WASHINGTON – Police SWAT teams were deployed in Maryland more than four times per day during the second half of 2009, mostly to serve search warrants — figures that indicate the state is part of a nationwide trend that some experts say contradicts the main duty of law enforcement to protect public safety

WASHINGTON – The amount of out-of-state funding pouring into the campaigns of Democratic Rep

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WALDORF – The Maryland Republican Party hit the streets this week for a series of town hall meetings, hoping to position itself as the party that’s willing to listen to voter frustration and anger going into a contentious 2010 election cycle

COLLEGE PARK – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was less celebratory Thursday than he’s been in the nearly two weeks since the passage of historic health care reform, striking a gloomy tone as he spoke about America’s troubled fiscal future

WASHINGTON – Politicians are staying in Congress longer and longer, but in an election year with a noticeably anti-incumbent mood, some Washington outsiders are challenging the idea of making a career out of public service

ANNAPOLIS – Queen Anne’s County Commissioner Eric Wargotz solidified his candidacy for U

BEL AIR – Protest signs went up, “Don’t Tread on Me” flags waved and car horns blasted outside Rep

WASHINGTON – The hundreds of tea party protesters who gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday were shuffling away from a series of speeches from lawmakers and organizers, all panning health care reform, when one final, unscheduled, speaker grabbed the megaphone