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• Commentary

Zirpoli: Getting away with murder

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?

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: A time for integrity

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

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Trump supporters compared to cultists

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

• Politics

Sen. Ben Cardin joins Democrats in opposing Mike Pompeo as Trump's new secretary of state

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.

• Opinion

Sen. Cardin critical to preserving Iran nuclear deal

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.

• Politics

Sen. Ben Cardin will hand over Foreign Relations post

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

• Opinion

After the Nunes memo — and predictable Trump tweetstorm — Washington needs a time-out

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

• Politics

Cardin seeks more aggressive response from Trump to Russian cyber campaign

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

• Opinion

Trump refutes story on firing Rex Tillerson as fake news

 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."

• Opinion

Trump or Pence? Either way, the Koch brothers have already won

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

• Opinion

Flake's speech didn't free the GOP from Trump, but a reckoning is coming

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.

• Maryland

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

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

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Is Trump unraveling?

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

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump's 'love' for Puerto Rico will be tested as territory recovers

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?

• Opinion

Pitts: The GOP is finally, sorta, willing to admit the obvious

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

• Opinion

Witcover: Being 'unpresidential' is not grounds to remove Trump

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

• Opinion

Reich: A memo to Rex Tillerson about the 'moron'

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

• Opinion

Brat-in-chief

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

• Opinion

Robert Reich: Deficits only count when Democrats are president

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

• Opinion

Roy Moore won; everyone else just lost

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

• Politics

Cardin, Corker spar over Donald Trump's pick for State

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

• Politics

Senate GOP sees fresh perspective in Ben Carson's pick for Housing

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

• Politics

How does a Donald Trump administration look in Maryland? In a word, different.

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

• Opinion

From Congress to Obama, a dis best served cold

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

• Maryland

Edelman: Leading GOP candidates lack governing chops

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.

• Politics

Cardin, Hoyer condemn attacks in Paris

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

• Politics

Cardin to oppose Iran nuclear deal

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

• Politics

Corker, Cardin predict movement on Lynch nomination

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

• Politics

Cardin lands complicated deal with GOP, Obama on Iran

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

• Iran

Maryland's junior senator steps into bigger spotlight

Tuesday column on Ben Cardin's rising star

By Dan Rodricks

Apr 14, 2015

• Maryland

Former Iran hostages push lawmakers to secure restitution for their ordeal

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

• Opinion

Congress should not kill Iran deal

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

• Politics

Cardin takes top Foreign Relations spot for Democrats

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

• Politics

Cardin to lead Foreign Relations for Democrats

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

• Maryland

Menendez indictment could create committee opening for Cardin

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

• Politics

Menendez indictment could create committee opening for Cardin

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.

• Maryland

Josh Rogin: Netanyahu speech devoid of details

• Politics

Republicans seeks broader changes on Social Security

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

• Colleges and Universities

Obama focuses on access to higher education

• Opinion

A temporary patch [Editorial]

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

• Laws and Legislation

Obama administration says deadline met for major website fixes

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.

• Politics

Congress approves deal on shutdown, debt

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.

• Opinion

Unwinding Fannie and Freddie

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.

• Opinion

Congress kicks the can

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

• Opinion

Congress kicks the can

• Maryland

Ezra Klein: The Republican Party's big squeeze

• Opinion

Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner

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

• Opinion

Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner

• Maryland

John Dickerson: Obama's schmoozing the GOP again

• Opinion

Republicans to Grover Norquist: We're just not that into you

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