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    The On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) spacecraft NASA is cancelling.
    NASA killed off a Maryland-made satellite project. Lawmakers want to know why.
    The project, known as OSAM-1, was developed at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and was expected to service existing satellites and expand their lifespans in space.
    Ballot counters remove ballots from the envelopes.
    Maryland election officials confident post office is reliable for mail ballots
    Maryland has one of the most generous timetables in the nation — and that means that there’s little chance that a mail-in ballot won’t arrive by the cutoff.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, talks about the impasses in selecting a new speaker Thursday at his office on Capitol Hill.
    Maryland U.S. Rep. Andy Harris is new chair of the House Freedom Caucus
    Harris told Fox News the Freedom Caucus would focus on reining in government spending and changing intraparty Republican rules.
    Rev. Kobi Little of Baltimore's NAACP chapter speaks outside BPD headquarters on Thursday. He decried what he called a lack of transparency from Mayor Brandon Scott in the selection of Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
    Suspended NAACP leaders accused of bullying, financial misconduct deny wrongdoing
    Rev. Kobi Little, head of the NAACP Maryland State Conference, and Joshua Harris, treasurer for the state conference, were suspended by the national NAACP last week.
    Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump was reported safe Sunday after an incident at his golf club in Florida.
    Trump was subject of apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, FBI says
    U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near where former President Donald Trump was golfing in Florida on Sunday.
    Donald Trump doesn't get to choose Kamala Harris's identity.
    Commentary: White people don’t get to define someone’s Blackness
    Donald Trump has brought racial identity to the spotlight by ridiculously questioning Kamala Harris' Blackness.
    Vice President Kamala Harris' $800 Tiffany earrings caught the attention of some debate viewers.
    Kamala Harris wore $800 Tiffany earrings for the debate. And?
    Kamala Harris got some flack for wearing $800 earrings during the recent debate. Local women think people need to mind their own business.
    Rob Steinberger, right, talks with school board candidate LaToya Nkongolo during the African American Heritage Festival on Aug. 24, 2024, in Laurel.
    For Rob Steinberger, running for Congress is about introducing himself
    Rob Steinberger is running in the 3rd District against a better-known, more experienced, better-financed Democrat. His job is introducing himself to voters.
    Rachel Morin’s family members are engaged in an escalating dispute over who speaks for them and over the proceeds of fundraisers in her name.
    Rachel Morin’s children sue grandmother, aunt over GoFundMe proceeds
    Rachel Morin's five children have filed a lawsuit alleging their grandmother and aunt have kept the proceeds from a GoFundMe and four other fundraisers.
    Crowds in Portland, Maine, watch a live broadcast of the debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.
    Kamala Harris channeled Clair Huxtable to counter Donald Trump’s debate falsehoods
    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 first handshake, Vice President Kamala Harris took the fight to former President Donald Trump.
    Candidates spar on economy and abortion as Harris takes on Trump in a way Biden could not
    From the opening handshake, Vice President Kamala Harris took the fight to Donald Trump in a way that Biden could not.
    Patty Morin holds a photo of her daughter, Rachel Morin.
    Mothers of Rachel Morin, Kayla Hamilton plead with Congress to tighten immigration
    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.
    What's keeping Maryland Republicans awake at night? Here are five possible sleep busters.
    Trump, Hogan and other nightmares keeping Maryland Republicans awake
    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.
    The pro-housing movement is having a moment. The YIMBY crowd is cheering.
    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.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs paperwork pardoning more than 175,000 cannabis-related convictions during a ceremony at the State House in Annapolis in June.
    How Maryland became the nation’s blueprint for electing Black politicians
    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.
    Scott Baio during his speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.
    Election rhetoric is all fun and games until a former heartthrob targets you online
    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.
    The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
    Maryland man sentenced for thousands of harassing calls to congressional offices
    Lilly was arrested in Howard County Feb. 3, 2023, and had warrants for his arrest in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties.
    The hardest part of this year's election campaign starts after Labor Day, and there's plenty for Maryland Democrats to fret.
    These 5 election nightmares may keep Maryland Democrats awake after Labor Day
    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.
    Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, campaign event in October 2023. Kennedy has dropped out of the race, but will remain on Maryland’s ballot.
    RFK Jr. is no longer running for president, but he’ll be on Maryland’s ballot
    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.
    Former Gov. Larry Hogan, left, and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, right, are in a dead heat in the race for the U.S. Senate, according to a new poll commissioned by the AARP.
    Hogan and Alsobrooks are tied in US Senate race, poll finds
    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.
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