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Sheila Dixon Won’t Seek a Recount of Baltimore Primary Election Results

Jun 1, 2016 | 11:17am
Former Mayor Sheila Dixon did not seek a recount in April’s primary election, but her mayoral campaign did not rule out filing a legal challenge by Wednesday’s deadline. Dixon said Tuesday she would continue to press for answers over election irregularities that marred the April 26 primary. Officials said no other candidates requested a recount […]

Rep. Andy Harris Encourages Schools to Ignore Obama on Transgender Bathroom Use

Jun 1, 2016 | 11:16am
Rep. Andy Harris is encouraging local school districts to ignore Obama administration guidance requiring them to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that fit their gender identity — even as a growing number of schools in the state are embracing the idea. In a letter to school systems in his district that was later distributed […]

Guerilla Gate: Mother of Boy Who Fell Into Gorilla Moat Fires Back at Critics

May 31, 2016 | 11:17am
The mother of the 4-year-old child who fell into a zoo gorilla enclosure struck back at social-media critics and animal-rights activists who have called her a bad parent. In a Facebook post, Michelle Gregg thanked many people for their concern for her boy and zoo authorities for shooting the gorilla that was threatening the child, […]

Trump: Illegal Immigrants Are Taken Care of Better Than Veterans

May 31, 2016 | 11:14am
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump used a Memorial Day weekend speech to press his message on veterans, saying that his administration would take care of them and correct a situation in which “illegal immigrants are taken care of by this country better than our veterans.” Speaking at the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally in Washington […]

Justice Dept. Tries to Prevent Deposition of Clinton in Email-Related Suit

May 31, 2016 | 10:32am
The Justice Department has filed a court motion to prevent former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from being ordered to testify in a deposition in a case connected to her use of a private email server, The Hill reports. The Obama administration’s move is in response to a deposition request from Judicial Watch, claiming the […]

Eric Holder Says Edward Snowden Performed a ‘Public Service’

May 31, 2016 | 10:30am
Chicago (CNN)Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by triggering a debate over surveillance techniques, but still must pay a penalty for illegally leaking a trove of classified intelligence documents. “We can certainly argue about the way in which Snowden did what he did, but I think that he […]

DHS Admits It’s Still Violating Judge’s Order on Immigration Amnesty

May 27, 2016 | 11:48am
Homeland Security has discovered more three-year amnesty applications it approved in defiance of a federal judge’s firm injunction, lawyers toldthe court late Wednesday — less than a week after the judge delivered a vicious spanking to the administration for repeatedly bungling the case. Leon Rodriguez, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said as they […]

Hillary Clinton’s Inner Circle Shunned Investigators in Email Probe

May 27, 2016 | 11:47am
By Ben Wolfgang – The Washington Times – Thursday, May 26, 2016 It wasn’t just Hillary Clinton who refused to talk to State Departmentinvestigators — her entire top tier of staffers shunned the inspector general’s probe into her secret email system. And most of those staffers are now playing prominent roles in Mrs. Clinton’s presidential […]

Two Officers in Freddie Gray Case Sue Marilyn Mosby for Defamation

May 26, 2016 | 11:28am
Two officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray are suing Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby for defamation and invasion of privacy. Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter, who are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 25-year-old’s death last April, filed the lawsuit against Mosby, Baltimore sheriff’s office Maj. Sam Cogen and the […]