National politics

    Chris Van Hollen for Senate minority leader? Don’t bet on it.
    As criticism of Chuck Schumer’s leadership rises after Democrats’ collapse on the shutdown, you have to strain to hear anything but loyalty from Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks.
    Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 - Senator Chris Van Hollen addresses the crowd at Symphony Woods Park in Columbia during the No Kings rally.
    Feds confirm ICE officers have begun enforcement surge in North Carolina’s largest city
    Federal officials confirmed Saturday that a surge of immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city had begun as agents were seen making arrests in multiple locations.
    Willy Aceituno, left, makes a police report with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer N. Sherill, after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers broke his window during an enforcement operation, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
    Marylanders weigh in on Democrats’ congressional redistricting plan
    Members of Gov. Wes Moore’s redistricting advisory commission sat stone-faced Friday as dozens of Marylanders weighed in for two hours.
    The Maryland State House in Annapolis is the oldest state capital building in the nation still in continuous legislative use.
    FAA takes first steps to restore flights after shutdown strain, but some limits remain
    Baltimore and Washington, D.C.-area airports were running smoothly on Saturday morning after the shutdown has impacted travelers over recent days.
    Southwest Airlines planes sit at gates as travelers walk through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
    Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery prices
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
    President Donald Trump speaks during an event on foster care in the East Room of the at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    Federal workers could get their back pay as soon as this weekend
    America's civil servants missed two paydays amid the government shutdown. They could get those missing checks within the next week.
    People receive free meals from the World Central Kitchen as they provide food to federal employees and their families in Washington, D.C., during the federal government shutdown. About 327,000 Marylanders work for the federal government.
    iPhone users can now add US passport info to their digital wallets
    Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, iPhone users can now add their passport details to their Apple digital wallets.
    FILE - The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
    Luigi Mangione still waiting for laptop judge approved for evidence review in jail
    Months after a judge said Luigi Mangione could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be delivered.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21:    Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.  Mangione is accused of slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson late last year and is making his first appearance on state charges of murder as an act of terrorism. He is facing 11 counts for the Dec. 4 shooting of Thompson outside a midtown Manhattan hotel which set off a massive manhunt. He is also facing federal charges of murder and other charges in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested.
    FAA says flight cuts will stay at 6% as more air traffic controllers come to work
    Flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to 10% by the end of the week because more air traffic controllers are coming to work, officials said Wednesday.
    Before the reductions, around 650 flights arrived and departed from BWI daily.
    Trump ‘knew about the girls’: Takeaways from newly released Epstein emails
    Democrats on the House Oversight Committee initially released three emails where Epstein mentioned President Donald Trump. Republicans on the committee responded by disclosing the bigger trove of documents and accused the Democrats of cherry-picking a few messages out of context in an effort to make Trump look bad.
    President Donald Trump is illuminated by a camera flash as he gestures while walking across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Washington, after returning from a trip to Florida.
    Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43-day disruption
    The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature.
    President Donald Trump signs funding legislation to reopen the federal government as he is joined by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Republican lawmakers and business leaders, during a ceremony in the Oval Office on Wednesday night.
    US bishops in Baltimore approve ban on gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
    U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care.
    From left; Rev. Michael J.K. Fuller, Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore conduct the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops plenary assembly in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
    Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ as White House calls its release a Democratic smear
    Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday, but what he knew — and whether it pertained to the sex offender’s crimes — is unclear.
    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. President Donald Trump appears at an event on lowering drug prices in the Oval Office at the White House on November 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced that his administration has reached agreements with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that would lower the price of some GLP-1 weight loss medications. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
    ICE took her husband. She’s fighting to keep the lights on and hope alive.
    Dania Bautista is among Maryland families facing the daunting task of raising kids and covering bills while navigating the immigration system on behalf of their detained loved ones.
    A Bowie man was arrested by ICE in front of his wife, Dania, and their children.
    Gov. Moore to critic of redistricting push: ‘IDGAF’
    Gov. Wes Moore’s high-profile attempt to push Maryland into the national fray of redistricting got off to a low-profile start on Tuesday.
    Gov. Wes Moore dismissed criticism of his push to study new congressional districts in Maryland with a coarse acronym.
    Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments as shutdown nears an end
    The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume.
    FILE - SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
    Maryland’s House Democrats criticize deal to reopen government
    Budget bill to reopen the federal government criticized as ‘woefully insufficient’ by Maryland House Democrats.
    Rep. Johnny Olszewski, who represents portions of Baltimore and Carroll counties and a piece of Baltimore City, told reporters he still hopes there’s room to negotiate in the GOP-majority House.
    In Baltimore, US Catholic bishops elect conservative archbishop to lead church
    U.S. Catholic bishops elected Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as their new president on Tuesday, choosing a conservative culture warrior to lead during President Donald Trump’s second term.
    FILE - Archbishop Paul Coakley speaks to the media before the Beatification Ceremony for Stanley Rother in Oklahoma City, Sept. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
    Air travelers face frustration as FAA increases flight cuts during shutdown
    Air travelers face more frustration as busy U.S. airports need to meet a higher Federal Aviation Administration target for reducing flights Tuesday.
    Southwest Airlines planes sit at gates as travelers walk through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
    Walter Reed Medical Center is expanding. Veterans could fill its new beds.
    Not everything in Congress is paralyzed. There’s a quiet push to open space at Walter Reed National Medical Center and other DOD hospitals to veterans.
    Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, director of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, cuts a cake during opening ceremonies for the new Roosevelt Pavilion in June with Capt. Jeffrey Klinger,
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