LITITZ, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump embarked Monday on a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and a fresh outbreak in his own White House. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, is holding far fewer events…
LITITZ, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump embarked Monday on a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and a fresh outbreak in his own White House. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, is holding far fewer events…
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Enacting restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is more important than removing them to get the economy going, according to a majority of Virginia voters polled this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi once predicted she’d have the 2020 House Democratic majority secured by November — of 2019.
Hundreds of voters arrived to cast their ballots at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School Monday morning as early voting kicked off in Frederick County.
High School sports could once again begin sooner than anticipated after the Maryland State Board of Education voted Monday to move up the possible start date of the winter sports season by nearly two months.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Enacting restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is more important than removing them to get the economy going, according to a majority of Virginia voters polled this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi once predicted she’d have the 2020 House Democratic majority secured by November — of 2019.
Hundreds of voters arrived to cast their ballots at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School Monday morning as early voting kicked off in Frederick County.
High School sports could once again begin sooner than anticipated after the Maryland State Board of Education voted Monday to move up the possible start date of the winter sports season by nearly two months.
WASHINGTON — Their final debate behind them, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are packaging their divergent personal styles and policy prescriptions into closing messages for the final sprint to Election Day.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply different visions of how to handle the surging pandemic and fought over how much Trump pays in taxes during their final debate of a tumultuous campaign.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — While millions of people will be watching on television, only around 200 will be allowed inside the massive college arena in Nashville where President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, meet Thursday night for the final presidential debate of the 2…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are set to square off in their final debate Thursday, one of the last high-profile opportunities for the trailing incumbent to change the trajectory of an increasingly contentious campaign.
Nearly 21 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed the way the nation votes.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Republican Kimberly Klacik isn’t just criticizing her opponent, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, in a Maryland congressional race in a heavily Democratic district: She’s blaming Democrats for more than five decades of difficulties in Baltimore and other cities that have been troubled by h…
WASHINGTON — The FBI probed whether emails purportedly recovered from a laptop allegedly belonging to Joe Biden’s son are part of a Russian disinformation operation to interfere in the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the matter.
WASHINGTON — Their final debate behind them, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are packaging their divergent personal styles and policy prescriptions into closing messages for the final sprint to Election Day.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply different visions of how to handle the surging pandemic and fought over how much Trump pays in taxes during their final debate of a tumultuous campaign.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — While millions of people will be watching on television, only around 200 will be allowed inside the massive college arena in Nashville where President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, meet Thursday night for the final presidential debate of the 2…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are set to square off in their final debate Thursday, one of the last high-profile opportunities for the trailing incumbent to change the trajectory of an increasingly contentious campaign.
Nearly 21 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed the way the nation votes.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Republican Kimberly Klacik isn’t just criticizing her opponent, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, in a Maryland congressional race in a heavily Democratic district: She’s blaming Democrats for more than five decades of difficulties in Baltimore and other cities that have been troubled by h…
WASHINGTON — The FBI probed whether emails purportedly recovered from a laptop allegedly belonging to Joe Biden’s son are part of a Russian disinformation operation to interfere in the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the matter.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Backed into a corner and facing financial strains, President Donald Trump went after his opponent’…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recently accepted $1 million in campaign contributions from a couple whose v…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Americans are accustomed to standing in line. They queue up for airport security, the latest iPhone…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rising coronavirus cases in key presidential battleground states a little more than two weeks be…
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee officially set an Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, will suspend in-person events until …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was evasive Thursday night when pressed if he took a COVID-19 test before hi…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday extended the deadline for registering to vote in Virginia by 48 hou…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to shore up support from constituencies that not so long ago …
WASHINGTON — With less than one month to go before one of the most consequential elections in American history, exper…
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger…
LITITZ, Pa. — President Donald Trump embarked Monday on a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of th…
SANFORD, Florida — Just a week after his release from the hospital, President Donald Trump returned to the campaign t…
The League of Women Voters of Frederick County originally decided not to ask the board of education candidates during…
NEW YORK (AP) — For the Rev. Jimmy Gates Sr., the 2008 presidential election year was one to remember — and not just …
WASHINGTON — Buoyed by massive fundraising success, Democratic Senate candidates are mounting a push in Republican st…
WASHINGTON (AP) — How soon will we know the results of the U.S. election?
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled legislation Friday that would allow Congress to intervene under…
PHOENIX — There are few topics that Joe Biden isn’t willing to opine on — except the Supreme Court.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Twitter is imposing tough new rules that restrict candidates from declaring premature victory …
Until about a week ago, all of Frederick County’s school board candidates had espoused nearly identical status quo views and sought or accepte…
I am a lifelong Republican and conservative. I first became eligible to vote on Nov. 3, 1964, and I proudly cast my ballot for the late, great…
They're calling it the "Cancel America" election.
