In a dramatic turn late Sunday evening, the United States Senate cast a pivotal 60-40 vote to advance legislation aimed at ending the ongoing government shutdown. This procedural vote clears the path for a larger funding package that would reopen federal agencies, provide back-pay to furloughed workers, and extend government funding through late January — all while leaving unresolved key health-care subsidy questions. What the Deal Includes The agreement would fund the govern

Baltimore — In the shadow of a summer block-party massacre that left two dead and nearly two-dozen wounded, a quiet but determined effort has taken root in one of the city’s most embattled neighborhoods. The program, known as Safe Streets Baltimore, seeks to treat gun violence not merely as a crime problem but as a public-health emergency — one that can be interrupted, redirected and healed. Launched in 2007, Safe Streets was modeled on the Chicago-based Cure Violence interve

Chasing Trust: A Viral Baltimore Police Video and the Hard Question of Reform Baltimore Police cruiser at dusk near an alley in Park Heights The clip is barely a minute long. It begins in the fading light of an early-evening Tuesday in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore. A marked patrol car edges into an alleyway. A man runs. The police vehicle follows. Then it crashes through a fence into a yard. There are no gunshots. No screams. But the scene’s urgency — captured o

Why the Israel–Hamas Conflict Still Hits Home in Baltimore By Kevin Wilder | Politics As Usual | October 2025 – Baltimore, MD Omri Miran, a released Israeli hostage, embraces his father, Dani Miran in Reim on Monday. Photograph: Israel Defense Forces/Reuters When the final hostages were released from Gaza earlier this month, the world exhaled — a small mercy in a long and painful story. Across the ocean, families in Israel cried tears of relief, and diplo

Here’s a rundown of the most notable Maryland laws that take effect on October 1, 2025 —what they do, who’s affected, and where they came...

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On an otherwise ordinary day, Mayor Brandon Scott received a voicemail that starkly mirrored the racial hostility that historically...

The president’s declaration of a “public safety emergency” instantly reshaped the political and legal landscape of the capital. Federal law enforcement officers from the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals, ICE, and other agencies joined the effort, creating a high-visibility federal task force.

On any given night in Baltimore, the corners tell the truth. Beneath the neon lights of Lexington Market, through the once-bustling...

In a state long marred by systemic failures in juvenile justice, a newly filed federal lawsuit has ignited fresh outrage over the...