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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks, as Kevin Warsh, (not pictured) President Donald Trump's nominee to be next chair of the Federal Reserve, attends a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing to testify, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2026. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)
May 11, 2026

MD lawmakers await answers after air base jet fuel spill

Maryland lawmakers are awaiting answers from the Air Force about a fuel leak from Andrews Air Force Base into a Potomac River tributary.

Gov. Wes Moore (D) and other Maryland officials gather to celebrate the completion of the Purple Line in Silver Spring on May 7, 2026. (Jordan Tovin/For the Washington Post)
May 8, 2026

The last bit of track, finally, is laid for the Purple Line in MD

The final tracks were laid for Maryland's Purple Line, the 16-mile light rail that will connect parts of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County.

Frederick County seal
Mar 26, 2026

Frederick County receives $1M toward senior housing expansion

Frederick County has been awarded $1,000,000 to redevelop the Frederick 50+ Community Center and bring affordable housing units.

ICE has been detaining immigrants at the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore. (Ian Round/The Daily Record)
Mar 9, 2026

Judge orders ICE to end overcrowding at Baltimore detention facility

A federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to limit the number of detainees in its Baltimore “hold rooms."

The Amazon Web Services Data Center in Springfield, Virginia, is one of many such centers in the Washington metropolitan region. (Peter Riccio/Capital News Service)
Mar 6, 2026

MD delegation supports regulating energy use by AI companies

As power costs surge across Maryland, the state’s congressional delegation is taking a bipartisan stance in support of legislation that would regulate energy use by AI companies.

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland pauses while speaking to members of the press after a press conference introducing the newly formed Maryland Freedom Caucus. (Giuseppe LoPiccolo/Capital News Service)
Mar 6, 2026

Here’s where MD lawmakers stand on Trump attacks on Iran

Congress is split largely along party lines on the Trump administration’s military campaign in Iran. Maryland's congressional delegation is no different.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) in June 2025. (Wesley Lapointe — For The Washington Post)
Mar 5, 2026

MD senator’s plan would exempt roughly half of workers from federal income taxes

Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will unveil a plan that he says would ensure roughly half of all U.S. workers pay no federal income taxes.

Dawn Didion of Hagerstown holds a sign reading "No Detention Center" and "No cruelty" during a Washington County Indivisible protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Washington County Administration Building on Feb. 24, 2026. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Feb 25, 2026

MD challenges ICE warehouse purchase over environmental, health concerns

Public health and environmental concerns are among the reasons cited by Maryland's lawsuit over ICE purchasing a Washington County warehouse to serve as an immigrant detention center.

President Donald Trump gives the longest State of the Union speech by any president in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. (Jess Daninhirsch/Capital News Service)
Feb 25, 2026

MD lawmakers snub Trump’s contentious State of the Union address

Maryland Democratic lawmakers mostly panned President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address, the longest by any president.

Statewide elected officials joined local leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of The SquashWise Center at the site of Batimore’s Historic Greyhound Station on Feb. 23, 2026, in Baltimore. (Jill Fannon Photography)
Feb 24, 2026

The SquashWise Center opens in former Baltimore Greyhound Station

Baltimore nonprofit SquashWise officially opened The SquashWise Center at the site of Batimore’s historic Greyhound Station on Feb. 23.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen watches as Congresswoman April McClain Delaney addresses the crowd at a Jan. 20, 2026, rally in downtown Hagerstown against a proposed immigrant detention center in Washington County. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Feb 20, 2026

Van Hollen, McClain Delaney boycotting Trump State of the Union

U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney and Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland are among a group of Democrat lawmakers who will boycott President Donald Trump's State of the Union.

Montgomery County police department logo (Montgomery County Government)
Feb 13, 2026

‘We will not cower,’ rabbi says after antisemitic vandalism of MD synagogue

Shaare Tefila Congregation in Olney was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti, prompting a Montgomery County police investigation and community support.