National politics

Biden recounted economic growth, lower gas prices and infrastructure investments — and promised more to come.

Emergency allotments for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is ending Wednesday, resulting in cuts that experts say could affect over 360,000 Maryland households.

The building that had been called Maury Hall was built and named in the early 1900s after Matthew Fontaine Maury, a naval officer and scientist who joined the Confederates.

Maryland’s members of Congress are touting potential sites in Landover and Greenbelt.

A software update that could have mitigated many of the cancellations will go live on Friday, the airline’s COO said.

Maryland’s congressional leaders pushed for removing Roger Taney’s bust from the Capitol and replacing it with a new work honoring the late Justice Thurgood Marshall, a champion of civil rights.

The president sought to portray a nation dramatically different in positive ways from the one he took charge of two years ago.

A Holocaust survivor from Rockville, Maryland will be a guest at Tuesday’s State of the Union Address, the White House announced.

Sen. Ben Cardin invited Gov. Wes Moore to President Biden's State of the Union address to highlight federal-state cooperation.

The nearly mile-and-a-half stretch that connects Penn Station to Washington, D.C., and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor, and it’s a notorious bottleneck; Amtrak says delays at the site are persistent.

Governor Wes Moore and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra highlight federal and state investments in youth mental health at roundtable event in Baltimore.

”Tonight, celebrate this great state,” Moore told the crowd. ”Celebrate your neighbors. We are Maryland because of each other not in spite of.”

Scenes from Wes Moore's Inaugural Ball, held at the Baltimore Convention Center, after he was sworn in as Maryland's 63rd Governor on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Scenes from Wednesday in Annapolis as Democrat Wes Moore was sworn into office as Maryland’s 63rd governor amid promises to improve nearly every facet of life for the state’s residents, from better schools to cleaner air to more job opportunities. (Photos by Kaitlin Newman, Jessica Gallagher and Paul Newson / The Baltimore Banner and Terrance Williams for The Baltimore Banner)

The stamp would honor Cummings’ “life and legacy,” according to the Tuesday announcement.

The Republican candidate for governor lost his attempts to block early counting of mail-in ballots in Maryland courts last fall.

The FDA changed its rules to allow the abortion pill to be obtained at the pharmacy counter instead of in-person from a provider. It’s up to pharmacies whether they will comply.

Congressman pledges to keep working while undergoing treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Federal agencies must also coordinate with the U.S. Attorney General, state agencies, retail food stores and third-party contractors who process the federal funds to determine how money is being stolen and how it is being used, according to the bill.

Congress introduced a provision in its omnibus spending bill that will require states to reissue stolen food assistance amid nationwide benefits thefts.