8+ hour, 23+ min ago   (982+ words) The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues. McConnell was hospitalized in June, which his…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (793+ words) These days, it's easier than ever to conduct some form of polling and as difficult as it's ever been to get it right. Completely faked numbers like a phony "poll" of the Los Angeles mayoral race that made waves last…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (82+ words) WBAL-TV The party is hoping to boost enthusiasm among voters ahead of the November elections. Republicans gathered in Dallas Thursday for the final night of the RNC's midterm convention. Candidates and party leaders highlighted the president's record, honored right-wing activist…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (424+ words) Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television "threatened" the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, will not air on television but on YouTube — thus bypassing any control or…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (273+ words) The $5,000 payments pledged by President Donald Trump would cost the U.S. government more than $1.2 trillion to pay all adult U.S. citizens. The "Trump dividends" were promised by the president Wednesday during a speech at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas. He pledged…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (453+ words) Maryland education leaders have launched the "Maryland Shows Up" campaign to tackle chronic absenteeism. The chronic absenteeism rate has dropped by about 8% statewide over the past four years but falls short of the state's goal. The campaign, announced during Attendance…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (352+ words) A Baltimore City Council committee advanced legislation that would give the Baltimore Police Department the authority to padlock smoke shops that sell illegal cannabis products. The bill was initially introduced in May. "Our strategy is to hit them in their…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (243+ words) An appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting, a decision that comes as the Supreme Court considers the same case and states have already started sending out ballots for the high-stakes…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (138+ words) President Donald Trump is set to speak again Thursday at the RNC midterm convention in Dallas, after grabbing headlines Wednesday for promising $5,000 checks to Americans if Republicans win in November. Based on the number of adult U.S. citizens in the most…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (464+ words) Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, it's the first scenes that still loom large in many Americans' memories. The moments of impact. The clouds of smoke. The sight of survivors holding cloths to their mouths. Those moments, however, have ballooned into…...