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I'm not naive. Crafting stories to serve political purposes is as old as politics itself. But the problem seems to be getting worse. Perhaps it's because our country is so polarized and our media environment so balkanized and instantaneous. Politicians and journalists alike feel compelled to make facts serve some larger tale in every utterance. - Leonard Pitts Jr. asks: Since when is knowing things no longer a prerequisite to running for president?
- President Obama has always seen working with Congress as beneath him, says Jonah Goldberg.
- Round 1 of the presidential debates clearly goes to Hillary Clinton, says Jules Witcover.
- It was Team USA day at the White House, which meant President Barack Obama talked a good deal about two Olympians who grew up swimming not far from Washington.
- The Sun endorses Hillary Clinton for president. But don't take our word for it.
- We face a civil war of ideas and ideals, a secession from objective reality and the greater us, says Leonard Pitts Jr.
- Sen. Ben Cardin, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Wednesday he will join with other Democrats in voting to override
- When this was written, I had no idea how the two candidates performed. My question for this column is this: Does it matter?
- Republicans, not Obama, were responsible for Trump's rise
- If you feel like your head is going to explode with all the hype, spin and madness surrounding Monday night’s debate, check out Frontline’s “The Choice” Tuesday
- It is past time for the Senate to vote on Stephanie Gallagher. She is a strong, consensus nominee whom both Maryland senators support. Moreover, the district must have all of its active judges to deliver justice. The district's judiciary as well as individuals and businesses litigating in federal court deserve a full bench, while Judge Gallagher merits a final vote. Thus, senators must conduct Judge Gallagher's debate and vote before they depart to campaign.
- As Donald Trump's strategists try to soften his image, he has taken his assault against Hillary Clinton to a new level with a bizarre suggestion that would make her more vulnerable to violence from opponents, specifically fervent supporters of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
- A new poll by Goucher College found most state residents think a governor should rarely deploy an executive order to change policy, but a majority support Gov. Larry Hogan's use of one to start school after Labor Day.
- The University of Maryland School of Medicine has embarked on the most ambitious recruiting drive of its 210-year history — an effort to hire top scientists with the goal of making its biomedical research programs the best in the country.
- Even though TV has defied dinosaur predictions to hold center stage in the world of 2016 politics, social media will play a larger role than ever in Monday's debate.
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- Like Mr. Obama, Mr. Trump exploited birtherism for his own advantage, worming his way into the GOP. Mr. Obama allowed the issue to fester in the fever swamps of the right, and now he's facing the real possibility that he will be replaced by the Swamp Thing.
- Donald Trump is not just a liar, he is a BS artist who bluffs, blusters and bullies his way through most topics.
- As the U.N. General Assembly meets to discuss the worst refugee crisis in history, humanitarian agencies based in Baltimore are joining the call to overhaul the way the world comes to the aid of people forced from their homes by wars and disasters.
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- Speaking to a predominantly white crowd in Dimondale, Mich., recently, Mr. Trump asked African Americans: "What do you have to lose by trying something new" like him. "You're living in poverty," he said. "Your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth are unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?" The short answer is stark: a lot.
- Donald Trump's campaign strategy must be to flood us with so much nonsense that you cannot deal with any of it — there's always something else just around the bend. What is notably absent from the Trump campaign is a coherent message about anything at all. He's flip-flopped on pretty much every issue he has spoken on: birtherism, immigration, health care, women's health, taxes, releasing his own medical reports. You just can't tell where he is, what he stands for, or what he believes in,
- How Hillary Clinton could ever be judged less honest than Donald Trump may be a dispiriting campaign's biggest wonder
- The late erudite Israeli foreign minister, Abba Eban, was quoted widely for once having said "the Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity" for peace. The same could apply recently to the Americans.
- Today in History
Today is Monday, Sept. 19, the 263rd day of 2016. There are 103 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
O - New reports show that ACA has helped keep down rates and reduced number of uninsured so why can't it's shortcomings be addressed?
- I realize that reason holds little appeal for Americans who already have sipped the Trump tonic. But others — those who have neither lost nor made up their minds, those considering a third-party candidate — might crave something dry, something sobering. I'm talking about logic.
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- You might like to see the press ridiculed by Donald Trump or kept at arm's length by Hillary Clinton, but all of us lose when we are forced to vote with as little information as we have about these two elderly candidates.
- Edward Snowden began gathering the classified documents about NSA spying he ultimately leaked to the press after a fight with his bosses, the House Intelligence Committee has concluded — leading the committee's leaders to call his motives into question.
- U.S. aid and weapons package only rewards Israel and its prime minister for bad behavior
- The first woman and first African-American to fill the post will be sworn in Wednesday as 14th Librarian of Congress
- Local leaders from across the country will meet in Baltimore this week to discuss ways to address social and economic problems confronting cities.
- Hogan is popular because he governs well, not because he does what's popular
- Whatever Clinton's shortcomings, they can't compare to the outrageousness and bile spewing from Donald Trump
- Republicans for Clinton: Donald Trump went after Hillary Clinton in Baltimore on Monday and in a new ad for her "basket of deplorables" comment. But unless your Twitter avatar is an egg, you follow "white genocide" handles and are afraid of taco trucks, she's not talking about you. The only thing more laughable than Mr. Trump whining about name-calling is the pundit pearl-clutching over Ms. Clinton calling the Trump Movement exactly what it is.
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- Donald Trump has single-handedly smashed the moral compass of conservatism, says Jonah Goldberg.
- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will travel to Baltimore on Monday to speak with a conference of National Guard officers.
- The Saudis must be held accountable for their role in 9/11
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- Donald Trump is at least as qualified to serve as president as Barack Obama
- Donald Trump's accusation that President Obama and Hillary Clinton are "founders of ISIS" is not only a good example of his reckless fear-mongering but also his complete lack of understanding about true threats to national security.
- Gov. Larry Hogan and Treasurer Nancy Kopp are sparring over Hogan's executive order to start school after Labor Day.
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- Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine will be in Maryland on Wednesday for a fundraiser hosted by David Trone, the wealthy businessman who ran an
