National politics

This year, a bright moon will dampen viewing at the time of peak early Wednesday morning, so some experts recommend waiting a week or so to glimpse shooting stars against a darker sky.

The Justice Department is escalating efforts to scrutinize perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump with investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff.

A suspected gunman and a police officer are dead after law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter near the adjoining campuses of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University on Friday, authorities said.

The Polk County Democrats’ annual steak fry draws party faithful from across the country. Chair Bill Brauch said Van Hollen was “a big get.”

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.

President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally from the head count which determines political power and federal spending.

A federal judge in Maryland late Thursday ruled President Donald Trump’s administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.

Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman on a 1990s television show, wants to join the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Kamala Harris wants to fight tyranny from outside an elected office, but that's not good enough for some people.

The attack gave new fuel to long-standing Republican efforts to challenge Washington’s autonomy.

President Trump is increasing tariffs on products imported from Brazil. Here's how that will affect Maryland.

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier believes the county's inclusion on the list was “in error.”

After losing her job at USAID due to federal cuts, Anne Arundel mom Annie Leverich turned her passion for coffee into a growing small business, First Light Coffee.

Until past due payments are paid or the loan’s default status is resolved, borrowers are at risk of having their wages garnished.

Federal cuts and a local push to get more money for Baltimore are squeezing the city’s most powerful entity.

It’s been almost 100 years since the U.S. had tariffs at the level they could reach next Friday.

The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain widespread.

The two-term mayor has not said publicly what might be next, but he has the option to run for a third term in 2028.

The U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up an effort to get voter data and other election information from the states.

The pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington in January would’ve had difficulty spotting the plane while wearing night vision goggles, experts told the NTSB on Friday.