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It appears that Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and legal resident of the United States, has been murdered in a plan likely developed and carried out by the Saudi Arabia government inside their Istanbul consulate. Why is Trump afraid to criticize Saudi Arabia?

Robert Reich asks four key Republicans to follow Jim Jefford's lead and change parties to reign in the president.

bs-ed-op-0707-thomas-cultists-20180703. Cal Thomas: Labeling Trump supporters "cultists" will only drive more of them to the polls.

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin announced Wednesday that he opposes the nomination of CIA director Mike Pompeo to serve as President Donald Trump’s next secretary of state.

Over the next three months, the fate of the Iran nuclear agreement and U.S. relations with Iran fall to President Trump and congressional leaders. There is no one as important as Sen. Ben Cardin in determining the fate of this relationship.

Sen. Ben Cardin will relinquish his role as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ending a run that began almost three years ago with the tricky politics of the Iran nuclear deal.

By John Fritze

Feb 6, 2018

Trump happy to promote partisanship, distrust and anarchy to derail Mueller investigation.

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are calling on the Trump administration to vastly expand the U.S. response to Russian interference in elections, including with increased sanctions and an inter-agency body to coordinate government policies.

By John Fritze

Jan 10, 2018

 President Trump resumed his war on the American press Friday by tweeting that a widely circulated report that he was planning to fire his secretary of state was "fake news."

Whether Donald Trump or Mike Pence is president, the Koch brothers are in charge, says David Horsey.

Sen. Jeff Flake's speech decrying President Donald Trump won't have the effect he wanted, but it could be a step on the difficult path to a new, functional political reality.

Zirpoli: Trump should spend less time insulting fellow Republicans, staff

Donald Trump is unraveling and Republicans need to face it, says Robert B. Reich.

President Trump often reassures his trusting crowds with the words "Believe me." Will the Puerto Ricans do so, as they remain in the dire aftermath throes of Maria?

The GOP is finally willing -- kinda, sorta -- to admit Donald Trump is a poor excuse for a president, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Failing to be presidential is not among the grounds for impeachment, says Jules Witcover

The reason Rex Tillerson's moronic comment made headlines is because the president really is a moron, says Robert Reich.

Corker nails White House childishness but it's not just laughable, it's scary.

Republicans care about the deficit -- unless it might get in the way of tax cuts for the wealthy, Robert Reich writes.

Alabama runoff result isn't an attack on GOP establishment, it's an attack on reason.

Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is ramping up pressure on President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of

By John Fritze

Dec 22, 2016

Dr. Ben Carson, the former Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon who was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, appears to be well positioned for confirmation when the Republican-led Senate convenes in January.

By John Fritze

Dec 10, 2016

Voters, advocates and political leaders in Maryland and across the nation started to come to grips Wednesday with Donald Trump's stunning win in the presidential election — and quickly began to calculate how a new, untested administration will affect them.

By John Fritze

Nov 9, 2016

President Obama has always seen working with Congress as beneath him, says Jonah Goldberg.

When I was young, I dreamed of managing the Dodgers. Being a manager, though, demands that you actually know something about baseball. And so it is with managing the most complex organization in the world, the government of the United States. Last week, we came to realize that neither of the two leading Republican candidates has the chops to step into the Oval Office.

Sen. Ben Cardin, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, condemned the Paris terror attacks on Friday, and said that those responsible would be brought to justice.

By John Fritze

Nov 13, 2015

Sen. Ben Cardin, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Friday he will oppose the pending nuclear agreement with Iran, joining a minority of Democrats in a position that has already been defeated.

By John Fritze

Sep 4, 2015

The long-stalled vote in the Senate on President Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general could take place this week, Sen. Ben Cardin said on Sunday.

By John Fritze

Apr 19, 2015

Less than two weeks after becoming the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Ben Cardin scored a major legislative victory Tuesday by negotiating an agreement to give Congress oversight of an emerging deal to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon

By John Fritze

Apr 14, 2015

Tuesday column on Ben Cardin's rising star

By Dan Rodricks

Apr 14, 2015

Don Cooke remembers the protesters pouring over the wall of the U.S. embassy in Iran — some wearing images of the Ayatollah Khomeini on their chests — and his scrambled escape into the roiled streets of Tehran.

By John Fritze

Apr 13, 2015

Congress needs to find a constructive role to play in the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks that doesn't risk wrecking the chances for an agreement

Sen. Ben Cardin became the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, providing the Obama administration with a potentially powerful ally at a critical time for U.S. foreign policy.

By John Fritze

Apr 2, 2015

Sen. Ben Cardin will be named the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, taking over the position following the indictment of New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democratic spokesman confirmed Thursday.

By John Fritze

Apr 2, 2015

WASHINGTON — The indictment of New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez on corruption charges Wednesday could have significant implications for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — and it could also provide an unexpected opportunity for Maryland.

By John Fritze

Apr 1, 2015

The indictment of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez on corruption charges Wednesday could have significant implications for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- and it could also provide an unexpected opportunity for Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans pressed the Obama administration Wednesday for a plan to address the long-term health of Social Security as lawmakers began to debate a more immediate shortfall in a program that benefits millions of disabled Americans.

By John Fritze

Feb 11, 2015

With the Highway Trust Fund within weeks of bankruptcy, Congress looks to do no more than kick the transportation can down the road

President Obama's administration claims it has met a self-imposed deadline to fix major issues plaguing the federal health care website since its debut two months ago, though more repairs are needed.

Congress Wednesday night approved a bipartisan deal to reopen the government and extend the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling into early next year, a measure that will send tens of thousands of federal employees in Maryland back to work.

The president's proposal to unwind Fannie May and Freddie Mac, similar to a bipartisan bill in the Senate, points the way toward meaningful reform in housing policy that doesn't eliminate the government's role in making homeownership possible for the middle class.

Doyle McManus writes that the improving economy lets lawmakers think they can avoid painful concessions.

Can a charm offensive by the president bridge the cultural divide with the GOP?

Republicans are now flirting with deserting Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge.