Chris Van Hollen

A group of senators proposed a plan Monday to get rid of the co-called step-up in basis and tax unrealized capital gains at death.

Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin of Maryland announced Monday that they would reintroduce a measure to the Senate called the SECURE Act, legislation that would allow qualified Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients to apply for permanent residence in the U.S.

President Donald Trump framed the U.S.-brokered cease-fire deal with Turkey as “a great day for civilization” but its effect was largely to mitigate a foreign policy crisis widely seen to be of his own making. After hours of negotiation in Ankara, the two nations on Thursday agreed to a five-day cease-fire in the Turks’ deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in...

Vice President Mike Pence announced a negotiated temporary cease-fire in Syria. The agreement comes after a weeklong invasion by Turkey into the region against Kurdish allies of the U.S. military. 

Parents of people killed in crashes involving guardrails met with Sen. Chris Van Hollen as they fight to make the roads safer for others. Consumer Investigative Reporter Susan Hogan has the details.

A bipartisan Senate bill would halt U.S. military assistance to NATO ally Turkey and clamp sanctions on the U.S. assets of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan because of his country’s invasion Wednesday of northern Syria. The measure effectively rebukes President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to pull U.S. troops from the region. Soon after their withdrawal, Erdogan commenced air and ground...

A U.S. senator from Maryland is demanding answers from the Federal Highway Administration amid concerns about the safety of guardrails on our roadways.

It’s been one year since a gunman stormed the Capital Gazette newsroom and killed five people in his path. News 4’s Chris Gordon was with survivors today as they remembered their colleagues and he explains the meaning behind a new memorial for them.

Journalists honored the five Capital Gazette employees who were shot to death in their newsroom last year by unveiling a plaque Friday with the names of the dead in a garden next to five rosebushes.

The Trump administration has released long-awaited details on “Salute to America,” months after promising an expanded celebration in Washington, D.C., featuring the president himself.

The Trump administration has released long-awaited details on “Salute to America,” months after promising an expanded celebration in Washington, D.C., featuring the president himself.

President Donald Trump promised huge crowds for his July 4 celebration in Washington, D.C., but he offered few details on the big changes rumored for this years’ Independence Day.

Members of Congress from the DMV area are reacting to the Barr summary report on Mueller’s investigation. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Md.) told News4 the report should be made public. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

The federal budget deficit is ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And even if they did, the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared, replaced by bitter partisanship and chronic dysfunction. That’s the reality that will greet Trump’s latest budget, which will promptly be shelved after landing with a...

Federal contractor Lila Johnson is still behind on her rent and her car payment after being out of work for 35 days because of the government shutdown. On Tuesday, the Hagerstown, Maryland, resident will attend the State of the Union address as a guest of Sen. Chris Van Hollen. She told News4’s Cory Smith that she wants President Donald Trump…

Hundreds of federal workers who aren’t getting a paycheck due to the shutdown came out to a community dinner in Silver Spring, Maryland. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports they each have one thing in common: they want to go back to work.

Unless the partial government shutdown ends by Friday, many federal workers won’t get an expected paycheck. But the bills and expenses continue to pile up. News4’s Aimee Cho was there as Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen talked to constituents about how they’re coping.

President Donald Trump stood by his demands for funding for a border wall Sunday as another round of shutdown talks failed to break an impasse, while newly empowered House Democrats planned to step up the pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers by passing legislation this week to reopen parts of the government. Trump, who spent part of the day at...

Republicans retained Senate control Tuesday after ousting Democratic incumbents in Indiana, North Dakota and Missouri, delivering a victory to President Donald Trump by preserving the chamber as a showplace for his conservative priorities for two more years. To seal the win, the GOP drew on backing from hard-right voters in rural, deep-red states, where Trump’s nativist, racially tinged rhetoric and...

No longer reluctant to speak out, former President Barack Obama delivered a closing argument for Democrats that seeks a firm check on President Donald Trump’s policies in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Obama and Trump offered competing visions for the country in a split screen of campaigning on Sunday, seeking to galvanize voter turnout in the fight to control Congress and governors’...