Politics

Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) has pulled ahead of former governor Larry Hogan (R) in Maryland’s competitive Senate race, showing a five-point lead among registered voters just over two months before the November election, according to a poll released Wednesday. The poll, conducted between Aug. 24 and Aug. 30 by Gonzales Research & Media Services, found that 46 percent of registered voters would support Alsobrooks “if the election were held today,” as opposed to 41 percent who said they support Hogan — an edge that reflects the momentum Alsobrooks may have gained after delivering a prime-time speech at last month’s Democratic National Convention.

Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the economic backbone of the nation’s capital and its suburbs. During former President Donald Trump ‘s administration, her office under the U.S. Department of Agriculture was told it would be moving. About 75 people were going to be relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, Dodson said, but less than 40 actually moved.

Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so fantastic that it’s not worth worrying about budget deficits. In short, he’s hoping that most economic analyses of his ideas are dead wrong. Vice President Kamala Harris believes that big corporations and the ultra-wealthy should pay more in taxes — and wants to use those revenues to help spur the construction of 3 million homes and offer tax breaks for parents.

Military veterans said Gov. Wes Moore may lose some credibility as a voice for his party within their ranks after he apologized for a White House application that inaccurately claimed he received a Bronze Star. The up-and-coming politician and former U.S. Army Captain with the 82nd Airborne Division has been courting veterans on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

As artificial intelligence rushes to the mainstream, local governments and engineers have already found some efficiencies. Still, due to questions about what the software ultimately does with the information that’s inputted, Maryland officials say they are approaching the emerging technology with extreme caution. “As a government, we don’t beta test,” said Chris Martin, acting director of information and technology for Baltimore County.

Perhaps to little surprise, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a commanding lead over former President Donald Trump in Maryland, according to the first part of the September 2024 Gonzales Poll released Tuesday. Statewide, if the presidential election were held today, 56% of respondents said they would vote for the Harris\Gov. Tim Walz ticket while 35% would vote for the Trump\Sen. J.D. Vance ticket and 9% remain undecided.

Donald Trump is trying to crush Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ persona as a force of change and to destroy her personal credibility as a potential president as their still-fresh competition careens into the final nine weeks before Election Day. In recent days, the ex-president has unveiled a broad assault using the insult-driven politics with which he won power in 2016, even as his advisers have been pleading with him to focus his attention on top voter concerns including high prices and immigration.