Maryland

Democrats keep firm hold on Maryland congressional seats

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – Democrats took the state’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, as well as seven of eight House seats. Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, of the 8th District, won 60 percent of the vote in his bid…

Urban Maryland voters hand state to Clinton

BALTIMORE – As Hillary Clinton on Tuesday struggled to keep a path to the Oval Office through other states, voters in Maryland’s urban areas handed the state’s 10 electoral votes to a Democratic candidate for the seventh straight presidential election.…

‘Worse than Britain’: Months after Brexit, English residents find American political divide ‘appalling’

LONDON — Brodie Hunter moved from Scotland to London 40 years ago, but has always loved America. He’s never been to the United States, yet finds the country fascinating, he said. But the division exposed during this election cycle has…

American students abroad couldn’t escape U.S. election

LONDON — Not even the Atlantic Ocean could separate American students studying abroad in London from the 2016 presidential election. In a country with a history of sharing intelligence and having a “special relationship” with the United States, the historic…

Tiny public school teaches K-8 rural, Amish students

OAKLAND, Maryland – On a brisk Wednesday morning in October, a seventh-grade boy in a plaid shirt leaves his family farm, hops on his four-wheeler and drives through the rolling hills of western Maryland, flanked by windmills and livestock, ready to start his day at school.

Maryland sees record number of early voters

Maryland saw a record number of early voters this year. On the last day of early voting, the state was averaging 10,000 votes an hour.

Maryland Senate Republican candidate Kathy Szeliga says “Women bring a different perspective to the table”

CATONSVILLE – Maryland House of Delegates minority leader Kathy Szeliga, who’s  running to succeed Maryland’s retiring  U.S. Senator democrat Barbara Mikulski, says she wants to keep a strong female voice in the state’s congressional delegation.  

New civil rights concerns draw many of Maryland’s black voters to polls

By Sydney Tonic and Sam Reilly Capital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — The African-American vote is a critical ingredient in Democrat Hillary Clinton’s strategy for defeating Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday.   For some members of the black community…

Subset of minority voters show support for Trump on social media

Supporters of Donald Trump are overwhelmingly white, but a small but vocal group of minority voters have pledged their support for the Republican candidate.

Classified hate groups taking sides in presidential race

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a national civil rights advocacy group, says Donald Trump’s rhetoric throughout his presidential campaign has been “dog-whistling” hate groups around the country. CNS TV’s Angelo Bavaro sat down with members of two hate groups to get their take on the 2016 election.