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EpiPens needed by those with severe food allergies are getting expensive

What can explain the recent lapses by Secret Service agents?

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Elijah E. Cummings appeared to call Wednesday for U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson to step down over a series of recent security breaches at the White House -- becoming the first member of Congress to do so -- but then later softened his stance on the matter.

Now that the NFL and the NFL Players Association have implemented human growth hormone testing as part of a revised performance-enhancing drug policy, Ravens veteran defensive end Chris Canty is hoping that ensures a level playing field.

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings on Tuesday called on federal health officials to reevaluate how they grade nursing homes in response to reports that some facilities are gaming the system.

Two weeks after the Social Security Administration received a report criticizing management for a dysfunctional, $300 million computer system agency officials provided only a cursory summary of the findings at an official meeting of a committee overseeing the project, documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun show.

The Social Security Administration has spent nearly $300 million to develop a computer system to speed processing of disability claims, but the system still isn't working after six years, according to a newly released report.

The Social Security Administration is overhauling its internal anti-discrimination program after federal auditors found that the agency failed to establish an adequate system for handling claims from employees.

When the federal agency that forces elaborate bookkeeping on Americans appears overwhelmed by the task of maintaining internal email records, taxpayers have a right to be angry

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will host a top Republican from the House Oversight Committee in Baltimore today, but it won't be the committee's chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa.

The Social Security Administration has failed to establish an adequate process for handling discrimination claims from employees and has caused concerns about conflicts of interest in some of those cases, according to a scathing federal report obtained Tuesday by The Baltimore Sun.

Fox News has a new punching bag this week: Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings.

Maryland's top health official told a congressional panel on Thursday that its IT contractors were to blame for the state's troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act and suggested the state may reimburse the federal government if it can claw back money from those companies.

Maryland schools among those universities clarifying application instructions to ensure they aren't violating federal law by requiring extra forms to determine financial aid eligibility

Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland alleged this week that more than 100 universities, including Goucher College and Loyola University Maryland, are violating federal law by requiring applicants to fill out extra forms that determine their eligibility for financial aid.

As Obama continues his campaign to win over Americans skeptical of the Affordable Care Act, the ranks of critics are growing, swollen by people who are losing their existing health insurance because it does not comply with the law

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, called for the head of AIG to resign over comments he made comparing outrage over executive bonuses to lynchings that took place in the South.

Baltimore's Elijah Cummings is the voice of reason on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the chief restraint on chairman Darrell Issa

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Baltimore lawmaker and top-ranking Democrat on the often contentious committee have never enjoyed a particularly strong relationship.

Arguing that the congressional investigation into the IRS should be concluded, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said Sunday that closed-door interviews with the agency's staff show neither the White House nor officials in Washington had a hand in targeting conservative groups for added scrutiny.

Elected officials from Maryland ditched their talking points and donned purple ties or dresses to pay homage to the Ravens at the White House.

A leading opponent of the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland used a high-profile congressional hearing Tuesday to allege that the IRS leaked a list of its donors to an adversarial group just as it was mounting a campaign to put gay marriage on the ballot.

Republicans are clearly intent on keeping the focus on Hillary Clinton's role in the Benghazi debacle, and that could benefit Vice President Joe Biden, if he wants to run in 2016.

Investigation into Benghazi attack should focus less on any short-lived 'cover-up' and more on protecting U.S. diplomats and bringing perpetrators to justice

WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official.

The "average" federal employee salary stands at nearly $78,500, an amount that has risen by about $1,800 in the past two years despite a general freeze on salary rates, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

When city or county firefighters have a family obligation pop up on a workday, their solution is familiar to most shift workers: They find a colleague willing to trade hours. But for the roughly 10,000 firefighters employed by the federal government, the ability to swap shifts is limited.

Florence P. Haseltine knows the power of scientists meeting face to face. The former researcher at the National Institutes of Health notes a list of milestones achieved through networking and collaboration at conferences.

At the Dundalk Post Office on Dundalk Avenue this week, news that the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service would stop delivering mail on Saturdays beginning in August was greeted with a mix of apathy and understanding.

Word that the cash-strapped Postal Service would stop delivering letters on Saturdays hit Lakesha Johnson hard.

Local react to Post Office request to stop delivering mail on Saturdays

Drug shortages in Maryland are still a problem, and legislators are looking at a way to solve it.

Long lines on Election Day in Maryland and elsewhere have prompted calls by state and federal lawmakers to speed up the process of casting a ballot.

Despite election-year politics, the Obama administration needs to acknowledge mistakes at the U.S. consulate in Libya and learn from them

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings is requesting that a group whose affiliates have challenged the legitimately of thousands of voter registrations, including some in Maryland, turn over documents to demonstrate how it determines which registrations to target.

Talk in Congress of letting the District of Columbia tax commuters is getting a cool reception in Maryland.

The U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division has not visited the Baltimore City Detention Center in nearly two years, despite an ongoing agreement with the state to oversee reforms at the facility.

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday requested a meeting with Wal-Mart officials in response to allegations that the retailer covered up a bribery scheme to expand its business in Mexico.

The Secret Service prostitution scandal raises serious questions about the agency's ability to do its crucial work.

The scandal involving 11 Secret Service agents and Colombian prostitutes is shocking, but whether it represents a serious breach in security is not so clear

Seven-time Cy Young Award-winner Roger Clemens is on trial today -- again -- for allegedly lying to Congress, and that means the spotlight will again find Brian McNamee, the pitcher's former personal trainer. But the man I'll be thinking about is Andy Pettitte, Clemens' longtime friend and teammate.

Congressman Elijah Cummings questions the silencing of women in the debate over contraceptive coverage

He has maintained a relatively low profile on the Sandra Fluke story, but Democratic Rep. Elijah E. Cummings played a big role in putting the Georgetown law student in the spotlight and sparking a nationwide conversation over contraceptives.

Event will still happen, but without $5,000 from Arundel, because organization lacks nonprofit status

A Cockeysville man whose wife was killed in an accident last year when her car was struck by a tractor-trailer appeared Wednesday on Capitol Hill to argue against a proposal to allow truck drivers to spend more time on the road.