iranian nuclear program

• Opinion

Goldberg: Why won't U.S. politicians talk about Chinese authoritarianism?

Jonah Goldberg: The ongoing confrontation with China highlights the moral blind spot of economic nationalism — on the right and the left.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Must we wage war with Iran?

Cal Thomas: We don't need any more wars, because when it comes to the Middle East they never seem to end.

• Maryland

Commentary: Trump pulls the plug on defective Iran nuclear deal

No need to mourn the Iran nuclear deal. When President Donald Trump pulled the plug on it, after months of warning that the flawed 2015 agreement needed to be

• Opinion

Iran nuclear deal: Trump's foolish gamble

By reneging on the Iran nuclear pact, President Trump has undermined national security and and the future of U.S. diplomacy.

• Commentary

Kennedy: Rapid change, chaos hallmark of Trump Administration

There has been another defection from the stable of White House legal eagles. Ty Cobb is not the first, and I suspect not the last, of Mr. Trump’s inner circle to vacate his position. It leaves one to wonder why so many of Trump's close advisers are bailing, like rats deserting a sinking ship.

• North Korea

Cal Thomas: Only fools believe North Korea

Only a fool would believe North Korea is willing to suspend its nuclear program in exchange for security, says Cal Thomas.

• Opinion

Don't embolden Iran by tossing nuclear deal

Leaving nuclear deal would only aid Iran's extremists and hurt U.S. interests.

• Opinion

Trump's America-last foreign policy

President Donald Trump's juvenile, bullying, jingoistic foreign policy is quickly making America irrelevant in international affairs.

• Maryland

Letter: The decertification that will haunt us

Mark Twain is reputed to have stated that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I very much fear that is the case today. Back in 1994, the

• Opinion

Trump can't abandon Iran nuclear deal

At a time when North Korea's nuclear program is posing an increasing threat, why would Trump push Iran toward resuming its nuclear program?

• Opinion

Reich: Trump focuses on nonexistent problems, worsens actual problems

President Trump finds problems that don't exist and simultaneously neglects or worsens every major problem facing America, says Robert Reich.

• Opinion

Goldberg: How do you solve a problem like North Korea?

The U.S. should declare that it considers North Korea's misdeeds to really be China's misdeeds, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Obama made us proud

Americans should remember all that Barack Obama accomplished in two terms

• Opinion

Trump nominees should grill senators at confirmation hearings

There is only one plausible explanation for President Obama's 11th-hour provocations of Israel and Russia: He is laying the groundwork with Senate Democrats to poison the confirmation well for Trump cabinet nominees. President-elect Donald Trump should take the opportunity thus afforded to drive more nails into the Senate Democratic coffin.

• Opinion

Clinton for president

The Sun endorses Hillary Clinton for president. But don't take our word for it.

• Opinion

Trump is wrong about the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran

Trump is wrong about the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran

• Politics

Szeliga, Van Hollen speak to B'Nai Israel forum

State Del. Kathy Szeliga and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, appearing Sunday at a Rockville synagogue, both pledged to support Israel if elected to Maryland's open Senate seat. But the candidates differed sharply on whether the Iran nuclear deal was the best way.

By Yvonne Wenger

Sep 25, 2016

• Politics

Iran deal remains issue in Maryland races

One year after Congress failed to derail the controversial Iran nuclear agreement, Republican candidates in Maryland and elsewhere are still hammering on it — suggesting Democrats who supported it are something other than pro-Israel.

By John Fritze

Sep 18, 2016

• Opinion

Haunted by Hiroshima

Kerry's visit to Hiroshima is a necessary, if belated, step in reducing the nuclear threat

• Maryland

Cyber campaign against Islamic State marks beginning of a new secret war

After a decade of classified commando raids and drone strikes, the official reluctance to talk about the cyber campaign against the self-declared Islamic State means the country is again heading into a new field of warfare with only limited public debate.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 6, 2016

• Business

Persian rugs will be imported once again after Iran embargo lifted

The owner of Borhani Rug Co. in Timonium specializes in such carpets, which account for about three-quarters of his sales, but he has not been able to import any from Iran until now. He and other U.S. rug dealers relied on a supply built up before 2010, when the U.S. imposed an embargo on Iran. As supplies dwindled, many dealers have shifted to selling rugs made in India, Pakistan and China.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 22, 2016

• Politics

Former foreign service workers win some relief in spending bill

WASHINGTON — Dozens of former foreign service workers and their families who were held or killed overseas — including the 53 hostages captured in Iran nearly four decades ago — will be compensated for their ordeals as part of the massive federal spending legislation President Barack Obama signed last month

By John Fritze

Jan 1, 2016

• Opinion

Presidential candidates have yet to address America's threats

To date, neither the presidential candidates nor their spokespeople on the campaign trail have done an adequate job of defining or addressing the specific threats America faces today: addiction, gun violence, illegal immigration and terrorism. It's critical we hear from them on these issues.

• Politics

Lawmakers push for tougher U.S. stance in cyberspace

As Sen. Angus King pressed national security officials to open up about their ability to wage war over the Internet, he turned not to some think tank white paper to make his point, but a 5-decade-old film about the dangers of nuclear brinkmanship.

