Politics

Old-school Baltimore bars offered a (poorly lit) place for local candidates to try new lines, and were mandatory stops for those seeking higher office.

As President Donald Trump restructures immigration cases, the latest national trend has arrived in Baltimore: so-called “mega” master calendar hearings that pack more than 100 people in court at the same time.

Four sitting Montgomery County Circuit Court judges are facing off against a repeat challenger who is an outspoken critic of the judicial appointment process.

Mayor Brandon Scott rushed through a deal with BGE in 2023 that allowed the utility company to profit from Baltimore-owned infrastructure. His administration says it wants to renegotiate.

A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, fueling the administration’s deportation agenda for the remainder of his time in the White House.

The Anne Arundel County Council narrowly voted during budget amendments to delay all public water access projects in the county by at least a year. The county executive called it a “giant step backwards.”

A recent consumer protection law allows Baltimore’s Law Department to pursue penalties.

Anne Arundel County executive candidate Kyle Nembhard has dropped out of the Democratic primary and endorsed fellow Democrat James Kitchin just days before early voting begins.

A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike.

Buying a home can be the biggest purchase of a lifetime. Here are some of the more common problems Maryland homeowners face and how to prevent them.

COLUMN | Sixteen years ago, a first-time candidate beat a powerful Baltimore state senator. Now Bill Ferguson, that young upstart, is the Maryland Senate president facing a social media challenger with surprising support. How did this conversation get all turned around?

Israel’s latest strikes on Lebanon and Iran have made clear that U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who started the war in lockstep, want different things.

COMMENTARY | The only hope we need to have for athletes competing in any high school sport is that they have a chance to practice what they love while building confidence, strength and resilience.

The renewed hostilities threatened to drag the Middle East back into a full-scale war.

Baltimore Sheriff Sam Cogen and challenger Sabrina Tapp-Harper face off in a contentious primary while a workplace discrimination lawsuit looms in the background.

Two Baltimore pools reopened Sunday after being closed Saturday due to separate incidents involving vandalism and safety concerns.

COLUMN | James Talarico, the Democrat's hope for winning a Senate seat in Texas, is at the top of Chris Van Hollen’s buddy list right now. Like every list, however, if there is a top, there must be a bottom. That would be Maryland Del. Adrian Boafo.

As the country prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a growing number of local theaters, museums, artists and performers in the left-leaning suburbs of Washington are highlighting art that protests the Trump administration.

A rabbinical group's call for voters to choose a party is drawing scrutiny in a contested Baltimore Senate primary.

Baltimore leaders have decided not to renew the city’s controversial agreement with Baltimore Gas and Electric that allowed the company to make infrastructure investments to the underground utility network.