Ed Hale Sr. checks in from the campaign trail with an update on his run for governor and the key issues he says he’ll tackle on day one. Maryland’s “General Insane Asylum” opens with a structural deficit, raising serious questions about fiscal accountability. Whistleblowers allege fraud within Maryland’s SNAP program—but is Governor Moore listening? New poll numbers are out—how is the governor really doing? Plus, a tense moment at the Supreme Court as a government lawyer struggles to define “man,” “woman,” “boy,” or “girl” when pressed by Justice Alito during questioning in the transgender athletes case at the Supreme Court.