Maryland Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger has introduced a bipartisan bill that would fund a project to produce a digital map of all 95,000 miles of the U.S. coastline.

Now that the Democrats have won the House, but not the Senate, a chorus of smarty-pants will insist the president faces only nuisance House investigations, no real check. That is not true, and here’s why.

Confirming Brett Kavanaugh was the best outcome at the end of a hellish decision tree that left the country with no ideal option. Reasonable people may differ on that. But what seems more obvious: It's all going to get worse. Because everyone is taking the wrong lessons from the Kavanaugh debacle.

The FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh was never about finding the truth; it was about vulnerable GOP senators covering their backsides.

With Senate hearings complete, and a vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court expected this coming week, a national discussion over the Constitution and the proper purpose and function of the Supreme Court has intensified.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's extensive record requires serious examination and raises lots of questions. Here are some important ones he needs to answer.

President Trump is expected to announce his choice for the Supreme Court Monday. But if a conservative court is to consider overturning Roe v. Wade for political reasons, it may be putting the high court's legitimacy at risk.

The media war this election season is going to be ugly, thanks to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy — both because of the upheaval caused by his retirement and because of his decision in Citizens United.

Collins says she'll stand up for women's reproductive rights - except it's clear she won't.

Maryland's 1st District congressman proudly stands in the way of clean energy - even as rising seas threaten his constituents.

The GOP establishment has finally surrendered to Donald Trump with the acceptance of an outrageous tax package, says Jules Witcover.

Proposed tax cuts, as well as the attempt to kill Obamacare, are headed for considerable resistance in the Senate, says Jules Witcover.

Everyone says the Graham-Cassidy health care bill is "extreme." What about Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All?

By at least one measure, the Eastern Shore has benefited from Obamacare more than any other part of Maryland. And yet the mostly rural region has also been a stronghold for Republicans.

After complaining about Obamacare for seven years, Republicans failed to offer up any legislation that would not make the present flawed health care regime dramatically worse, says David Horsey.

In casting the deciding vote against the GOP's totally irresponsible bill to emasculate the health insurance law, Mr. McCain restored his reputation as the Senate's political maverick.

Rewarding your friends and punishing your enemies are the established rules of politics, says Jonah Goldberg.

Reviving their touch-and-go effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans narrowly agreed Tuesday to begin debate on an undefined health care

Donald Trump's ranting tweets unmask him as a bitter, small-minded, narcissistic and misogynistic liar.

Here is the core problem with the Senate Republican health care plan: it is all about politics, not health care, says David Horsey.

After weeks of closed-door deliberations on their version of Obamacare repeal and replacement bill, Senate Republicans and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are peddling it to a reluctant flock.

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.

Sparing more of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil production is a welcome move and not a 'war' on Alaskans

Democrats are counting on women voters in the mid-term election and the Hobby Lobby decision — and a broader assault on women's reproductive rights — has provided the incentive

Donna L. Hansen, a former congressional staffer whose lifelong struggle with diabetes led her to become an advocate for diabetes and cardiac research, died Nov. 15 from heart and kidney failure at Carroll Hospice's Dove House in Westminster. She was 56.

Cal Thomas says more women in power is a good thing but questions whether they are more able than men to get things done.

Despite calls for moderation, right-wing GOP senators revert to tea party form and shoot down a disability rights treaty

Senate filibuster of appeals court nominee signals an end to bipartisan 'Gang of 14' limits on blocking qualified judges