary that he was a carpetbagger.
“You want to get engaged in District 18 and in Montgomery County, where you belong,” the president of the District 18 Democratic club, Susan Heltemes, told him Monday.
Dunn’s new PAC is actually not a new entity. He recently converted his congressional campaign committee, Harry Dunn for Congress, into Dunn’s Democracy Defenders.
Dunn raised more than $4.5 million for his congressional bid in five months — an astonishing sum for a first-time candidate in such a short period. But he said in an interview Monday that he essentially spent all of the campaign cash on his primary election and wasn’t sure how much he has raised since the May 14 primary.
The PAC must report its financial activities through June 30 to the Federal Election Commission by July 15 — a document that will also reflect the fundraising and spending of Dunn’s congressional campaign in the three weeks leading up to the primary. FEC spokesperson Myles G. Martin said that going forward, Dunn’s Democracy Defenders has the option of filing quarterly campaign finance reports or doing so every month.
Dunn said the PAC would soon be formally endorsing eight candidates in U.S. House and Senate races around the country and would also publicly release its criteria for making endorsements. Taylor Doggett, a young political strategist who was the manager of Dunn’s congressional campaign, has helped him launch the PAC and remains an adviser.
Dunn said U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona against MAGA celebrity Kari Lake, is a natural to receive the PAC’s support. But he emphasized that Dunn’s Democracy Defenders isn’t poised to drop huge sums of cash on its preferred candidates because it doesn’t want to be seen as putting its thumb on the scale.
“I learned a lot about that” during the congressional primary, he said. “I think elections need to come down to the people in the district.”
‘It’s clear I have a voice and a place now’
That’s a not-so-subtle reference to the influence AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel advocacy group, played in his congressional primary. The United Democracy Project, a PAC affiliated with AIPAC, dropped more than $4 million into the primary on Elfreth’s behalf.
Much of that money came in at a crucial time during that fast-moving campaign, when Dunn’s fundraising take was dwarfing Elfreth’s. His criticism of the super PAC spending became part of his pro-democracy message, augmenting the reminders that he had literally defended the Capitol on Jan. 6. But Elfreth was a good candidate with a history of toiling in local politics — “several candidates in the primary ran good races,” Dunn said Monday — and in the end, she took 36% to Dunn’s 25%.
Asked whether the AIPAC money was determinative in the primary, Dunn demurred, but did say, “Any time you’re able to amplify your message, it makes a difference.” And, he pointed out, “I thought I was going to win.”
But Dunn also expressed no regrets about entering the race or the kind of campaign he was able to run.
“We ran our race,” he said. “We ran it the way we wanted to. Coming in second with more than 20,000 votes — I don’t think that’s an anomaly.”
And Dunn said he wasn’t too troubled by losing. “Honestly, the Supreme Court decision on [presidential immunity] was a bigger gut punch.”
Which is why he’s expecting to take to the road throughout the fall campaign to boost Biden and other Democrats. Heltemes, the District 18 Democratic club leader, said she hopes he remains visible at home during this period.
“I hope that we see you again in Montgomery County and around the district,” she said. “We could use some firing up.”
Dunn is frequently asked about his political future and says he’s not ruling anything out. But he also told Maryland Matters he can’t see beyond Election Day 2024.
“I like to have a plan,” he said. “The only thing I’m focused on is Joe Biden. My mom would hate for me not to have a plan. I want to be effective. I want to be helpful.
“It’s clear I have a voice and a place now, but what that means down the line, I don’t know.”
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Maryland AG Brown announces $1.99M settlement with LifeBridge Health over hospital fees
MARYLAND (WBFF) — Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Thursday that his office has reached a settlement with LifeBridge Health, Inc. that will provide nearly $2 million in restitution to certain patients who paid outpatient facility fees before new state notice requirements took effect.
AG Brown said the Consumer Protection Division entered into a settlement agreement with LifeBridge concerning hospital fees known as outpatient facility fees that were charged prior to July 1, 2021, when the Facility Fee Right-to-Know Act took effect and established standards for notices about such fees.
The Consumer Protection Division alleged that consumers were not adequately informed they would be subject to the facility fees. LifeBridge denied that patients had been inadequately informed, but agreed to pay $1,985,198.90 in restitution.
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The restitution is for patients who paid out-of-pocket for fees charged by certain LifeBridge hospital clinics for clinic services received before July 1, 2021, when those services also were available at a non-hospital facility owned or operated by a LifeBridge affiliate where the consumer would not have incurred a facility fee.
Eligible patients should expect to receive a refund check from LifeBridge over the next six months, according to AG office.
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Maryland Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 results for March 4, 2026
Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots: What to know in case you win
Here’s what to know in case you win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot.
