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Republican Del. Chris Bouchat plans run for Maryland governor in 2026
Del. Chris Bouchat, a Republican from Carroll County who has railed against both Democrats and members of his own party in ...
Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law
The go-broke date — or the date at which the programs will no longer have enough funds to pay full benefits — was pushed up ...
Civil rights agency’s acting chair to face questions on anti-DEI, transgender stances
The EEOC’s new approach alarmed dozens of civil rights groups, which sent a letter to the Senate committee demanding that ...
Fear stalks Tehran as Israel bombards, shelters fill up and communicating grows harder
NEW YORK (AP) — The streets of Tehran are empty, businesses closed, communications patchy at best. With no bona fide bomb ...
Hazards of food dyes ignored too long.
It’s pathetic how Americans have been duped for decades into believing food dyes were safe ( “Nothing fake about synthetic ...
Teachers are correct to resist cutbacks.
Baltimore County teachers shouldn’t accept financial hardship unfairly thrust upon them; nor should the rest of us.
Border czar says southern border strategy has nearly halted immigrant encounters
After reporting a decline in souther border encounters, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan made an appeal for ...
May retail sales slip as shoppers might have bought early to avoid tariffs
Retail sales slid 0.9% between April and May, a slightly larger month-over-month decline than expected. But year-over-year ...
Average long-term US mortgage rate eases to 6.81%, the third consecutive weekly decline
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage has remained relatively close to its high so far this year of just above 7%, set in mid-January. The 30-year rate’s low point this year was in early April when ...