Politics

President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident outside the ballroom.

COLUMN | We are deep into the age of posting stupid and insensitive things online. It can cost you a friendship, standing in your community, a job or — and this is the fuzzy math bit — absolutely nothing.

On Friday, the Columbia Association published an 82-page report detailing the last seven months of board infighting that led to three members being removed.

Airlines worldwide have begun canceling flights as the war in the Middle East strains jet fuel supplies and pushes up prices — but the disruption doesn’t end there.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order aimed at state employees and prediction markets as they have come under heightened scrutiny.

The Maryland Supreme Court tossed Baltimore’s $266 million victory in its opioid lawsuit against a pair of drug companies in a brief order issued Friday.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates reported $1.8 million in outside income last year as matters from his time as a private defense attorney were resolved and he sold real estate.

Downtown Annapolis businesses are gearing up for the Spring Sailboat Show this weekend, an event organizers said attracts thousands of visitors and cements the city’s sailing identity.

Zoila Guerra Sandoval, a native of Guatemala who has lived in Maryland for nearly two decades, is the former partner of José Mynor López, one of the workers repairing the Key Bridge overnight when the Dali struck it in March 2024.

COLUMN | If Gov. Wes Moore signs a bill reforming appointments to the Anne Arundel County liquor board, it will end state senators’ power to dispense jobs as political favors.

Three members of the Columbia Association’s board of directors were removed for alleged ethics violations on Thursday, April 23.

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the Navy’s top civilian official, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, is leaving his job.

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson called the IG’s apology for an AI-generated image of Mayor Scott insufficient as ethics board reviews complaint over racist post.

President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana, shifting licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I to the less strictly regulated Schedule III.

The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House.

James Rouse founded Columbia with a vision of inclusivity. But as residents prepare to cast ballots for their village councils and Columbia Association board members, some worry varying rules are producing low turnout and elections lack transparency.

U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, has died. He was 80.

Despite the ceasefire extension, President Donald Trump also seemed to dig in, saying the U.S. would continue to blockade Iranian ports.

The 53-year-old Pikesville attorney is hoping to offer an alternative to voters feeling increasingly disenchanted with the two-party system.

Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November’s midterm elections that will decide control of the narrowly divided Congress.