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Tag: national security

The Dinner Was Over When the Perimeter Broke: A Security Autopsy of the WHCD Shooting

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews WASHINGTON — At approximately 8:40 p.m. Saturday, a gunman was confronted by security...

Michael Phillips
April 26, 2026

Foreign Influence Comes Home: DOJ Disrupts Iranian Cyber Psychological Operations Targeting Americans

By MDBayNews Staff The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it has disrupted a sophisticated Iranian...

Staff Writer
March 22, 2026

Steve Whisler’s Bold Stand on Iran Reflects Strong Leadership for Maryland’s Future

By MDBayNews Staff Westminster, MD — Steve Whisler, currently serving as President of the Carroll County Board of...

Michael Phillips
March 2, 2026

The Spy From Baltimore

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In the long corridors of Maryland power — from Annapolis to Fort Meade, from the Port of...

Michael Phillips
March 2, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
March 2, 2026

Maryland Man Indicted for Alleged Mishandling of Classified National Defense Information

By MDBayNews Staff A federal grand jury in Maryland has returned an indictment charging a Maryland man with the unlawful...

Michael Phillips
January 23, 2026

Burnett Warns Montgomery County Against ‘Piecemeal’ Data Center Policy

By MDBayNews Staff A growing debate over data center development in Montgomery County is exposing sharp divisions over land...

Michael Phillips
January 21, 2026

MD-06 GOP Candidate Burnett Highlights National Security Credentials After Syria Strikes

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As Maryland’s 6th Congressional District race begins to take shape, Republican candidate...

Michael Phillips
January 12, 2026

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...

Michael Phillips
January 3, 2026

Maryland’s Contracting Problem, Back in the Spotlight

By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A superseding federal indictment handed down just days before Christmas has quietly exposed...

Michael Phillips
December 27, 2025

The Federal–State AI Showdown: Why America’s Next Big Tech Fight Runs Through Annapolis

By Michael Phillips | November 25, 2025 As 2025 draws to a close, the United States finds itself in the middle of a...

Michael Phillips
November 25, 2025

When False Threats Become Real Dangers: The Naval Academy Hoax That Injured a Midshipman

On September 11, 2025—on the anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil—the United States Naval...

Michael Phillips
September 17, 2025

Abigail Spanberger’s Intelligence Resume: Public Servant or Political Operator?

By Michael Phillips As Virginia’s former U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger mounts her gubernatorial campaign in...

Michael Phillips
July 24, 2025

Opinion: Trump’s FBI Relocation Plan Is a Return to Sanity—Maryland Just Doesn’t Like Losing

By Michael Phillips The battle over the FBI’s future home has become a political circus—one that says more about power,...

Michael Phillips
July 14, 2025

Why Baltimore Tech Hub Missed Out on Federal Funding—And What It Says About Our Priorities

Baltimore’s failure to secure federal funding in two rounds of the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Tech Hubs...

Michael Phillips
June 1, 2025

Is Washington, D.C., Under Attack? A City on Edge After Two High-Profile Shootings

Washington, D.C., is reeling after two alarming incidents within 24 hours: the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff...

Michael Phillips
May 22, 2025

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