Calling Baltimore's abandoned rowhouses "hotbeds for crime," Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced a nearly $700 million plan to tear down thousands of vacant buildings and replace them with new developments — a level of investment in Baltimore's poorest neighborhoods some say is unprecedented....
Danyell Smith wasn't shy about walking up to total strangers at the Security Square Mall over the New Year's holiday weekend and asking them, "Baby, are you registered to vote?" Though Smith is a volunteer with a group called Black Girls Vote, neither she nor her organization aims to sign up only...
City Councilman Nick J. Mosby plans to announce on Tuesday his "15 Point Plan for a Better Baltimore," his campaign said in a statement. Mosby's plans "will serve as a blueprint to addresses Baltimore's toughest challenges from public safety and economic development to revitalizing our communities...
President Obama joked, preached and wept in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, outlining how he’ll use his authority to fight gun violence but revealing along the way that an appeal to the heart may be the most powerful tool he can muster. With tears wetting his face at one point, Obama...
Bill Clinton's political muscle memory took him down a well-worn path Monday in New Hampshire: the rally in Nashua, the lunchtime mingle in Manchester and the afternoon town hall in Exeter. Like the snow flurries on one of the coldest days of winter so far, Clinton's Arkansas twang was so familiar...
President Obama will announce Tuesday that he’ll act on his own authority to expand background checks for would-be gun buyers and increase enforcement of existing laws, a culmination of his effort to curb gun violence that nonetheless falls short of sweeping change he had long sought. Though Obama...
Anyone who confidently predicts the outcome of this year’s presidential race is either not serious or seriously delusional. Particularly on the Republican side, the number of plausible scenarios outstrips anyone’s ability to forecast. But we can highlight five of the key unknowns. How will Donald...
The Baltimore City Council — a body some hope will help bring change to a beleaguered city — is likely to experience significant turnover in next year's election. Already, four of the council's 15 members have said they will not seek re-election, while several others are considering stepping down...
Women voters in Maryland are being targeted with television ads about the two candidates running in the state's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, underscoring the battle underway for a demographic that will play a key role in choosing a successor to Barbara A. Mikulski, the pathbreaking dean...
Dozens of former foreign service workers and their families who were held or killed overseas — including the 53 hostages captured in Iran nearly four decades ago — will be compensated for their ordeals as part of the massive federal spending legislation President Barack Obama signed last month....
Legislation to toughen the disciplinary process for police accused of wrongdoing — quashed by lawmakers last year — is given a better chance in the General Assembly session that starts this month. A panel of senators and delegates studying how to improve police accountability has reached tentative...
The long-shot presidential campaign of former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley suffered another setback Thursday when officials in Ohio said he had failed to submit enough valid signatures to appear on the state's Democratic primary ballot in March. O'Malley submitted 1,175 signatures to the Ohio...
President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2015 directing agencies to allow federal workers to take six weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn child and urged states and cities to follow suit. Progress has been slow, but momentum is building. Last week, New York became one of a handful...
The Army has received more than $300,000 in claims from a dozen people who say their property was damaged when one of the massive surveillance balloons anchored at Aberdeen Proving Ground escaped in October. The payout requests await review by Army officials, spokesman Dov Schwartz said. He did...
In the 1950s, two phones sat on the desk of Air Force Col. Harry Shoup at Continental Air Defense Command operations center in Colorado: a black one for local calls, and a red one with a number that was top secret. If the red one rang, his daughter says, "it wasn't good news." That changed one...
As the year draws to a close, Linda Siegle is hoping her fellow federal workers are in the giving spirit. Siegle, who works for the Department of Defense in Maryland, volunteers her time to help lead the Combined Federal Campaign in the region. The Combined Federal Campaign is the federal government's...