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    Maryland to pay $190K for consultants to help with Trump response
    The consulting firm Accenture will research Trump’s proposed agenda and how it will affect the state’s priorities and programs.
    Maryland Governor Wes Moore outlines a plan for the state to protect the interests of Maryland under the incoming Trump administration.
    Letter: If you’re a woman who voted for Trump, no one is coming to save you
    After the presidential election, conservative white women who believe the white patriarchy will save them are in for a rude awakening, writes Baltimore resident Betsy Schindler.
    Supporters watch returns at a campaign election night watch party for former President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida.
    On Election Day, they set out to answer Baltimore County’s biggest questions
    In the coming weeks, the results of exit polls will unspool some of the motivations behind local, state and national voting decisions.
    University of Maryland, Baltimore County students conduct exit polls for their Voting and Political Behavior class Outside of the English Consul Volunteer Fire Station in Lansdowne, MD on Nov. 5, 2024.
    Biden includes Key Bridge funding in $100B disaster request
    President Joe Biden is taking an important step in his effort to lock in federal money to rebuild Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    President Joe Biden is asking Congress to approve disaster funding that includes money to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed after being struck by the Dali cargo ship in March.
    O’Malley resigns from Social Security Administration to run for DNC chair
    O’Malley’s candidacy to lead the Democratic National Committee comes at a time of soul-searching and finger-pointing in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: Former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD), President Biden's nominee to be the next Commissioner of Social Security, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on November 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. If confirmed O'Malley would replace former Commissioner Andrew Saul who was fired from office by President Joe Biden in 2021.
    Antisemitism and war motivate some Jewish voters to swing right with rest of country
    While Jewish voters are by no means a monolith, in Baltimore City and county, home to one of the country’s largest Jewish populations, many traditionally vote for Democrats.
    Republican Jewish Coalition member David Cuttner displays a yarmulke promoting Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump while canvassing a neighborhood, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in West Bloomfield Township, Mich.
    Angela Alsobrooks won a $150M trial by fire. Now she heads to Trump’s Washington.
    Angela Alsobrooks will join the Senate in an unenviable position: as a brand-new member in the minority party, with the president also from the opposing party.
    Angela Alsobrooks speaks following her Senate seat win at her election night event held in College Park, MD on November 5th, 2024.
    Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research.
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Trump rally.
    Former Gov. Martin O’Malley exploring run for DNC chair
    Former Maryland governor and Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley is among the names being floated to lead the Democratic National Committee after latest Trump victory.
    WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 11: Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley testifies before the Senate Committee on the Budget at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. The hearing was entitled "Social Security Forever: Delivering Benefits and Protecting Retirement Security"
    Sarah Elfreth heads to Washington with a to-do list and everything she wanted. Almost.
    After a year of campaigning, fundraising, of juggling her role as a state senator and the owner of a new dog — state Sen. Sarah Elfreth will take the oath of office on Jan. 3 as a member of the 119th Congress. It’s not exactly what she wanted.
    Congresswoman-elect Sarah Elfreth talks with Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman at her election night party in Annapolis.
    Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons
    The idea that democracy is under attack motivated both Harris and Trump voters, but in starkly different ways.
    At left, supporters at a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C., in October. At right, supporters at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November.
    What’s next for Larry Hogan? Despite Senate loss, ex-gov has options
    Former Gov. Larry Hogan hinted that this year’s Senate race isn’t the last we’ve seen from him, saying: “Our work and our commitment to a brighter future and a better path forward will continue.”
    Former Gov. Larry Hogan isn't headed to the U.S. Senate, after losing to Democrat Angela Alsobrooks. But he still has options for what to do next.
    Democrat April McClain Delaney wins US House seat in competitive Maryland race
    Democrat April McClain Delaney narrowly won a U.S. House seat in Maryland’s most competitive congressional race that came to focus on reproductive rights and the economy.
    Congressional Candidate for Maryland’s 6th District April McClain Delaney speaks to the crowd at the Women’s Empowerment Rally at Platoon 22 Veteran Services Center in Frederick, MD on Friday, September 13, 2024.
    Maryland women wonder: Will America ever elect a female president?
    After loses by Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, Maryland women in politics ponder whether they will see a woman president in their lifetime.
    ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 23: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pauses during a CNN Presidential Town Hall at Sun Center Studios on October 23, 2024 in Aston, Pennsylvania. With less than two weeks to Election Day, Harris spent the day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made a visit to Famous 4th Street Delicatessen to greet supporters.
    They voted to make history with Harris and lost. Black women react to Trump’s victory.
    Black women voted to make history supporting Kamala Harris. After her loss, many take it personally.
    Supporters listen as Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the election Wednesday during a speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
    Scott laments Kamala Harris’ loss: ‘This country does not deserve Black women’
    A video of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott lamenting the loss of Vice President Kamala Harris — and America’s treatment of Black women in general — has gone viral.
    Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2024 State of the City address at Baltimore Center Stage on March 25, 2024.uk
    Raised in the era of Trump politics, young voters never envisioned a Harris win
    Unlike the first time Donald Trump won the presidency, the mood on college campuses in deep blue Baltimore is more or less business as usual.
    Trump Harris young voters
    It’s Donald Trump’s America, and I’m a stranger in a strange land
    The only real choice confronting the majority of Marylanders who voted against Donald Trump’s return to the White House is to face it. America, we hardly knew you.
    GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 02: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump is seen through protective bullet-resistant glass where his supporters are reflected during a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport on November 02, 2024 in Gastonia, North Carolina. With three days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground state of North Carolina, where recent polls have the former president and his opponent, Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat.
    It’s not just the men who let us women down
    Women were once asked to choose whether they felt safer with a man or a bear. After this election, I'd choose the bear over some women, too.
    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06:  Supporters react as Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the election during a speech at Howard University on November 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. After a contentious campaign focused on key battleground states, the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump was projected to secure the majority of electoral votes, giving him a second term as U.S. President. Republicans also secured control of the Senate for the first time in four years.
    David Smith wanted to cut Baltimore City Council. He united it instead.
    “It was kind of a gift that David Smith and the proponents of the bill gave this city,” said Zac Blanchard, who unseated a Smith-backed candidate in May.
    David Smith is the sole funder of the group working to shrink city council.
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