A Baltimore prosecutor and an assistant attorney general have been nominated to fill the vacant state prosecutor position, the commission charged with recommending candidates announced Friday. Michael Dunty, of the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, and Charlton Howard III, of the ...
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To hear Republicans tell it, Brett Kavanaugh is a skilled and well-respected judge who reveres the Constitution. To Democrats, he's a threat to women's reproductive rights and the Obama health care program.
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Read More »ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley has appointed the Queen Anne’s County Commission president to fill a vacancy in the House of Delegates. The governor announced Tuesday that Steven Arentz will fill the seat opened by the appointment of Stephen Hershey ...
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Read More »SILVER SPRING — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is announcing plans to officially launch his run for governor. Gansler’s campaign announced Thursday he will start a statewide tour beginning on Sept. 24 with events in Rockville, Ellicott City and Baltimore. ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has named James Comey to be the new FBI director. Comey was the No. 2 Justice Department official under Republican President George W. Bush. Obama says Comey is a model of “fierce independence and deep ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON — A Senate panel has endorsed the nomination of Justice Department official Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department despite opposition from Republicans. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 12 -10 to confirm Perez, currently the ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have delayed a confirmation vote on Labor Secretary-nominee Thomas Perez after Republicans threatened to use a separate hearing to criticize his handling of a whistleblower case. A vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...
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Read More »The last 18 months of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s life might seem like a dream.
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Read More »WASHINGTON — Robert Bork says President Richard Nixon promised him the next Supreme Court vacancy after Bork complied with Nixon’s order to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox in 1973. Bork’s recollection of his role in the Saturday Night Massacre ...
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Read More »The U.S. Senate on Monday evening confirmed Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm to a seat on the U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
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