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June 17, 2019

Five federal lawmakers representing Baltimore sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking for an investigation into the withdrawal of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility for vendors at Lexington Market.

June 17, 2019

Mary Mervis Delicatessen used to serve a daily rush of 1,000 customers, who lined up for the Lexington Market stall's meats and cheeses, corned beef sandwiches and shrimp salad. But traffic, already down to about 400 people a day since the Freddie Gray riots, has plummeted by at least half again since the century-old deli lost food stamp eligibility….

June 14, 2019

In the wake of President Donald Trump's comments to ABC News that he would be open to foreign offers of political dirt on his 2020 rivals before maybe contacting the FBI, Democrats on Capitol Hill used the controversial remarks to renew their push for legislation targeting foreign assistance in American campaigns – a push that's already run up against some Republican opposition.

June 14, 2019

Alarmed by President Donald Trump's willingness to accept foreign dirt on a political opponent, House Democrats are accelerating their efforts to strengthen election security ahead of the 2020 campaign. Lawmakers had already been compiling a fresh package of bills in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings in the Trump-Russia probe.

June 14, 2019

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to buckle to the near constant drumbeat from Democrats -- and some Republicans -- about the need to pass election security legislation in the wake of the report from special counsel Robert Mueller that found Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

June 13, 2019

House Democrats are readying a major legislative push focused on securing elections, a response to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's findings of Russian interference in the 2016 election that took on new resonance after President Trump said he would be willing to take dirt on a political opponent from a foreign government.

June 12, 2019

Congressman John Sarbanes joins us in today's Your Voice Segment to talk about preventing Russian interference in the next election cycle.

June 7, 2019

The statistics are staggering. More than 44 million Americans with a total student debt of $1.5 trillion. It's a crushing burden for many, particularly our nation's public servants – teachers, public defenders, social workers, service members, health care workers and others who keep our communities strong….

June 5, 2019

While it is not quite an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, the metaphor is close enough: Freshman House Democrats who roared into the majority in January with ambitious legislative plans are increasingly facing the reality of a Senate majority leader who has little interest in what they want.

May 23, 2019

Maryland lawmakers are asking the directors of the FBI and the Secret Service to provide a briefing at the conclusion of the ransomware attack against the City of Baltimore.The letter, addressed to FBI director Honorable Christopher Way and Secret Service director Honorable James Murray, was sent Thursday, just over two weeks after Baltimore City network was infected with ransomware. U.S.