back what they see as a byzantine and ever-expanding system of federal regulations that is costing schools...

President Barack Obama surprised lunchtime diners at a Baltimore cafe Thursday with an unannounced stop to promote a proposal to guarantee paid sick leave for millions more American workers.
After lunch at Charmington's in Remington, the president said...

Republicans, in control of both houses of Congress for the first time since Democrats passed Obamacare, are taking a new approach against the president's signature domestic policy achievement.
After years of symbolic but unsuccessful votes to repeal...

President Barack Obama's announcement last night that he is using his executive authority to shield millions of immigrants from deportation in order to focus enforcement on dangerous and violent criminals touched off howls from Republicans before he...

Thomas E. Perez, the formerthat she could serve as an impartial member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Nancy Jean Schiffer and another attorney are President...

An Annapolis lawyer who has long represented unions tried to assure Senate Republicans on Tuesday that she could serve impartially on the federal panel that hears disputes between workers and management.
"I understand that this position is...

WASHINGTON -- An Annapolis attorney nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Labor Relations Board cleared a committee vote Wednesday and is expected to win confirmation by the full Senate as early as next week.
Nancy Jean Schiffer, a...

A former top aide to a U.S. Senator facing federal child pornography charges has been found dead at his Sykesville family’s home in a possible suicide, Carroll County Sheriff’s officials said Friday.
Jesse Ryan