National politics

Concerned. Disappointed. Terrified. Those are a few of the words high school students used to describe their reactions.

The Navy named a new class of amphibious landing ships for Maj. Megan McClung, the first female Naval Academy graduate killed in combat.

In interviews, several Black Marylanders said they are now steering clear of Washington, D.C., and instead practicing service and self-care.

If you are planning to travel to the nation’s capital from the Baltimore area, here’s what you should keep in mind.

The president-elect has reportedly tasked a New Jersey congressman with drafting an executive order to halt offshore wind development. Just how damaging it could be for plans off the Maryland coast remains to be seen.

Without the social media app, Baltimore-area influencers and businesses stand to lose a beloved speech platform — and money.

President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.

In a much-anticipated report released Tuesday, special counsel Jack Smith wrote that he stands behind his decision to bring criminal charges that he believes would have resulted in a conviction.

The secretary of the Navy recounted Travis Manion’s explanation to his family about why he would return to Iraq for a second combat tour in December 2006 — a decision that resulted in his death while leading a patrol five months later.

Judge Juan M. Merchan sidestepped thorny constitutional issues by effectively ending the case but assured that Trump will become the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency.

Jimmy Carter’s return to Washington recalls another cold, windy winter day — when he was sworn in as the nation’s 39th president in 1977. A Banner editor remembers watching the swearing-in as an eighth grader in person.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to the Washington area for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday.

Trump, whose sentencing will be held 10 days before his inauguration, is poised to be the first president to take office convicted of crimes.

What if, instead of a fruitless search for meaning on the first day of the 119th Congress, I made a simple request?

President-elect Donald Trump vowed he would act quickly — on his first day in office — to look at individual cases and pardon people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The governor enters 2025 in an unenviable position: He’s staring down a multi-billion-dollar budget deficit, has an ambitious public education plan to pay for and does not yet know what a second Donald Trump presidency will mean for the state.

Orioles owner David Rubenstein, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and actor-director Denzel Washington will be awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor Saturday in a White House ceremony.

Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter begin Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

Before Maryland’s freshman class in the U.S. House of Representatives could officially celebrate their first day, the majority party needed to settle on its leadership: Who would be speaker of the House?