National politics

Any effort to use political arguments to rationalize the indiscriminate slaughter of Israelis must be rejected, says Rona Kobell, a Baltimore journalist and former reporter at The Jerusalem Post.

The video shows protesters shouting their objections to a Texas petrochemical project during an appearance by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at iMPACT Maryland.

A conversation with the sole Maryland Republican in Congress, Andy Harris, over why he's not stressed by the House leadership impasse and why he thinks the GOP's slim majority has been effective.

“The U.S. Congress is unified in working to support our ally, and to send a clear message to the world that terrorism against innocents will not be tolerated,” Cardin said.

Dozens of protesters concerned about climate change stormed the Baltimore stage where U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was taking part in a daylong conference coordinated by The Baltimore Banner.

Thought leaders and newsmakers gathered at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore for The Baltimore Banner’s inaugural iMPACT Maryland thought-leadership conference.

Some backing a lawsuit in federal court seeking to stop the Naval Academy from using race as an admissions factor want to define who gets to be a midshipman based on their experience. They don’t want a fair system, they want the same one that favored them.

Gov. Wes Moore is turning 45 and he’s throwing what could be one heck of a party.

Institutions seeking to successfully engage with Baltimore’s Latino community need to appreciate its diversity and understand its challenges, community activists and leaders say.

McCarthy’s chief rival, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, forced the vote on the “motion to vacate,” drawing together more than a handful of conservative Republican critics of the speaker and many Democrats who say McCarthy is unworthy of leadership.

The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion and funds the government until Nov. 17.

As the nation inches closer to a potential federal government shutdown, Maryland leaders say the state government can weather the loss of money for a few weeks.

Halting government operations would affect more than just federal employees, but also Marylanders who rely on vital government services to meet their most basic needs, such as food benefits, safety inspections, student loan payment processing and child care grants, to name a few.

Cardin replaces Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who was forced out of the chairmanship after pleading not guilty to federal criminal charges.

Federal student loan payments are due to resume Oct. 1, and an additional burden confronts some borrowers, including some Marylanders, because of inequities in student loan programs, says Ian Williams, a consumer protection paralegal at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.

The leading Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate are ramping up their campaigns as 2024 approaches. Here’s a look at their latest moves.

Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and arming himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole, prosecutors said.

The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.

Students getting to spend time outdoors enhances learning, and legislation that supports outdoor education should be strengthened, say U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes and Nicole Veltre-Luton, a teacher at Baltimore’s Digital Harbor High School.

Trone, a Democrat who represents much of Western Maryland in Congress and is running for the U.S. Senate, echoed concerns detailed by the American Civil Rights Union in a complaint last July.