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By Ben Mause September 29, 2025 WASHINGTON — Two Maryland Democratic lawmakers are introducing a new bill to aid certain federal workers as the government careens toward a shutdown. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. Sarah Elfreth plan to introduce the Help FEDS Act on Monday afternoon. The bill would allow excepted federal employees to be compensated during […]
By Robert Lang September 5, 2025 After a contentious hearing, Maryland Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Chris van Hollen, as well as 21 Democratic U.S. Senators, filed a Resolution of Disapproval against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Alsobrooks spoke on her viewpoints for Kennedy on MSNBC. “So we’ve seen scientists who have been fired,” Alsobrooks said. “We have seen […]
September 4, 2025 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., joins Morning Joe to discuss the hearing and the release of a report on RFK Jr.’s ‘disastrous leadership’ and why she says he has to go.
By Ben Mause September 4, 2025 Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON — For months, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks stood alone as the only senator to call for the resignation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. […]
August 28, 2025 Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi after CDC officials resign in protest over Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s updated vaccine policy. Sen. Alsobrooks, who calls Kennedy’s policies “dangerous” to the American people, will continue to call on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. […]
By Jim Brady August 26, 2025 Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks told a Cambridge Audience that she is fighting to preserve and protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from cuts by the Trump administration.
By Leila Weah August 25, 2025 WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. – U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks made an appearance on the shore to talk about issues like the offshore wind project in Ocean City, and economic development. Executive director of the Greater Ocean City area chamber of commerce, Amy Thompson is happy she had the opportunity to […]
By Melissa Noel July 28, 2025 Two Black women serve in the Senate together—a historic first and a beacon for future leaders. When Senators Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware take their seats on the U.S. Senate floor, their presence marks a profound shift in American political representation. For the first time, […]
By Brenda Wintrode July 28, 2025 Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation walk up the steps of the George H. Fallon Federal Building in Baltimore on Monday morning. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Banner) A half-dozen Maryland Congress members Monday were denied access to a federal immigration field office used to temporarily hold people facing deportation, and where detainee […]
By Melissa Rose Cooper July 17, 2025 Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Rep. Yvette Clarke and Senator Angela Alsobrooks are among the Black women lawmakers leading a four-bill push for research, early detection and culturally competent care. A group of Black women lawmakers is leading a new effort to address the racial disparities surrounding uterine fibroids and […]