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Ben Carson has significant gaps in his intellectual background and qualifications to lead this country.

C-SPAN's "Voters First Forum" lacked Donald Trump but featured Ben Carson, Rick Perry, Lindsey Graham, Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul Marco Rubio at St. Anselm's College in New Hampshire.

Whenever I get too depressed about all the media institutions that have lost their sense of mission during the last tumultuous decade, I turn on C-SPAN.

Twice in recent weeks, Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts made a startling characterization to national audiences: Baltimore is still dealing with 1950s and 1960s-era racism. The statement has triggered a wide-ranging discussion of the issue around Baltimore — and relatively little disagreement.

Baltimore Commissioner Anthony W. Batts elaborated on comments made a week earlier that he believes the city suffers from "1950s racism" and is more divided than other cities where he has worked.

Rep. Andy Harris has received a barrage of attention Wednesday for a video that shows him repeatedly winking at a camera as Rep. Buddy Carter, a Georgia Republican, speaks at the lectern.

Harford County Council's ban on talking to council members at meetings to thwart 'terrorists' reaches new heights for ridiculousness

President Barack Obama's proposal to classify Internet service as a utility is the only way to keep the web free.

Jody Zepp, a government and psychology teacher at Hammond High School that has helped increased minority participation and proficiency in Advanced Placement courses, has been named the 2014 Maryland Teacher of the Year.

Philip Filner, a retired molecular biologist and community activist, died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 6 at his Lutherville home. He was 75.

Hammond High School teacher Jody Zepp has been named one of seven finalists for Maryland Teacher of the Year for 2014.

Politics trumps problem-solving when it comes to Congressional oversight of the troubled Obamacare web site

'Red October' author parlayed book success into films, video games

Even those who cheered the Affordable Care Act must concede, it's not going well.

Video crews from C-SPAN are filming in Annapolis all week, documenting the state capital's history and literary culture for programs that will air on the cable channel in September.

Concerns over Supreme Court decisions and a celebrity chef's use of racial slur raise doubts about the nation's progress in race relations

In stepping down last week as a speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine commencement, Dr. Ben Carson again took on the role of media/culture critic and martyr to "political correctness."

Gov. Martin O'Malley urged the General Assembly Wednesday to approve an unabashedly liberal agenda including repeal of the death penalty, new curbs on guns and spending for construction projects that create jobs.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama began his second term Monday by calling for an end to the rigid ideologies of modern politics but laying out a broad policy agenda more likely to stoke partisan confrontation than avoid it.

The big metrics have been widely reported, but we in the news media haven¿t gone inside the numbers to explore what social media conversations might say about the state of politics, media and the way we communicate today.

Mitt Romney won the debate with President Obama, but he didn't produce the kind of made-for-TV moments that would make it a game-changer in this election.

One major aspect of American government remains shrouded from public view: Arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, Jules Witcover writes.

Online political powerhouse a C-SPAN star on Super Tuesday

As we wheel into a big week TV and politics with the first GOP debate to include Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday and President Obama's long overdue jobs plan on Thursday, a couple of small observations demand to be made.

Awards received by Howard County residents

Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley brought his prescription for improving homeland security to the Democratic convention last night, but his short speech was rewarded with only modest applause outside the Maryland delegation and a snub from major broadcast and cable television networks.