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Lawmakers look at national prop betting rules

WASHINGTON – College athletes are facing intense scrutiny and harassment these days, and critics blame the rise of sports gambling — especially the growing phenomenon of “proposition bets” on their individual performances. Now, new findings that show the widespread availability…

Cuando ICE te arresta, ¿qué pasa con tu carro?

Read in English. Siempre que salgas de casa, dile a tu esposa, novia, tío, madre o padre las carreteras que vas a tomar. De esa manera, cuando ICE te detenga, tu familia sabrá dónde buscar tu carro. Este es el…

When ICE arrests you, what happens to your car?

In Maryland, abandoned “ghost cars” become collateral damage in ICE’s deportation mission.

Angela Alsobrooks makes healthcare the focus of her early Senate years

WASHINGTON–If you wanted to summarize Sen. Angela Alsobrooks’ work in her first 16 months in Congress, you could do so in three letters: RFK.  The senator’s viral verbal spats with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are what she’s become…

Bruce Springsteen tour rails against Trump attacks

Springsteen has never shied away from voicing his political opinions, but his current U.S.-based tour has taken it further. 

From Potomac to Tehran: The campaign of Reza Pahlavi, exiled prince of Iran

For decades, the former crown prince has lobbied against the Islamic Republic from the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Inside the secret underground tunnels of the U.S. Congress

Dating back to 1909, the old-fashioned trains are where House and Senate members replicate a morning commute, congregating as they await the train. 

‘Elect a clown, expect a circus’: annual May Day protest draws thousands to D.C.

Thousands of protestors marched from the Washington Monument to the White House to protest the Trump administration on Friday.

‘Just in time’: State lawmakers say new law protects Marylanders as U.S. Supreme Court ruling strips federal voting rights

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a voting rights bill into law Tuesday, less than 24 hours before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a Louisiana case.

Pete Hegseth provokes Democrats with triumphant claims about war with Iran

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argued with Democrats about the war in Iran at Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.