WASHINGTON  — A GOP presidential convention delegate who has been critical of presumptive nominee Donald Trump has been ousted from the convention. A credentials committee on Friday voted to reject Rina Shah Bharara, who had been a top vote-getter at ...

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No less than four Democrats are readying campaigns to be Maryland's next attorney general, leaving some political observers with an obvious question.

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Cecil County's first executive was sworn in Monday, without the Republican affiliation with which she ran for the Upper Shore justification's top office.

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A few government and politics headlines for Monday.

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Here's a few Monday morning headlines as the Republican National Convention, and the presumptive nomination of Mitt Romney as the party's candidate for president of the United States, gets started ...

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WASHINGTON — The GOP’s image as a rigidly anti-tax party is softening. Spurred by federal debt worries in Congress, the shift conceivably could reshape the Republican Party’s brand ahead of the 2012 elections, forcing tough decisions by its presidential candidates. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A political action committee based in Prince George’s County is working with the Maryland Republican Party to challenge the state’s redistricting map in federal court. Radamase Cabrera, a spokesman for the Fannie Lou Hamer PAC, said Friday they ...

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