Voters Shame Cowardly Reps with Town Halls Hosted by Cardboard Cut-Outs

A cardboard cut-out of Rep. Roger Williams leans against the microphone at the mock town hall in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. As people flood town halls during the Congressional recess to register their outrage over President Donald Trump's right-wing agenda, many members of Congress are apparently attempting to duck the public outcry by refusing to hold any town halls at all.

Seattle mayor: I’m ready to sue Donald Trump

Mayor Ed Murray heads to the stage to speak during Never Again: Japanese American WWII History and American Muslim Rights Today at Fisher Pavilion on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Mayor Ed Murray heads to the stage to speak during Never Again: Japanese American WWII History and American Muslim Rights Today at Fisher Pavilion on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.

McCain steps up Trump criticism

Now that he has returned to the Senate for another six years, Sen. John McCain is back to being a president's biggest headache on Capitol Hill. The Arizona Republican bashed President Donald Trump's White House as an "administration in disarray" while attending a security conference in Munich.

Comeback

Use of coal to generate electricity in the United States is expected to make a comeback as Americans begin to understand the reality behind former President Barack Obama's claims of a cheaper, cleaner future based on wind and solar power.

As tension simmers, John McCain becomes critic in chief of the commander in chief

Sen. John McCain has long had a reputation as a political maverick. But with the rise of a president who has vowed to shatter the old order, McCain has emerged as an outspoken defender of long-standing Republican verities on foreign policy and as one of his party's most biting critics of the new commander in chief.

Congressman intends to sue over removal of painting

The office of a Missouri congressman says he intends to file a federal lawsuit over the removal of a constituent's painting from its display on Capitol Hill. The painting, which shows a pig in a police uniform, divided members of Congress for its depiction of Ferguson, Missouri, where weeks of protests occurred after the police shooting of an unarmed black man.

Trumpa s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations

After President Donald Trump's raucous first month in office, Europeans have reacted with demonstrations, counter-barbs and sheer angst that a century of trans-Atlantic friendship may be sinking. "Too much as happened," European Union leader Donald Tusk said Monday, "for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be."

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen to Visit UMES to Honor Harriett Tubman

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen is scheduled to visit the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Monday when he plans to formally announce plans to introduce federal legislation honoring Harriett Tubman. Tubman, a Dorchester County native, is widely revered for helping slaves escape bondage during the mid-19th century.