Politics

Federal workers are bracing for another possible government shutdown. We’re collecting stories from current and former feds about how they’re preparing.

The White House is telling agencies to prepare for large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week.

After a spike in COVID-19 cases, Montgomery County health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated against the virus that causes it.

Nearly 15,000 federal jobs in Maryland have been lost since the start of the year. Economists aren’t worried — yet.

Shelly Skolnick, a Friendship Heights-based attorney, has filed paperwork establishing a campaign committee with the state elections board — a precursor to formally filing to run for county executive.

Three people have been shot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency’s director said.

Maryland Del. Nino Mangione is seeking an open seat on the Baltimore County Council, but some wonder how the conservative firebrand's politics will play?

“[W]e need to be mindful of never, ever allowing something like this to happen again," said state Sen. Michael Jackson.

Some studies have raised the possibility that taking the over-the-counter painkiller in pregnancy might be associated with a risk of autism — but many others haven’t found a connection.

Maryland U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes is facing Trump pressure as his allies push prosecutions of political foes. Will she be next to face the test?

The county board is not the only group to voice concerns to the USPS. The Center for Election Confidence, a nonprofit focused on ethics in elections, also submitted a letter opposing the proposed rule change.

When the federal government shuts down, and it will either this time or the next, Maryland’s Democrats will have to explain why. The Constitution is burning, but they’ve settled on an old political strategy.

ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.

The cost of a speeding ticket in parts of Maryland will increase Oct. 1.

“We’re not going to go and set expectations that we don’t think we can meet,” says Andy Ellis of Baltimore. Gubernatorial candidate Ellis and running mate Owen Silverman Andrews aim to rack up votes, increase influence.

“Charlie looked at politics as an on-ramp to Jesus,” said the Rev. Rob McCoy, Kirk’s pastor.

Maryland members of Congress voted along party lines Friday as Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a plan to fund the government past Sept. 30.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those who want a shot.

The Baltimore City Board of Elections gave its new leader a Charm City welcome Thursday, delivering one of its most chaotic meetings in recent memory after one member stormed out of the boardroom.

President Donald Trump’s administration is questioning the cost of replacing Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and criticizing Maryland laws that require some of the work be contracted out to minority-owned businesses.