elizabeth warren

• Maryland

Charles Lane: Social Security 'crisis' is unsupported

• Opinion

Toward a more genteel governor's race [Editorial]

The fact that Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown has a tracker following Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler around is no big deal.

• Opinion

Senate obstructionists run wild [Editorial]

With blocked Obama nominations stacked up like cord wood, it's time to reform Senate rules

• Politics

In N.H., O'Malley draws on past as he looks to future

Gov. Martin O'Malley used an address in New Hampshire on Saturday to compare the city he inherited as mayor in 1999 with the nation many believe he now hopes to lead.

• Politics

Gansler proposes ban on outside spending

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler asked his Democratic rivals Tuesday to keep third-party spending out of the race for governor, pointing to other states where such agreements are said to cut down on negative attack ads.

• Politics

Gansler proposes ban on outside spending

• Opinion

Gay men should be able to donate blood

The Food and Drug Administration's 1983 blanket ban on blood donation from men who have sex with men (MSM) is outdated, discriminatory, and medically unjustifiable.

• Opinion

Cracking down on payday loans

In the Internet era, regulators need new tools to thwart unscrupulous payday lenders

• Opinion

Adding secrecy to scandal in mortgage crisis

Federal officials are refusing to turn over key information about process for compensating homeowners

• Business

Interest rates to double on new student loans

Financial aid directors at Maryland colleges are hoping that members of Congress will return from their July 4th recess and reverse the doubling of the interest rate on new loans for financially needy students.

• Opinion

Elizabeth Warren is principled; Ted Cruz is polarizing

There's no comparison between Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.

• Opinion

Elizabeth Warren is principled; Ted Cruz is polarizing

• Opinion

No comparing Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz

Sloganeering Cruz does not compare to substance-wielding Warren

• Ted Cruz

No comparing Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz

• Opinion

Warren and Cruz: principled or polarizing?

Juan Williams says rising Senate stars leading their parties toward even greater divisiveness

• Opinion

Warren and Cruz: principled or polarizing?

• Maryland

Tom Harbold: Minimum should be a livable wage

• Opinion

Time to break up the biggest Wall Street banks

Robert Reich says politicians of both parties want to avoid a repeat of a "too big to fail" scenario

• Opinion

Will it be Clinton? Cuomo? Warren?

Doyle McManus says speculating about the next presidential campaign is absurd -- so let's start the handicapping

• Politics

O'Malley grabs 5% in early 2016 poll -- if Hillary stays out

• Maryland

E.J. Dionne: Compromise has become a partisan issue

• Politics and Government

Maryland investment firms haven't abandoned Democrats

Maryland investment firms haven't followed Wall Street's dramatic shift of giving to Republicans dramatic shift

• Opinion

Romney's biggest problem is his own party

Robert Reich says distaste for Republican policies is driving Romney's poll numbers down

• Politics

Mikulski touts role of women in Congress

CHARLOTTE — Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, the self-styled dean of the Democratic women, called on voters to back female candidates in an address to her party's national convention Wednesday that came as both presidential campaigns are working to court the key demographic.

• Politics

O'Malley to speak at Democratic Convention

• Opinion

Mr. President, nobody else 'made that happen'

• Opinion

Romney returns not fair game

Flap over Romney tax returns just another example of media bias

• Maryland

John Culleton: Reimpose regulations on banking

• Opinion

Cordray appointment: A win for Obama -- and the public

The interim appointment of Richard Cordray over GOP objections gives Mr. Obama a chance to stand up for ordinary consumers

• Elections

Obama to defy Senate Republicans and appoint CFPB director

Obama to appoint CFPB director over Senate Republican objections

• Opinion

Liberals, conservatives both wrong about 'social contract'

Warren's vision of social contract is too expansive, while Cain's is too restrictive

• Opinion

Liberals, conservatives both wrong about 'social contract'

• Elizabeth Warren

Senator Elizabeth Warren?

Campaign to draft Elizabeth Warren for senate run

• Consumers

A year in the making, consumers finally get greater protections on financial matters

Consumer advocates learned this past weekend that they won't get their first choice to lead the new consumer protection agency. Despite the setback, this still is a big week for consumer protection.

• Opinion

America needs Elizabeth Warren at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Elizabeth Warren would prevent a repeat of the problems that led to the recession, and the Obama administration needs to stand up to the Senate and get her confirmed.

• Consumers

Consumer advocate feared by financial institutions appears in Baltimore

Elizabeth Warren treated as a rock star in Baltimore town hall meeting

• Business

Protecting consumer rights

Ambrose's philosophy is that what's good for consumers is also good for businesses