Before Donald Trump won the presidency, Democratic foreign policy circles hummed with talk that an outgoing President Barack Obama could take a last stab at peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. There also was a strong expectation that Obama would push hard for Congress to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

But now that they're on the verge of power, Trump aides say Obama shouldn't even think about taking such steps.

"On big, transformative issues where President Obama and President-elect Trump are not in alignment, I don’t think it’s in keeping with the spirit of the transition ... to try to push through agenda items that are contrary to the president-elect’s positions," a Trump national security adviser told POLITICO on Thursday. "It's not going to be just counterproductive, but it will also send mixed messages."

About 1,000 people gathered in Station North Thursday evening and marched to the Inner Harbor and then to the Ravens game at M&T Bank Stadium to show their dissatisfaction with Donald J. Trump winning the presidency.

They briefly formed a line to keep fans from reaching M&T Bank Stadium around the time the Baltimore Ravens game was set to kick off at 8:25 p.m. Stadium officials locked the gates for about three minutes as the protesters gathered outside, then reopened them as the crowd dispersed.

They chanted "not my president," "2-4-6-8, no to Trump and no to hate," and "immigrants are welcome here." Carrying signs saying "Trump is not our president," they marched down Charles Street as onlookers came out from restaurants clutching glasses of wine and giving the protesters high-fives.

“This isn’t a pizza place where people talk politics,” Isaac Schleifer jokes as he slides into a seat at Tov Pizza in Northwest Baltimore. “It’s a political clubhouse that sells pizza.”

Schleifer, who is just 27 and goes by “Yitzi,” becomes the 5th District’s new city councilman this month. Tov Pizza (“Baltimore’s Best Kosher Pizza”) is owned by his older cousin, Ron Rosenbluth, a former Democratic State Central Committee official. The busy Reisterstown Road pizza, sub, and knish joint has been around since 1984, but it feels even more retro with its checked Formica floor and gumball machines. And it’s here Schleifer and Rosenbluth gamed out maybe the most surprising primary victory in this watershed election year.

State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh was elected Baltimore's mayor by an overwhelming margin Tuesday. The Democrat will lead a city that is enjoying a development boom in some areas but suffering from a shocking level of violence and persistent poverty in others.

Pugh beat back a spirited write-in challenge from Sheila Dixon, the former mayor who finished a close second in April's Democratic primary. In a city where most voters are Democrats, Pugh easily outdistanced Green Party candidate Joshua Harris and Republican Alan Walden.

Pugh captured a majority of votes in Baltimore, but tens of thousands chose to write in Dixon's name.

Pugh will become the 50th mayor of Baltimore and the third consecutive woman elected to the job. She will be under pressure right away to unite the city and fix its systemic problems, political analysts and residents said.

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Citizens casting their ballots in Baltimore County have a 13-hour window to participate on Election Day.

Hours: Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Best time to vote: Baltimore County officials encourage voters to cast their ballots from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to avoid lines.