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Sen. Barack Obama is the Democratic Party's presidential nominee by virtue of his own talent, but he stands on the shoulders of Americans who built, over many decades, a more welcoming social and political landscape in this country. At a party before Mr....

The past couple of years have left some tarnish on one of Maryland's once-sparkling political leaders. Martin O'Malley arrived at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston with the swagger of one of the party's young stars, granted a prime...

By the grim look on the faces of exhausted Maryland delegates pulling themselves to the breakfast table after only a few hours of sleep, drums might not have been a good idea. But there they were: the Denver Broncos Marching Band, pounding out an early...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposal to include expanded offshore drilling in a Democratic energy bill has nothing to do with reducing the cost of gas and everything to do with increasing votes for Democrats in November. Voters should listen...

The Army faces "significant challenges" in moving its communications, surveillance and electronics operations from Fort Monmouth, N.J., to Aberdeen Proving Ground without disrupting the military's war effort, according to a new congressional report that...

In her new memoir, Nancy Pelosi remembers the house where she grew up and the needy who would gather outside. It was Baltimore in the 1940s, and the family home in Little Italy functioned as a district office for her father. "People knew this was where...

Federal lawmakers are scrutinizing the Homeland Security Department's role in efforts by Maryland State Police to spy on peace activists and death penalty protesters, raising concerns that the operations were supported with federal dollars. Rep. Bennie...

About 64,000 workers in Maryland will get a pay raise tomorrow when the federal minimum wage bumps up to $6.55 an hour - the first federal increase to affect the state in a dozen years. For those working 40 hours a week at the state minimum of $6.15, the...

The House approved a sweeping plan yesterday that responds to the most serious housing crisis since the Depression by providing a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and aid to homeowners facing foreclosure. In a...

House Republicans scuttled a bill yesterday that Democrats had hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil - about a three-day supply - from the national stockpile. Democrats promised...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, leading a Congress whose approval ratings have descended to historic lows, has begun a two-week cross-country campaign to promote a memoir on her ascent to the highest position in the House of Representatives. The San...

Get Kathy Phillips talking about oil exploration off the Mid-Atlantic, and she conjures a scene right out of the Gulf of Mexico, with drilling platforms, pipelines and pumping stations overwhelming the shoreline. "People here on the East Coast don't have...