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...
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They Knew — And Didn’t: The Warning That Came Too Late, and the Sister Who Was Already in Maryland
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews WASHINGTON — Cole Tomas Allen sent his family a manifesto minutes before he charged a...
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...
Van Hollen’s Off-Year Money Machine: A Look at His Top Donors Since 2025
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Chris Van Hollen is not on the ballot in 2026. His Senate seat is a Class III seat, meaning...
Surprise Visit to Baltimore ICE Facility Produces Empty Rooms — But Not Empty Rhetoric
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A highly publicized “surprise” visit by Maryland’s Democratic congressional...
$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...
Maryland Democrats Spend Sunday Attacking ICE as War Expands and DHS Funding Hangs in the Balance
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews While headlines around the world focused on escalating conflict with Iran and the confirmed...
Operation Epic Fury: Maryland Watches — But Is Not at War
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Operation Epic Fury is now in its second day. The U.S.-led campaign, conducted in...
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...
Decades of Appeasement: Maryland Democrats Still Don’t Understand Iran
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, Maryland’s Democratic leadership has followed the same foreign policy playbook...
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...
DHS Funding Fight Raises Stakes for Maryland’s Federal Workforce
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On several occasions, Chris Van Hollen has made his position unmistakably clear, including...
Boycotts and Bluster: Another Symbolic Protest from a Career Politician
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced he would skip President Trump’s upcoming State...
Brown’s FBI HQ Lawsuit: Maryland Taxpayers Deserve Answers, Not Press Releases
By MDBayNews Staff Editor’s Correction (Updated 2/20/26):An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the...
Maryland Freedom Caucus Slams Unscheduled Jeffries Visit After House Floor Delayed
By MDBayNews Staff ANNAPOLIS — Tensions flared in the Maryland House this week after an unscheduled visit by U.S. House...
After 30 Days of Silence, Maryland’s Federal Democrats Finally Send a Letter on Potomac Sewage Spill
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For nearly a month after the catastrophic collapse of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line,...
300 Million Gallons of Failure: Maryland’s Leaders Missing as the Potomac Fills with Sewage
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Potomac Interceptor collapsed on January 19 in Montgomery County — releasing an...
Alsobrooks vs. RFK Jr.: Oversight or Obsession?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When Rolling Stone publishes a headline declaring that a United States senator has made it...
When “Know Your Rights” Becomes Know How to Undermine the Law
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Rep. Sarah Elfreth this week accused the Trump administration of “weaponizing ICE” while...
House Overturns D.C. Tax Changes, Escalating Fight Over Federal Tax Relief and Home Rule
By MDBayNews Staff Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to overturn a District of Columbia...
Congress Moves to Reshape D.C. Attorney General Role, Raising Local-Control and Accountability Questions
By MDBayNews Staff A newly revived congressional proposal to end the District of Columbia’s elected attorney general and...
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...
Maryland Democrats Cry “Secret ICE Jail” — But Ignore the Rule of Law
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland Rep. April McClain Delaney is sounding the alarm over what she describes as a “covert”...
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...
Washington, D.C. Faces a Post–Eleanor Holmes Norton Era — and a High-Stakes Succession Fight
By MDBayNews Staff After more than three decades representing the District of Columbia in Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton...
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 Democrats Offer Shutdown “Relief” — While Accepting Shutdowns as Normal
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Democrats are celebrating a solution to a problem they refuse to prevent. This...
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....
This Is How They Do It: The Maryland Case Study in Congressional Insider Trading
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For years, Americans have heard whispers about members of Congress quietly enriching...