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If you're worried abut the security of the United States after President Trump's disgraceful dismissal of Gen. James Mattis as Secretary of Defense, you also need to look inside the U.S. government to examine the Trump hangers-on who are downgrading the professionalism of key government agencies.

Rachel Marsden: Is it really so bad if Syria and Afghanistan are forced to sort things out for themselves?

George Washington warned about the corrosive effects of partisan politics on the national interest and the Trump-Mattis dispute is a reminder of that.

 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."

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.

The ACLU of Maryland filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration over the transgender military service ban.

Rachel Marsden: Terrorists are everywhere these days. We have to ask ourselves whether the 16-year fight against terrorism has made America and its allies any safer.

The presence of Generals Mattis, McMaster and Kelly in the Trump inner circle lends some reassurance of professional advice.

President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that the military would no longer "accept or allow" transgender people to serve.

Trump's banning transgender people from serving in the military was a blast from the past. It’s the kind of caveman nonsense popular in 1959, when a teen Donald entered a military academy.

The U.S. Department of Defense has rescinded a year-old policy that allowed military service academy athletes such as Keenan Reynolds to play professionally immediately upon graduation.

Jules Witcover: Take charge Trump? He's still impulsive and mercurial.

America's longest war isn't getting any younger. With its 15-year anniversary five months behind us, there's no telling when the Afghanistan war might end. But if our time there has taught us anything, it's that sending thousands more American troops into the fray would only prolong it further. Yet, with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis preparing a recommendation on the path forward in Afghanistan, the administration may be considering just that.

David Horsey: The Europeans have good reason to be freaked out by Donald Trump. And they aren't the only ones.

Trump's America

Mr. Trump's cabinet picks are swinging the administration into a Bizarro World version of its former self, says Clarence Page.

Cal Thomas: The relationship between the Jewish state and the U.S. will improve in a Trump administration.

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski called for a return to civility in politics and vowed to continue serving Maryland as a private citizen during an emotional farewell speech on the Senate floor Wednesday in which she reflected on a career in office that has spanned more than four decades.