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The Maryland Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at March 4, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from March 4 drawing
07-14-42-47-56, Powerball: 06, Power Play: 4
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 3 numbers from March 4 drawing
Midday: 4-0-2
Evening: 7-1-8
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Winning Pick 4 numbers from March 4 drawing
Midday: 0-6-9-0
Evening: 4-8-1-0
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 5 numbers from March 4 drawing
Midday: 5-6-2-1-8
Evening: 1-5-8-4-5
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Cash Pop numbers from March 4 drawing
9 a.m.: 15
1 p.m.: 03
6 p.m.: 12
11 p.m.: 15
Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Bonus Match 5 numbers from March 4 drawing
01-12-24-30-31, Bonus: 09
Check Bonus Match 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Powerball Double Play numbers from March 4 drawing
05-10-26-53-59, Powerball: 06
Check Powerball Double Play payouts and previous drawings here.
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Drawings are held every four minutes. Check winning numbers here.
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
Maryland Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $600. For prizes above $600, winners can claim by mail or in person from the Maryland Lottery office, an Expanded Cashing Authority Program location or cashiers’ windows at Maryland casinos. Prizes over $5,000 must be claimed in person.
Claiming by Mail
Sign your winning ticket and complete a claim form. Include a photocopy of a valid government-issued ID and a copy of a document that shows proof of your Social Security number or Federal Tax ID number. Mail these to:
Maryland Lottery Customer Resource Center
1800 Washington Boulevard
Suite 330
Baltimore, MD 21230
For prizes over $600, bring your signed ticket, a government-issued photo ID, and proof of your Social Security or Federal Tax ID number to Maryland Lottery headquarters, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD. Claims are by appointment only, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This location handles all prize amounts, including prizes over $5,000.
Winning Tickets Worth $25,000 or Less
Maryland Lottery headquarters and select Maryland casinos can redeem winning tickets valued up to $25,000. Note that casinos cannot cash prizes over $600 for non-resident and resident aliens (tax ID beginning with “9”). You must be at least 21 years of age to enter a Maryland casino. Locations include:
- Horseshoe Casino: 1525 Russell Street, Baltimore, MD
- MGM National Harbor: 101 MGM National Avenue, Oxon Hill, MD
- Live! Casino: 7002 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, MD
- Ocean Downs Casino: 10218 Racetrack Road, Berlin, MD
- Hollywood Casino: 1201 Chesapeake Overlook Parkway, Perryville, MD
- Rocky Gap Casino: 16701 Lakeview Road NE, Flintstone, MD
Check previous winning numbers and payouts at Maryland Lottery.
When are the Maryland Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 11 p.m. ET Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 11 p.m. ET Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 3, Pick 4 and Pick 5 Midday: 12:27 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, 12:28 p.m. ET Saturday and Sunday.
- Pick 3, 4 and 5 Evening: 7:56 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday, 8:10 p.m. ET on Sunday.
- Cash4Life: 9 p.m. ET daily.
- Cash Pop: 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. daily.
- Bonus Match 5: 7:56 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday, 8:10 p.m. ET on Sunday.
- MultiMatch: 7:56 p.m. Monday and Thursday.
- Powerball Double Play: 11 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Maryland editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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Maryland, California men plead guilty in auto-repair shop drug trafficking case
MARYLAND (WBFF) — A Maryland man and his California accomplice both pled guilty to drug trafficking charges involving the concealment of drugs within auto parts at a repair shop, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
Authorities reported that Norville Clarke, 56, of Clarksburg, Maryland, and Daniel Cruz, 39, of Los Angeles, California, were charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
In 2023, an investigation targeted a drug trafficking organization that was transporting and distributing large quantities of cocaine from California to Maryland.
The investigation began after police seized a parcel containing approximately two kilograms of cocaine that was mailed from Los Angeles with an intended delivery to Clarke’s auto-repair shop in District Heights, Maryland.
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During the investigation, Cruz was linked to the narcotics in the parcel, as well as to its source, authorities reported.
In January 2024, postal inspectors, along with other investigators, identified a freight shipment from Los Angeles intended for delivery at Clarke’s auto-repair shop, and officials said surveillance footage showed Cruz dropping off that shipment at a shipping company in California.
After that, authorities observed Cruz traveling to Maryland to track the shipment’s delivery.
Cruz and Clarke were then seen by investigators meeting at the auto-repair shop several days after the shipment occurred.
Investigators tracked the fright shipment to Dulles, Virginia, where authorities executed a search warrant and recovered two automobile transmissions inside, as well as 20 one-kilogram bricks secreted in both transmissions.
Officials reported that laboratory forensic tests confirmed that the bricks were over 16 kilograms of cocaine.
A search warrant was then also executed for Clarke’s District Heights auto-repair shop, Clarke’s Clarksburg residence, and Cruz’s hotel room in Capitol Heights, Maryland.
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At the auto repair shop, officials recovered 502.4 grams of cocaine, and then at Clarke’s residence, officers found two-kilogram bricks of cocaine and $45,730 in cash.
Furthermore, investigators later found another nine historical freight shipments that resembled the original shipment containing cocaine, which Cruz sent to Clarke’s auto repair shop.
In plea agreements, officials said both defendants agreed to have been involved in possessing around 22 kilograms of cocaine in furtherance of the drug trafficking conspiracy.
Both also face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum life in prison, followed by up to a lifetime of supervised release
Cruz’s sentencing is scheduled for Thursday, June 18, at 1 p.m., and the sentencing for Clarke is scheduled for Friday, July 24, at 10 a.m.
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