Delaney’s Family Account Kept Buying Stock. She Also Voted No on a Trading Crackdown.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. April McClain Delaney has cosponsored a bill that would ban members of Congress, their...
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Riley Presses Raskin Over His Support for Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Republican congressional candidate Cheryl Riley spent part of this week pressing Rep. Jamie...
Maryland’s Van Hollen Bet Big on a Michigan Candidate Who Wants Him Running the Senate Democrats — Raskin Cheered From the House
Van Hollen was the first sitting senator to back Abdul El-Sayed after Bernie Sanders. Raskin called his win proof of...
Power Over People: How Annapolis Rewrote the Rules — and What It Ignored to Do It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland General Assembly closed its three-day special session Tuesday night having...
Van Hollen Isn’t Even on the Ballot. He’s Still Doing the Socialists’ Work for Them.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Chris Van Hollen has no primary to survive and no general election to win in 2026. He...
A Citizen Child Unlocks Food Benefits for an Undocumented Household — And That’s the Law, Not a Loophole
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A reply to MDBayNews' coverage of Maryland's record 630,000-student SUN Bucks enrollment...
What the Supreme Court’s Coordinated-Spending Ruling Means for Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Supreme Court's decision Tuesday in NRSC v. FEC, striking down federal limits on how...
Did Trump Just Punk the Democrats Into America First?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Riptide | Dead Reckoning Today, the Senate voted 50-48 to direct the president to end the...
The Lobbyist on the Ballot: How Adrian Boafo Spent Four Years Serving Oracle and Maryland at the Same Time
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Adrian Boafo is running for Congress on a platform of accountability. He's also the only...
Congress Demands D.C. Crime Data Records — And Maryland Should Be Asking the Same Questions
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is demanding records from the...
Where Is June? Sources Say Trone’s Marriage Is Over — and a New Jersey Widow Has Emerged as His Companion
David Trone has built his congressional brand on his family. Since re-entering the MD-6 race in December 2025, his wife and...
Maryland’s Raskin Leads 25th Amendment Push — But His Own Record Undermines the Case
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. Jamie Raskin introduced legislation this week to establish a congressional commission...
Jamie Raskin’s Political Money Machine: Millions Raised, Millions Spent — and Questions About Where It All Goes
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Rep. Jamie Raskin has built a national profile as one of the Democratic Party’s most...
Maryland Feels the Fallout: DHS Shutdown Exposes Washington’s Political Dysfunction
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As the partial shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enters its fourth...
Follow the Money: A Look at Rep. Johnny Olszewski’s Donor Network
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Fresh campaign finance filings offer a revealing look at the financial ecosystem...
April McClain Delaney: The Establishment’s Technocratic Moderate—or Just Another Cog in the Democratic Machine?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s 6th Congressional District has long been one of the most politically...
$35 Million for Annapolis? Federal “Resilience” Spending Raises Questions About Priorities
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland’s congressional delegation is celebrating the release of more than $35...
As Iran’s Supreme Leader Confirmed Dead, Maryland Democrats Stick to Script
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews With multiple major outlets now confirming that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...
Maryland Delegation Split on State of the Union Night
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On February 24, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address...
Van Hollen’s Rhetoric Spiral Raises Alarms — and Maryland Republicans Are Noticing
By MDBayNews Staff By any reasonable standard, Senator Chris Van Hollen’s recent communications mark a troubling...
Moral Purity or Manufactured Crisis? The Dangerous Politics Behind Voting “No” on DHS Funding
By MDBayNews Staff When Angela Alsobrooks announced she voted no on a federal funding package because it included money for...
Raskin’s Latest Broadside: Impeachment Rhetoric, Zero Proof, and a Dangerous Escalation
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin has once again chosen maximalist rhetoric over measured governance—this...
Burnett Pushes for Full Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership as GOP Reform Bill Advances
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews GAITHERSBURG, Md. — As House Republicans move forward with legislation aimed at curbing...
Steny Hoyer’s Long Reign: Power, Spending, and the Costs of Washington Institutionalism
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews After more than four decades in Congress, Steny Hoyer announced his retirement in January...
Impeachment as Performance Art: McClain Delaney’s Empty Threat Over Venezuela
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney has called President Donald Trump’s Venezuela operation...
Maryland Reacts to Maduro Capture: Applause From the Right, Outrage From Van Hollen, Silence From the Top
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The January 3, 2026 U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan strongman Nicolás...
Gill vs. Raskin: Where the Viral Judiciary Clash Ranks Among Jamie Raskin’s Toughest Congressional Moments
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A heated exchange on the House Judiciary Committee this fall has propelled freshman Rep....
Government Shutdown Hits Day 26: Maryland Families Bear the Brunt as Stalemate Persists
As the federal government shutdown drags into its 26th day—the second-longest in U.S. history—Maryland’s federal...
Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate John Myrick: “Dissolve Congress” If It Misses Budget Deadline
As the federal government stumbles into yet another shutdown, Maryland Republican gubernatorial contender John Myrick is...
Chris Van Hollen, Qatar, and the Gaza Boy Who Wasn’t Dead
When Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) stepped to the microphone earlier this year to accuse Israel of killing a starving...
Maryland Native and Former MLB Star Mark Teixeira Announces Run for Congress in Texas
Yes, you read that right—Mark Teixeira, the three-time MLB All-Star, World Series champion, and member of the Maryland...
Andy Harris: Maryland’s Lone Republican Fighter in Washington
In a state painted deep blue, one man continues to carry the torch for conservative Marylanders: Congressman Andy Harris....
Jamie Raskin: Professor of Partisanship, Congressman of Chaos
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has become one of the loudest and most polarizing voices in Congress—not because he’s...