17+ hour, 47+ min ago   (213+ words) Irish whiskey currently faces the 15% tariff imposed by Trump on imports from the European Union U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 15% tariff on Irish whiskey....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (701+ words) Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. The state's Department…...

1+ day, 36+ min ago   (584+ words) A federal judge said in a filing Friday that a Trump administration order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its staffing nearly in half was illegal. Previous video coverage above from May The Cadre of On-Call Response and…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (982+ words) The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues. McConnell was hospitalized in June, which his…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (793+ words) These days, it's easier than ever to conduct some form of polling and as difficult as it's ever been to get it right. Completely faked numbers like a phony "poll" of the Los Angeles mayoral race that made waves last…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (82+ words) WBAL-TV The party is hoping to boost enthusiasm among voters ahead of the November elections. Republicans gathered in Dallas Thursday for the final night of the RNC's midterm convention. Candidates and party leaders highlighted the president's record, honored right-wing activist…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (424+ words) Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television "threatened" the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, will not air on television but on YouTube — thus bypassing any control or…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (273+ words) The $5,000 payments pledged by President Donald Trump would cost the U.S. government more than $1.2 trillion to pay all adult U.S. citizens. The "Trump dividends" were promised by the president Wednesday during a speech at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas. He pledged…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (453+ words) Maryland education leaders have launched the "Maryland Shows Up" campaign to tackle chronic absenteeism. The chronic absenteeism rate has dropped by about 8% statewide over the past four years but falls short of the state's goal. The campaign, announced during Attendance…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (352+ words) A Baltimore City Council committee advanced legislation that would give the Baltimore Police Department the authority to padlock smoke shops that sell illegal cannabis products. The bill was initially introduced in May. "Our strategy is to hit them in their…...