Politics

Some House Republicans, angered by the indictment of former President Donald Trump, are threatening to withhold funding for the FBI and put the brakes on plans for the agency to move out of D.C. Conservative lawmakers are upset by the FBI’s role in searches for classified documents at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago home.

Though they only make up a fraction of cars and trucks on the road now, many projections — from Wall Street firms, trade groups and automakers themselves — predict an imminent surge in electric vehicles over the next decade. S&P Global estimates that the nearly 2 million electric vehicles on U.S. roads today will grow to more than 28 million by 2030, when they’ll comprise 40% of all new cars and trucks sold.

Among the small-town government business of passing a $4.6 million annual budget, requesting that a broken bank window be boarded up and seeking news on an 8-foot python spotted on the loose two weeks ago — unfortunately, no updates — a monumental change happened this week in this Caroline County town near the Delaware state line.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins “regretted” signing a letter that allowed a local machine gun business owner to obtain a combat-style machine gun, according to a motion federal prosecutors filed Wednesday. The motion outlines how undercover federal investigators tried to confirm that Jenkins’ co-defendant, Robert Krop, had illegal machine guns at his Frederick business, The Machine Gun Nest.

Baltimore Rep. Kweisi Mfume says he has introduced legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks, the late Turner Station resident whose cell line has been used in multiple medical breakthroughs. The Democratic congressman, who represents most of Baltimore City and some of Baltimore County, announced the legislation at a news conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill alongside members of Lacks’ family.

Mckayla Wilkes announced Thursday that she will run again for the Democratic nomination to represent the 5th Congressional District. Veteran lawmaker U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-5th), who turned 84 on Wednesday, has overseen the district that includes all three Southern Maryland counties of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s and a sliver of Prince George’s for almost 42 years.

After a few last-minute changes, town officials approved an $11.5 million budget for the coming fiscal year. The Berlin Town Council on Monday voted unanimously to approve an $11.5 million general fund budget for fiscal year 2024. The budget represents a 33% increase in revenues. “I thank all of our staff for your help compiling this year’s budget,” Mayor Zack Tyndall said as the budget came up during Monday’s meeting. “I know the budgeting process is not fun for any of us but our staff have been very helpful in us getting to a balanced budget for introduction.