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Democrats only oppose changing the Constitution as long as they benefit from the status quo.

Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson will be honored at the White House on Thursday along with eight other local leaders who have taken steps to reduce gun violence, the Obama administration said Monday.

The Annapolis police chief issued an apology Tuesday after apparently referring to a satire article as fact when testifying against the legalization of marijuana before the Maryland House Judiciary Committee.

Abraham Dash, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and federal attorney, who taught at the University of Maryland school of law from 1970 until his death, died Jan. 12 at home in Bowie of a heart attack. He was 86.

The general who led the Pentagon's review of the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history told a military judge on Wednesday that their publication revealed tactics, strained relations with some allies and caused some Afghans to stop cooperating with Americans.

For binational same-sex couples across the United States — including those legally married in Maryland — the court's 5-4 ruling offered the prospect of relief from an immigration quagmire that has disrupted lives, threatened relationships and wrought havoc on their emotional and financial stability.

America's politicians say we need more students trained in STEM disciplines. So it must be easy for graduates with those skills to get jobs, right?

The Senate immigration reform bill provides hope that Washington can break out of its cycle of scandal and gridlock.

Robert Reich says turning against immigrants because of the Boston bombing would compound that tragedy.

Matt Patterson says Labor Department smothers businesses with needless regulations

President Obama seems content to settle for half measures on gun control legislation.

In certain situations, large capacity ammunition magazines are necessary

Congress should heed Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson's plea for universal background checks and a federal ban on assault-style weapons with large-capacity magazines

WASHINGTON — Speaking at an emotional hearing on federal gun control proposals, Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson urged lawmakers Wednesday to close loopholes and ban assault weapon sales or risk more tragedies like the recent elementary school shooting in Connecticut.

WASHINGTON — In an unexpected move that could have significant implications for Maryland, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will be named the first female chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday.

Behind-the-scenes jostling for committee chairmanships in the U.S. Senate has left Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski poised to take over the Senate Intelligence Committee — a move experts said Tuesday could bolster the role cyber security plays in the state's economy.

Longtime magistrate judge Paul W. Grimm was promoted to a U.S. District Court judgeship in Maryland by a nearly unanimous confirmation vote in the Senate on Monday despite a backlog of nominations that has left dozens of vacancies on the federal bench.

Justice is undermined in Maryland and elsewhere by Senate's failure to approve the president's nominees

Even the Supreme Court seems more concerned with feelings than with the law

A 31-year-old man with a violent criminal past has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting a city police officer in Baltimore¿s downtown, which sparked a running gun battle with tactical officers who pursued the gunman up North Calvert Street.

A Senate panel has approved a Baltimore circuit judge for a seat on U.S. District Court

The federal definition of rape for the purpose of collecting national crime data has been changed for the first time in more than 80 years, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

The definition of rape that dictates how local police departments report crimes to federal record keepers will change — for the first time in more than 80 years — in early 2012.

A bill introduced by Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin intended to modernize the nation's 1917 Espionage Act has angered public access advocates who say it would limit the ability of federal employees to blow the whistle on government fraud and abuse.

By trying to shift the blame for sexual harassment stories to Rick Perry, Herman Cain has kept the story alive.

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain¿s flailing response to a Politico article about past sexual harassment allegations is as troubling as the story itself.