By Ian Duncan

Oct 3, 2015

• Opinion

Ben Carson's warning

Ben Carson realizes we are at war with a radical ideology that wishes to destroy the West, says Cal Thomas.

• 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

Sen. Mikulski announces her support for Iran nuclear agreement

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland announced her support Wednesday for the pending nuclear agreement with Iran, becoming the last vote President Barack Obama needed to ensure he can sustain a veto if Congress rejects the controversial pact later this month.

By John Fritze

Sep 2, 2015

• Opinion

The Iran nuclear agreement will make America and Israel safer

I am sad to say that as a member and leader of this community for more than 30 years, The Associated and the Baltimore Jewish Council do not speak for me, or a majority of American Jews, when it comes to accepting the Iran nuclear agreement.

• Opinion

Lieberman: Obama must reveal side deals on Iran nuclear program

Before Congress votes, it must know what side deals have been struck on Iran's nuke program.

• Opinion

The big picture on Iran

Where Iran and the west could find opportunities for further agreements

• Opinion

Myths and realities of the Iran nuclear deal

Unfortunately, political bickering and misinformation from critics has muddled the debate over the Iran nuclear deal. The fundamental choice is whether to support this agreement — which will verifiably block all of Iran's potential pathways to nuclear weapons for the next generation, or more — or follow the advice of pressure groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other skeptics, who claim that the agreement falls short of expectations and should

• Opinion

Iran deal: Get off the fence, Cardin and Mikulski

Marylanders deserve to know where Sens. Cardin and Mikulski stand on the Iran deal.

• Opinion

The case for the Iran deal

Congress and the president face a major test next month when lawmakers return to Washington to consider the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal

• Politics

J Street, already supporting Edwards, now backs Van Hollen, too

WASHINGTON -- A liberal Jewish group that is backing the pending nuclear agreement with Iran announced its support for Rep. Chris Van Hollen's campaign for Senate on Wednesday, months after announcing it will also support his opponent, Rep. Donna F. Edwards.

By John Fritze

Aug 12, 2015

• Politics

Obama presses critics on Iran nuclear deal

President Barack Obama defended his controversial nuclear agreement with Iran Wednesday in the strongest terms yet, warning that critics of the deal — such as groups running television ads in Maryland, to sway key Sen. Ben Cardin — are setting the nation up for another war in the Middle East.

By John Fritze

Aug 5, 2015

• Opinion

Iran deal a 'Pandora's Box'

Agreement to keep Iran from developing a nuclear bomb isn't worth the paper it's printed on

• Opinion

A 'good enough' agreement

Republicans roundly criticize the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran but they haven't come up with a better alternative

• Opinion

GOP hardliners reflexively decry the Iranian nuclear deal

The nuclear deal seems to be a solid start to a different relationship with Iran, says David Horsey.

• Opinion

Dubious benefits of Iran deal

Wording of nuclear agreement should give Congress pause

• Opinion

Iran deal offers hope

Pact with Iran is a bad deal for the U.S.

• Opinion

Iran nuke deal offers nothing for the U.S.

Iran nuke deal offers nothing for the U.S.

• Politics

Rep. Donna F. Edwards criticizes Chris Van Hollen over Iran nuke deal

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Donna F. Edwards on Wednesday criticized her opponent in Maryland's Senate race, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, for "holding his finger to the air" rather than coming out in support of a nuclear agreement with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration.

By John Fritze

Jul 15, 2015

• Opinion

Bargaining with Tehran

Given the alternatives, the accord designed to prevent Iran from building a bomb for a decade in exchange for a gradual lifting of sanctions is promising

• Politics

Cardin: Best option is 'strong agreement' with Iran

Sen. Ben Cardin, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday that the best outcome for international talks with Iran is a "strong agreement" over that country's nuclear program that includes thorough inspections of military sites and covert activities.

By John Fritze

Jul 5, 2015

• Opinion

Crunch time for Iran talks

Better for the U.S. and its partners to walk away rather than accept the flawed deal Tehran is demanding

• Opinion

The only good nuclear deal with Iran

It's not too late to get a good deal with Iran over its nuclear program, says Israel Project president. Here's how.

• Opinion

Give Iran negotiators space to work

Now that President Obama has signed a bill giving Congress, at its request, greater oversight authority over any potential Iran nuclear agreement — including the explicit opportunity to vote down the deal — the cacophony from those opposed to diplomatic negotiations with Iran has reached a new high.

• Anne Arundel

Supreme Court backs president's foreign policy powers in passport dispute

The Supreme Court declared Monday the Constitution gives the president, not Congress, the lead role in setting the nation's foreign policy, including the "exclusive power" to recognize foreign governments and negotiate sensitive disputes.

• Opinion

Iran's dangerous game

The nuclear talks between the U.S. and Tehran have stalled over an issue the parties should have resolved long ago

• Opinion

The Mideast's new reality

Navigating the violent upheavals in the Mideast will require deft diplomacy and a willingness to live with a certain ambiguity in our relationships with friend and foe