National politics

Emmitsburg, Maryland fears the Trump administration’s suspension of the National Fire Academy classes will harm the economy. And emergency workers say the public will be less safe without this training resource.

The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland education leaders that they will not reimburse schools for $360 million in funds they had already committed to giving them.

Maryland lawmakers are considering a slate of proposals aimed at protecting immigrants, but their options are limited.

President Donald Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term. “I'm not joking,” he says in an NBC News interview.

Elon Musk is not an idiot. "Look it up," Andy Harris said. "in the dictionary." I learned a lot from the Eastern Shore congressman's tele-town hall. Some of it was even true.

Hundreds of protesters are lining both sides of Reisterstown Road outside the Owings Mills Tesla dealership, expressing outrage at the company’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk.

A federal appeals court lifted a Maryland judge’s order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The arts have become the latest battleground over efforts to address gender, racial discrimination and inequity.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for permission to resume deportations of Venezuelan migrants.

Kevin Roberts rescheduled his talk at the University of Maryland law school after canceling a prior event due to illness.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies

As the Trump administration slashes the government, economists predict dire consequences for a state long dependent on federal spending.

Stephanie C. Chupein says Marylanders should reject school vouchers and support public schools that serve all children, not just the wealthiest.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports.

A United States congressional committee on China has requested a plethora of data about Chinese-born students at University of Maryland College Park.

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris didn’t back down from his support for President Donald Trump and cutting government.

Bisignano has served as chairman of Fiserv, a payments and financial services tech firm since 2020.

It’s 1:29 a.m. on March 26, 2025. An airliner collides with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a year after the container ship Dali knocked down the Key Bridge. What happens next in this imaginary disaster might be far different from the response to the real catastrophe. The reason? The occupant of the White House.

Failing to attract the attention of Republican Congressman Andy Harris, hundreds of people flocked to a middle school gymnasium on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to hear from a willing Democratic stand-in — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin.

Maryland kids underperformed on state math tests. Banner subscribers struggled, too.