Politics

What began as a war of words over Baltimore crime between Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and President Donald Trump is now turning into a high-stakes commerce fight.Federal funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, destroyed last March when a container ship lost power and slammed into it, has become the new flashpoint. TRUMP SAYS HE COULD SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD TO MARYLAND TO ADDRESS CRIMEOn Sunday, Trump raised in a Truth […]

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened a lawsuit over the Senate’s century-old "blue slip" tradition that he says makes it "impossible" for him to appoint a judge or U.S. attorney.Trump made the comments to reporters in the Oval Office while signing executive orders regarding the elimination of cashless bail policies."We're also going to be filing a lawsuit on blue slipping," Trump said. "You know, blue slips make it impossible for […]

President Donald Trump and his administration are likely set to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that protected the burning of the American flag under the First Amendment with a new executive order calling for those who desecrate the U.S. flag while inciting violence or breaking other laws to face prosecution. The executive order, which Trump signed Monday morning, directs the attorney general to prosecute those who violate laws "in ways that […]

Boston and Los Angeles are providing a "model for how to fight" President Donald Trump's sweeping second-term agenda in New York City, Zohran Mamdani claimed on Monday. "We have seen that the best way to fight Donald Trump is to do exactly that. It's to fight him. It's not to cower. It's not to collaborate. It's not to call him," Mamdani told reporters in Brooklyn in an apparent jab at his […]

President Donald Trump touted his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said the two would meet "someday" — just before a summit at the White House with South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung. During Trump’s first term in office, the president met with Kim on multiple occasions — including in Singapore in 2018, and then twice in 2019 in Vietnam and within North Korea — for denuclearization […]

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Sunday called President Donald Trump’s plan to send the National Guard to Chicago a "flagrant violation of our Constitution." "What the President is proposing would be the most flagrant violation of our Constitution in the 21st Century," Johnson wrote on X. "The City of Chicago does not need a military occupation."Johnson also shared a clip from his appearance on MSNBC’s "The Weekend."On the show, Johnson said […]

Fresh off a major appellate win, President Donald Trump on Sunday tore into New York Judge Arthur Engoron, who oversaw his state civil fraud trial, calling him "incompetent," "crooked" and nearly as "corrupt" as New York Attorney General Letitia James.Trump's barbs followed an appellate ruling that erased a $500 million penalty in James’ high-profile civil fraud case, handing Trump one of his biggest legal wins yet. "The Appellate Court removed incompetent […]

"Everything changes everything" – Late Baltimore Orioles’ Hall of Fame Manager Earl WeaverDetermining the political landscape for next year’s midterm elections may prove to be impossible.At least right now.Midterms have become increasingly challenging to decipher in recent cycles. A learned, Democratic Capitol Hill hand told me after the historic, 63-seat bloodletting by House Democrats in 2010 that the election was "un-modellable."Midterms are usually a problem for the party of the […]

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would send the National Guard to Baltimore to "quickly clean up the crime" if Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he needs help.Moore had earlier invited Trump to attend a public safety walk in the crime-ridden city in September, saying in an Aug. 21 letter that the event would provide an opportunity to "discuss strategies for effective public safety policy."TRUMP VOWS TO MAKE DC […]