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bs-ed-op-0617-goldberg-superpowers-20190614. TEXT: Jonah Goldberg: Donald Trump's political superpowers only work on the Republican party.

President Trump says FBI should be talking to "whoever they deem appropriate" in Kavanaugh background check and it's a growing list.

The last-minute delay in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, to allow for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against him, may save the Senate Judiciary Committee from a rerun of the earlier Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill fiasco.

Senators of both parties disgraced themselves in the Kavanaugh hearings.

Maryland's U.S. senators say the Howard Street Tunnel project is still doable and want to know CSX's thinking on it.

How on earth did Jeff Sessions — Jeff Sessions! — find himself abandoned by the right and embraced by the left?

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

WASHINGTON — Unswayed by Republican warnings of a trade war, President Donald Trump ordered steep new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. on

White House scuttles immigration compromise and now owns the fate of 'Dreamers.'

The accident involving GOP members of Congress was awful - but such train crossing collisions are more common than people realize.

Fake news awards and fake news are not a mark of tyranny, but rather a revelation that we are actually seeking truth. And that itself should be comforting.

Jules Witcover made a point with which I totally agree. His point was that Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and Robert Corker, who have been outspoken in their opposition to President Trump’s agenda and methods, should continue the fight to keep the GOP from becoming an extremist party.

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

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.

I hate it when politicians play media critic. But Hillary Clinton gets it right in her book when she warns of a right-wing media build-up shaping politics.

Donald Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio is a far cry from those granted by Presidents Clinton and Obama, says Cal Thomas.

The next test for President Donald Trump's governing abilities is whether he will risk shutting down the government for his border wall, says Jules Witcover.

Zirpoli: Hate and bigotry foundation of Trump presidency

Minnich: A fumbler is in the end zone

The Republican Party needs to acknowledge their dysfunction, they need to own it and fix it, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Edelman: The path to autocracy

Back in March when then-FBI Director James Comey testified before the House Select Intelligence Committee—chaired by Devin Nunes, who had yet to jump out of an

A small number of Republican senators soon face a "profile in courage" challenge as President Trump and his clique of advisers run roughshod over the U.S. Constitution, its guarantees and the national interest of the American people. Republicans hold a narrow 52-48 edge in the Senate, which must approve cabinet-level nominees, treaties and judicial appointments. No one has to switch parties, but a temporary alliance across party lines would halt the Trump-Bannon machine in its tracks.

The Pentagon and National Guard paid professional sports teams to publicly honor soldiers at sporting events, according to a Senate oversight report released Wednesday that labeled the practice "inappropriate and frivolous."

Bipartisan cheer for the release of a man with Maryland ties who was held in Cuba for more than five years quickly gave way to political rancor Wednesday as lawmakers presaged coming battles over the dramatic new relationship President Barack Obama outlined with Havana.

On Dec. 3 it will be five years since Alan Gross was first jailed in Havana and his incarceration remains a significant sticking point in the rocky relationship between Cuba and the United States.

Thomas E. Perez, the Marylander nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, is set to face a critical vote in the Senate this week that puts his confirmation in the middle of a blistering battle over the use of the filibuster.

House Speaker John Boehner's immigration stance threatens his — and the GOP's — ruin.

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

The Senate immigration reform bill provides hope that Washington can break out of its cycle of scandal and gridlock.

Cal Thomas writes that the "Gang of 8's" immigration reform bill has too many flaws.

Immigration bill in Senate shortchanges security, embraces amnesty

Bipartisan immigration bills are up for consideration in both chambers of Congress; now it's up to House Republicans to show they're serious about governing

An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at a Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is out touting his new book on immigration, and talk of his possible 2016 candidacy is picking up — despite misgivings about a third Bush presidency.

Senate work group shows bipartisan compromise on immigration is possible