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Bickering five months after the fact about who wanted to call in the FBI to investigate Sean Suiter's death is indicative of the degree to which politics and emotion have clouded this case.

Former Baltimore police commissioner Kevin Davis disputed Mayor Catherine Pugh’s assertion on Wednesday that she asked for the FBI to take over the homicide investigation of Det. Sean Suiter.

The FBI's raid on Trump lawyer Cohen is outrageous - and The Sun's failure to perceive that reveals its deep-seated bias.

Robert Reich: President Trump untethered is a more petty, vindictive, belligerent and dangerous version of his former self.

The FBI raid on Michael Cohen's office and hotel room is a troubling sign, but President Trump's reaction might be even worse.

On March 30, 94-year-old Anna Chennault died. What history will remember her for is the pivotal role she played in Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential victory — a role that, if it had been widely known at the time, might have deprived Nixon of the White House.

A federal judge sentenced handed down a 20-year sentence on Friday to an Edgewood man who accepted thousands of dollars from ISIS terrorists overseas to carry out an attack in the United States.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 30, 2018

Nathaniel T. Oaks pleaded guilty to two federal corruption charges this morning in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Judge Richard D. Bennett said — about two hours after Oaks formally resigned his Senate seat in the Maryland General Assembly.

The attack on Baltimore’s 911 dispatch system over the weekend was a ransomware attack, city officials said on Wednesday. 

By Kevin Rector

Mar 28, 2018

The 2018-2019 Baltimore Speaker Series will include appearances by former FBI director James Comey, women's rights legend Gloria Steinem and comedian Jay Leno.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Mar 28, 2018

To Donald Trump, Robert Mueller is just another opponent to be trashed and discarded, says Jules Witcover.

The Sun defends liars within the FBI in order to bash Donald Trump and Fox News.

Hours before calling Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to tell him he was being fired from his position, Trump publicly announced Tillerson’s firing in a tweet. With that tweet, once again, Trump demonstrated two things: He has no loyalty to those who serve in his administration and he has no class.

A federal judge rejected on Tuesday a request by lawyers for indicted state Sen. Nathaniel Oaks to have some of the bribery charges he faces thrown out.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 20, 2018

President Trump's Twitter rages over McCabe, Comey and Mueller sure don't make him look innocent - or decent.

Baltimore County school officials said Monday they don’t believe their contracting with outside businesses was compromised despite the conviction of a high ranking school system employee, who pleaded guilty to bribery-related charges.

The corruption case against Sen. Nathaniel Oaks has its origins in Baltimore County, court documents reveal. County officials can't let that drop.

A top Baltimore County school system official has pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony charge of filing a false tax return, according to court documents.

By Pamela Wood

Mar 3, 2018

Trained and motivated armed adults will make schools less appealing shooting targets, says Cal Thomas.

Lawyers for state Sen. Nathaniel Oaks say authorities deployed informant who collects a six figure annual paycheck from the FBI to entrap the Baltimore Democrat.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 1, 2018

Federal officials involved with the building of a new headquarters for the FBI declined to say directly Wednesday whether the White House had a role in the decision to abruptly alter that project.

By John Fritze

Feb 28, 2018

Hulu's 10-part docudrama based on Lawrence Wright's book about the lead-up to 9/11 is not to be missed.

By David Zurawik

Feb 28, 2018

Federal agents on Tuesday raided two locations of a Baltimore County pain management clinic. The agents executed search warrants at the Owings Mills and Towson offices of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management Associates, federal law enforcement officials said.

By Alison Knezevich

Feb 27, 2018

Saul and the FBI are locked in a standoff at the compound of Brett O'Keefe.

Maryland lost for the first time on senior day since joining the Big Ten, with an 85-61 defeat to No. 17 Michigan, the most lopsided home loss in Mark Turgeon's seven years in College Park and the worst for the Terps since the Comcast Center opened for the 2002-03 season.

By Don Markus

Feb 24, 2018

A day after releasing a statement saying he had no connection to agent Andy Miller, Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said in a postgame news conference that neither he nor any of his staff members had any involvement in former player Diamond Stone receiving more than $14,000 in improper payments.

By Don Markus

Feb 24, 2018

Transcripts filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore show how FBI informants worked for years to get state Sen. Nathaniel Oaks to take a cash payment from a supposed developer.

By Ian Duncan

Feb 23, 2018

Former Maryland men’s basketball player Diamond Stone’s name appears on a document that alleges he received money from an agent while he was in college, according to a report by Yahoo Sports.

By Don Markus

Feb 23, 2018

"No American, no President, is above the law," Maryland congressional candidate writes. "We are in a seminal, watershed moment in American history. We are observing a wholesale assault on our American democracy." 

The federal authorities who prosecuted Baltimore’s corrupt police Gun Trace Task Force say they are now sharing evidence with local authorities for charges that could be filed on the local level.

CAIR calls for Naval Academy alumni group to cancel talk by speaker CAIR calls an "anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist."

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Feb 16, 2018

Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa has decided to bring in an outside consultant to review the killing last year of Det. Sean Suiter, police officials confirmed Thursday.

By Kevin Rector

Feb 15, 2018

Two of the men who were arrested at Fort Meade Wednesday — after the driver of an SUV attempted to enter the National Security Agency compound — have been released, and the third has been handed over to the Howard County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI said Thursday.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 15, 2018

Republicans don't trust media or law enforcement, just Donald Trump, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Three people were injured Wednesday morning when the driver of an SUV attempted to make unauthorized entry to the National Security Agency’s compound at Fort Meade, authorities said.

The Trump administration on Monday proposed canceling a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation that was to be built in Maryland or Virginia, opting instead for a “revitalization” of the agency’s current headquarters in downtown Washington.

By John Fritze

Feb 12, 2018

The Republican party used to stand for law and order, now it rebels against it, says Jules Witcover.

Democrats show no interest in holding the Obama administration accountable for influencing Russia probe.

The Baltimore City Police Department is its own worst enemy. Those at the top speak about protecting and serving while — through winks-and-nods or sheer incompetence — they condone those in the rank and file who are all about self-serving and terrorizing.

By E.R. Shipp

Feb 6, 2018

The Court of Public Opinion will now hear the case of the President versus the Departments of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Representing the plaintiff is the President’s highly loyal servant and Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes.

A convicted Baltimore Police detective testified Monday in the Gun Trace Task Force trial that he used to steal money with Det. Sean Suiter, the city homicide detective whose fatal shooting in November — one day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury in the case — remains unsolved.

Baltimore police Detective Sean Suiter died after being shot while on duty in November — one day before he was set to testify before a federal grand jury in the corruption case involving the department’s Gun Trace Task Force.

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

The resistance types aren't wrong that there is a shameless and demagogic campaign to derail and discredit Mr. Mueller as well as the agency he once directed, the FBI.

Maryland Democrats blasted the release of a controversial memo Friday that Republicans said raised questions about how the FBI handled surveillance of a Trump campaign associate.

By John Fritze

Feb 2, 2018

President Trump is turning the Parkland school shooting, which killed 17 people, into his latest all-about-me news-cycle strategy, says Jules Witcover.

Donald Trump may be making the same mistake Richard Nixon did in thinking he can outfox the FBI and DOJ, says Jules Witcover.

Trump should release all relevant information on Russia investigation, not just cherry-picked Nunes letter.

Americans should be skeptical of Nunes memo and 'deep state' conspiracy theories intended to shield the president.

The FBI had a recording device inside a Baltimore Police vehicle when members of the Gun Trace Task Force fled the scene of a crash prompted by a high-speed chase, then discussed falsifying paperwork to cover their tracks