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During last Thursday’s debate, Joe Biden said his goal as president would be to “transition away from the oil industry.” He has also said the …
I met Goodloe Byron when he was campaigning for state senate in 1966 as he went door to door in Monocacy Village. Even though I was well under…
We are writing to urge readers to cast their votes on Nov. 3 for David Bass as a member of the Frederick County Board of Education. We are a f…
My wife and I were invited to a meeting at Catoctin High School regarding our daughter’s upcoming trip to France with her French class. We wer…
Donald Trump considers himself brilliant, an intellectual giant. He says he’s unequalled in the art of the deal. He claims he’s the savior of …
Some people might say this means I don’t care about life or about the vulnerable, but quite the opposite is true. I believe that abortion is n…
I was a JFK Democrat for most of my adult life, i.e. "ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.” The Demo…
If you want to make Election Day a national holiday because you believe American workers should have more days off to hang out with their fami…
Americans should have options to vote in a secure and accessible way. One possibility many have raised is making Election Day a national feder…
My wife and I had the pleasure of watching Peter Souza’s photo-documentary “The Way I See It” over the weekend. Mr. Souza was official White H…
For all parents and teachers concerned with the present level of education being offered virtually, and the fact that our Frederick County Boa…
President Trump, a creature of habit and a one-trick pony, can be depended on to offer another dose of venom and character assassination again…
An unscientific take on election issues.
WASHINGTON — Looking to shove his campaign back on track, President Donald Trump and his team laid out an aggressive …
As Election Day nears, organizations around the county are making sure voters have the chance to be informed about th…
WASHINGTON — Federal and state law enforcement officials have begun expanded preparations for the possibility of wide…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he is ready to resume campaign rallies and feels "per…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden was thrown into unc…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A single House race in Montana could determine the presidential election.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s move Tuesday to cut off talks on another government aid package will further we…
SALT LAKE CITY — Vice President Mike Pence defended the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that…
SALT LAKE CITY — Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are poised t…
WASHINGTON — In normal times, vice presidential debates don’t matter much. But in an election year as wild as 2020, e…
BETHESDA — President Donald Trump declared, “I get it,” in a message to the nation Sunday evening before briefly leav…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was flown to a military hospit…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Most of the three-quarters of a million people held in U.S. jails have the right to vote. But man…
TOKYO (AP) — News that the world’s most powerful man was infected with the world’s most notorious disease dominated s…
WASHINGTON — With just over a month to go before Americans head en masse to the polls in an extraordinarily contentio…
NEW YORK — The massive losses Donald Trump has claimed on his tax returns were reportedly due at least in part to the…
News that President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus presents a formidable new obstacle for a ree…
A decade after the first casino opened in the state, Maryland voters will decide whether to expand legalized gambling…
NEW YORK — The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the …
CLEVELAND — Marked by angry interruptions and bitter accusations, the first debate between President Donald Trump and…
Brad Young announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that he would not seek another term as president of the Frederick …
WASHINGTON — They’ve been fighting in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over the cutoff date for counting mailed ballots, an…
CLEVELAND — Crowds and pageantry are out. COVID-19 tests and masks are in.
CLEVELAND (AP) — In an election year like no other, the first debate between President Donald Trump and his Democrati…
Don Briggs was re-elected to his fourth term as Emmitsburg’s mayor Tuesday in a three-way race where campaigning was …
The League of Women Voters of Frederick County will be hosting or co-hosting virtual forums for both the sixth and ei…
With confusion looming over voting amid the coronavirus pandemic, many states have announced their plans to make it e…
County Executive Jan Gardner announced roughly $1.36 million in grants for child care providers and to provide legal …
Joe Ritz is running unopposed to retain his seat on the Emmitsburg Board of Commissioners, but he still has plenty of…
Three people are vying to be Emmitsburg’s mayor in an election set for later this month.
The residents of Frederick County are represented by women in government at every level. From municipal and county bo…
The Frederick County Board of Elections approved a proposal Monday for four early-voting centers, eight ballot drop-o…
When Lisa Lundquist lived in Colorado Springs, she used to work at polling locations during the elections. She knows …
During a recent appearance on Next on the Mic, Board of Education candidate Sue Johnson said she was OK with where th…
Rae Gallagher wishes that she and her colleagues on the Frederick County Board of Education had made a decision earli…
Lois Jarman says she has the necessary experience to earn re-election to the Frederick County Board of Education.
For Dean Rose, there are three reasons he says people should vote for him in the upcoming Frederick County Board of E…
Jason, “Mr. J,” Johnson knows starting the school year virtually was the right thing to do to keep students and staff…
BRUNSWICK — On a typical Election Day in Brunswick, they gather shortly after sunrise in City Park for a most-of-the-…
Stuart Harvey has been involved in helping run elections for three decades, but the November presidential election po…
Despite the restrictions of COVID-19, Board of Education candidate David Bass wants to prioritize having an open-door…
As he stood in line at Brunswick city hall, waiting to pay his water bill, there was an older woman in front of Richa…
Brunswick is conducting its first election entirely by mail in its 130-year history. Ballots must be received by 8 p.…
Over an egg sandwich and iced tea on a recent morning at Beans in the Belfry, Nathan Brown sits squarely in the middl…
The six candidates running to serve on the Frederick County Board of Education have a new way to connect with voters …
Brunswick will conduct its first election entirely by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic.
New data released by the state shows for the first time exactly how much money individual public schools spend per student.
The field of Board of Education candidates is set for this fall.
The official results for the Frederick County Board of Education primary race are unlikely to be called for at least …
More than 46,000 ballots have been cast in Frederick County for the presidential primary election through mid-day Wednesday.
