Topic: Tom Perez

Crews began cutting into portions of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Sunday, starting the complex and dangerous job of clearing the Patapsco River.

Maryland voters hit the polls Tuesday in a primary election to nominate candidates for the state's governor and Congress.

Jaime Harrison was officially elected chair of the Democratic National Committee in a near-unanimous vote on Thursday evening.

Jaime Harrison, who challenged Lindsey Graham for his Senate seat in November, will be the new chair of the Democratic National Committee, according to media reports.

Civil rights activists, lawmakers and thousands of citizens assembled in Washington, D.C., Friday to rally against police brutality and call on voters to spur change with the November presidential election.

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention this month to deliver his acceptance speech due to concerns about COVID-19, party officials said Wednesday.

The Democratic Party has unveiled a preliminary schedule for its presidential nominating convention in Milwaukee, which includes an acceptance speech by presumptive nominee Joe Biden on the final night.

Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez said the national nominating convention in Milwaukee next month is planning to go ahead as scheduled, albeit in a limited capacity.

The Democratic Party says there will be adjustments to its nominating convention in August, which will now be more of a virtual event -- with delegates staying home and presumptive nominee Joe Biden accepting in person.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a bid by the Trump administration to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects children of undocumented migrants in the United States.