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The two leading Democratic candidates running for Maryland's open Senate seat continue to battle over Social Security, using four-year-old ambiguous quotes as weapons in an effort to convince voters that the other candidate isn't committed to the program.

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. and former GOP Rep. Allan West posted a video of Robert Bergdahl, the father of recovered POW and potential deserter Bowe Bergdahl, speaking in Arabic and surmised that he was part of some grand scheme to seize the White House. Ignorance and misinformation like this from U.S. leaders is inexcusable.

Dan Bongino launched his first campaign for office on a laptop computer in his dining room. His wife, alone at his side, was the only other person he was sure would vote for him.

Jules Witcover says demographic trends are leaving the Republican Party behind

An era of partisanship robs us of the notion of public service.

Fourteen years after truck bombs ripped through two U.S. embassies in East Africa, a Maryland lawmaker is reviving efforts to compensate families of the 12 Americans killed in the Nairobi attack — the most recent attempt in a years-long struggle that has left many survivors feeling betrayed.

Dec. 20 -- Rep. Donna F. Edwards offered a resolution on the House floor Tuesday that would disapprove of Florida GOP Rep. Allen West for telling reporters recently that Nazi propagandists would be proud of the Democrats¿ 'propaganda machine.' Reading from the resolution, the Prince George¿s County Democrat called comments by the Tea Party conservative 'offensive' and said they diminish the memory of Jews killed in the Holocaust. The House voted 231-188 to table the resolution.

The descendants of Holocaust victims, the survivors and the French railroad continue a lengthy battle over history and fairness — specifically whether the rail company should be liable for transporting some 76,000 Jews and others to Nazi death camps.