National politics

Former president Barack Obama dropped in at a phone bank for Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks on Thursday. He brought Halloween cookies and stressed the importance of electing Democrats like Alsobrooks to support the agenda of Kamala Harris.

The letter come with this in bold: “Remember, who you vote for is private, but whether or not you voted is public record.”

High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.

Democrats currently hold a 51-49 Senate advantage, including independent senators who caucus with Democrats. And Democrats are defending 23 of the 33 Senate seats on the ballot around the country this November.

With less than one week to go before Election Day, Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and Republican Larry Hogan are crisscrossing the state looking for voters in the race for the United States Senate.

With 65.2 million people, making up 19.5% of the total population, Latines could be an influential voting block this election.

In 2016, Hogan voted for his father. In 2020, Hogan voted for the late President Ronald Reagan.

President Biden visited Bmore Licks in Canton to enjoy ice cream with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks.

The Port of Baltimore is among 55 ports across 27 states and territories that will receive nearly $3 billion through the Clean Ports Program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and Republican Larry Hogan are locked in a closely watched race for the U.S. Senate, but neither is talking a lot about climate change or the Chesapeake Bay in their campaigns, despite the significance of those issues to Maryland.

Where was the outrage when Elon Musk, weirdly dancing supporter of former President Donald Trump, spoke at West Point? It’s a stunning contrast to the cancellation of a lecture by historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a Trump critic, at the Naval Academy.

A military veteran and supporter of former Gov. Larry Hogan’s Senate Run says Hogan exemplifies civility and shows our leaders are “real people.”

While we don’t yet know how they voted, we know a little about who voted, and where.

Maryland’s U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, the new chair of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, is seen in a video offering support for a legally questionable plot to award electoral votes in North Carolina to Republican Donald Trump due to disruptions to voting caused by Hurricane Helene.

As in-person early voting got underway Thursday in Maryland, a nation divided in the presidential race was on display at a voting center in Baltimore County.

As Angela Alsobrooks runs for the U.S. Senate, many of her past critics have become supporters.

Deep within Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s 925-page roadmap for the next Republican president, its authors say they want the service academies scrubbed of anything and anyone deemed insufficiently pure of thought.

Angela Alsobrooks could make history if she is elected Senator of Maryland. She also taught me the Electric Slide.

Another Trump presidency could come with cuts to federal jobs in the state, questions over funding for key transportation projects, less cooperation on preventing gun violence and uncertain effects on the state’s budget.

Polls show a majority of white Catholics support Trump.