Politics

Sen. Ben Cardin is presiding over the speech, while Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he’s skipping it.

Renew Baltimore recently hired attorneys from the Thomas & Libowitz firm to sue after the city’s election board director rejected their petition to put the tax cut on the November ballot.

The Western Maryland drought watch is based on lower-than-normal stream flows and groundwater levels for this time of year, state officials said.

The assassination attempt unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.

Kamala Harris has been covered inaccurately by media and others who don’t know the intricacies of her cultures. They’d better learn.

Some of Eric Costello’s errors were self-inflicted. One voter said his endorsement of Sheila Dixon for mayor “betrayed the public trust.”

The proposal would reduce the council to eight members from 14, plus a president elected citywide. City attorneys have made clear that if two successful charter amendments are completely contradictory, both will be thrown out.

Once the party decides whether to nominate Kamala Harris or another candidate, nothing would change Maryland’s elections calendar, said Jared DeMarinis, administrator of the Maryland State Board of Elections.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded during a highly contentious congressional hearing that she resign.

Then-Sen. Kamala Harris based her first run for president in Baltimore. As of now, it does not appear the vice president will move the campaign apparatus from Wilmington, Delaware, to Charm City.

“I have expressed that I love my job and I have no intention of leaving,” Moore told reporters in Washington on Monday.

The vote of support came during a virtual meeting Monday, party officials said.

“She will have the unique ability to energize the Democratic Party base and mobilize a unique coalition, and we must rally around her and elect her to serve as the next President of the United States,” Moore wrote in his endorsement.

Here, my fellow swimmers in these unsettled seas, are five ways we can ride out the undertow of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out.

”The party can test it at their own peril,” said Democratic fundraiser Karen Miller

The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate.

But a contingent of those who will help choose the new nominee said they want to hear more from the party about next steps before committing to a candidate.

With President Joe Biden announcing Sunday that he won’t run for re-election after all, all eyes are turning to the next generation of Democrats, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.

How Maryland state Sen. Mike McKay befriended infamous attempted assassin Arthur Bremer.

Carroll J. “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a former Baltimore City Council member who survived a 1976 shooting rampage at a temporary City Hall office, has died. He was 89. Fitzgerald died July 8.