Politics

Halloween is the day to take out your fears and examine them, to laugh at what gives you the willies. Dress them up in silly costumes, throw candy at them and hope they don’t get angry.

A federal judge seemed skeptical of the Trump administration’s argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time because of the government shutdown.

The waitlist has grown to more than 2,700 Maryland kids since May.

Attar, a Democrat, represents Northwest Baltimore in the Maryland Senate.

In a 34-page opinion issued on Wednesday, Judge Kathryn Grill Graeff wrote that the issues in the appeal normally wouldn’t warrant issuing a decision that sets legal precedent.

Maryland state lawmakers pressed Gov. Wes Moore and his administration to keep food benefits intact during the federal government shutdown — even if that means tapping the state’s Rainy Day Fund.

Food banks and pantries say they already are seeing unprecedented demand for help. They expect demand to increase with the loss of federal food aid.

Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders who rely on federal assistance for their food will be left in a lurch starting this weekend.

Here’s how changes to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown will affect Marylanders who rely on SNAP.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent a letter to Trump Thursday questioning the legality of the demolition of the White House’s East Wing. Raskin said the teardown — to make room for a ballroom — violates federal law.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China agreed to purchase 25 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans annually for the next three years, starting with 12 million metric tons from now to January.

The separate, late-night operations in Paris and nearby Seine-Saint-Denis bring the total arrests to seven.

Here’s who’s running to be mayor and on the City Council in Annapolis.

In the early 1960s, developer James Rouse quietly cobbled together 14,000 acres of land in Howard County, telling few and using a number of shell companies to keep prices low. People speculated that the land was being used for a research lab or a giant compost pile.

Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson wrote of redistricting: “The legal risks are too high, the timeline for action is too dangerous, the downside risk to Democrats is catastrophic, and the certainty of our existing map would be undermined.”

Purple Line officials say the nighttime work is necessary to finish the crash walls before temperatures make concrete curing difficult.

The Maryland Food Bank plans to spend over $3 million in the next month to help food-insecure Marylanders.

The Baltimore Museum of Art drew an influx of new members after announcing it’d host Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective.

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how.