National politics

The trade followed years of secretive back-channel negotiations despite relations between Washington and Moscow being at their lowest point since the Cold War.

They’re now applying the infectious, youthful energy they captured working on the Kamala Harris campaign throughout Maryland — often in the political sphere.

Democratic leaders are hoping that Kamala Harris' shine rubs off on their candidates down the ballot.

Few things separate Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen. Their offices often put out joint news releases touting their accomplishments together. Not much, it seems, has separated the senior senator from his younger colleague. Except Benjamin Netanyahu.

Sen. Ben Cardin is presiding over the speech, while Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he’s skipping it.

The assassination attempt unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.

Kamala Harris has been covered inaccurately by media and others who don’t know the intricacies of her cultures. They’d better learn.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded during a highly contentious congressional hearing that she resign.

Then-Sen. Kamala Harris based her first run for president in Baltimore. As of now, it does not appear the vice president will move the campaign apparatus from Wilmington, Delaware, to Charm City.

“She will have the unique ability to energize the Democratic Party base and mobilize a unique coalition, and we must rally around her and elect her to serve as the next President of the United States,” Moore wrote in his endorsement.

Here, my fellow swimmers in these unsettled seas, are five ways we can ride out the undertow of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out.

”The party can test it at their own peril,” said Democratic fundraiser Karen Miller

The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate.

But a contingent of those who will help choose the new nominee said they want to hear more from the party about next steps before committing to a candidate.

With President Joe Biden announcing Sunday that he won’t run for re-election after all, all eyes are turning to the next generation of Democrats, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.

How Maryland state Sen. Mike McKay befriended infamous attempted assassin Arthur Bremer.

He’s the highest-ranking Maryland Democrat to suggest that stepping down could be a consideration for Biden, whose campaign has struggled in recent weeks.

The 39-year-old Ohio senator is a relative political unknown. In his first prime-time speech since becoming the nominee for vice president, Vance spoke of growing up poor in Kentucky and Ohio, his mother addicted to drugs and his father absent, and how he later joined the military and went on to the highest levels of U.S. politics.

Two of the nation’s most recognizable LGBTQIA+ organizations immediately denounced the choice of JD Vance as a GOP vice presidential candidate.

“Open borders are often portrayed as compassionate and virtuous,” said Michael Morin, 40, of Churchville, Maryland. “But there is nothing compassionate about allowing violent criminals into our country and robbing children of their mother. My sister’s death was preventable.”