President Barack Obama has nominated Pamela A. Harris, of Potomac, to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked another of President Barack Obama’s picks for one of the nation’s top courts on Tuesday, the latest skirmish in a nominations battle that has intensified partisan tensions in the chamber. Tuesday’s near-party line vote derailed ...

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Del. Heather Mizeur wants to make public pre-kindergarten open to all 4-year-old children, as well as 3-year-olds from lower- and middle-class families. Mizeur, who is running for the Democratic nomination for governor, outlined education policy proposals on Thursday. She says ...

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President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated two attorneys to U.S. District Court judgeships in Maryland.

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The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission on Thursday sent Gov. Martin O’Malley the names of all five candidates who have applied for the seat on Maryland’s highest court that Chief Judge Robert M. Bell will leave vacant when he hits the mandatory retirement age of 70 on July 6.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama withdrew his nomination of Caitlin Halligan to a federal appeals court Friday, handing a victory to Republicans in the Senate who twice blocked his pick for the key judicial post. Calling the obstruction by Republicans ...

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A Maryland high court decision that short-circuited his run for state attorney general in 2006 might have been the best thing that happened to Thomas E. Perez, whom President Barack Obama nominated Monday to be U.S. labor secretary.

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WASHINGTON — Fresh off a decisive victory in Illinois, Mitt Romney won critical establishment support Wednesday from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and got new help from former Sen. Bob Dole as he looks to unite the Republican Party behind ...

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