NEW YORK — Breaking more than four days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. Zuckerberg said Wednesday that Facebook has ...

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Congress' harassment-reporting process leads news summary including a Philippine news shutdown, a judge's resignation and a father's plea for his son's life.

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POTOMAC — A wine superstore owner says he’s running for Congress again. David Trone announced his candidacy Wednesday for the Democratic nomination for Maryland’s 6th District, which includes western Maryland and a large section of Montgomery County. Trone, the owner ...

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WASHINGTON — Two former staffers who worked for a congressional delegate from the Virgin Islands have been charged in connection with the circulation of nude images and video of the delegate and her husband, prosecutors announced Thursday. The U.S. Attorney’s ...

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WASHINGTON — With just hours to spare, Congress easily approved a short-term spending bill Friday that would prevent a partial federal shutdown over the weekend. But on President Donald Trump’s 99th day in office, lawmakers were leaving until next week ...

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WASHINGTON — As retired Olympic shot putter Adam Nelson told his story, fellow Olympian and retired swimmer Michael Phelps’ eyes filled with tears. “So unfair. So, so unfair,” Phelps said Tuesday in front of a House subcommittee. Nelson won the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress from Maryland and the District of Columbia are continuing their push for gun-control legislation after last week’s sit-in on the House floor. Maryland Democrats Chris Van Hollen, Elijah Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes ...

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Ten or so players from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra gave another of their comforting, impromptu in memoriam concerts Monday afternoon. We all knew why. Oh, of course, another mass killing. We were all suffering. Everyone knows we are all in ...

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Barring an upset of historic proportions, state Sen. Jamin B. “Jamie” Raskin will be heading to Capitol Hill rather than Annapolis in January.

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WASHINGTON — The Washington area’s struggling subway system won’t get a federal bailout, House Republicans said Thursday as they blamed the Metro system’s recent series of crises on poor management rather than a lack of funding. The deteriorating state of ...

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