National politics

There were moments during Trump’s ranting that Harris’ face in the split-screen shot said it all — “Go ahead and keep talking, kid.”

From the opening handshake, Vice President Kamala Harris took the fight to Donald Trump in a way that Biden could not.

Politicians have seized on the cases of the slain Maryland women Rachel Morin and Kayla Hamilton as the result of failed U.S. immigration policy.

Between the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate and Inauguration Day, here are five nightmares likely to keep Republican voters awake at night.

Whether the Democrats’ new fervor will translate into policy changes and more housing is less certain, as Gov. Wes Moore and others who have tried already know.

Marylanders have a chance to transform the state into the nation’s center of Black political power, electing a Black governor, attorney general and U.S. senator.

A local native and author got a reminder several years ago of the perils of social media politics when a celebrity insulted her to his followers. Expect more of that this election cycle.

Lilly was arrested in Howard County Feb. 3, 2023, and had warrants for his arrest in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties.

Be forewarned. This is a Dougie Downer kind of column. What goes up must come down. Democrats might be enjoying sweet dreams of November, but the hardest days of the campaign start right after Labor Day.

Before dropping out, Robert F. Kennedy’s supporters had amassed enough signatures on a petition to get him on Maryland’s ballot as a presidential candidate, state elections officials declared on Tuesday.

National elections prognosticators have rated Maryland’s Senate race as “leans” or “likely” Democratic, but the new poll shows that the race is closer than some analysts have predicted.

Measures to protect access have already qualified to go before voters this year in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and South Dakota. Meanwhile, competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will be on the November ballot in Nebraska.

White women are the nation’s largest voting demographic. Will they elect the first woman president in Kamala Harris? History says no, and that the majority of them will back the white Republican male nominee, Donald J Trump.

“We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a brighter future, a future defined by individual freedom, economic promise and national pride,” read the statement, which his sister Kerry Kennedy posted on X. “We believe in Harris and Walz. Our brother Bobby’s decision to endorse Trump today is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear.” Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland’s lieutenant governor from 1995 through 2003, signed the statement. Kennedy Townsend ran for governor in 2002, losing to Republican Robert Ehrlich.

Kamala Harris’ address in Chicago caps a whirlwind eight weeks in American politics and manifests the stunning reversal of Democratic fortunes just 75 days until Election Day.

“Jamie’s Strong & Sweet Democracy Mustard” was set out on the welcome table for the state’s delegation breakfast Thursday morning and included in arrival swag bags for Maryland delegates.

Vice President Kamala Harris has avoided sit-down interviews since entering the presidential race. Even though I'm a journalist, I get it.

Alsobrooks used her time to both tell part of her own personal story as well as to boost the candidacy of presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

Just nine days after suffering a minor stroke, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, addressed the Maryland delegation’s breakfast at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.

Angela Alsobrooks, currently the Prince George’s County executive will speak during prime time on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where the party faithful are newly energized by the candidacy of soon-to-be presidential nominee Kamala Harris.