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House Republicans plot yet another investigation related to Benghazi attack and its aftermath in strictly partisan effort to please political base

The Army would shrink to its lowest troop levels since just before World War II under a budget proposed Monday by the Obama administration that seeks to downsize the Pentagon in ways that could have a significant impact on service members and contractors in Maryland.

Gov. Martin O'Malley may have his eye on running for the White House, but a new Baltimore Sun poll suggests he could have a tough time winning the Democratic primary election in his own state.

Three years before the next presidential election, Republican also-rans are making noises about trying again. The most conspicuous is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2008 but quickly faded and pivoted to his own television show to lick his wounds and contemplate his future.

Congressional negotiators announced a $1.01 trillion budget agreement on Tuesday that would avoid another government shutdown but deliver an additional round of cuts to thousands of federal employees in Maryland.

We will always be a nation of immigrants

WASHINGTON — Thousands of workers at federal agencies based in Maryland would be furloughed and their work put on hold if Congress fails to reach an agreement in coming days to fund the government, a series of agency reports released by the Obama administration Friday show.

Forget the identity crisis in the Republican Party, it fails not because of its direction but because its politicians are unable to tell convincing stories about their ideas.

Can the Chesapeake Bay Watershed absorb the millions more residents that immigration reform will bring?

There is no chance Republicans will prevail in attempt to repeal or de-fund the health care law, yet they persist in a politically risky strategy.

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

Tough talk on immigration reform by Rubio and other Republicans does not bode well for the issue — or the GOP's future

If Republicans won't allow an up-or-down vote on Tom Perez's confirmation as labor secretary, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should pursue the substantive filibuster reform he shied away from in January.

WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official.

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

The talk of the Republican Party being doomed to the electoral wilderness is extremely premature.

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

Immigration reform advocates are organizing thousands of Marylanders to attend a Capitol Hill rally on Wednesday to bring attention to negotiations in the Senate over immigration.

Johns Hopkins Hospital's Dr. Ben Carson tested the political waters Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where many said he would be a popular Republican contender for the White House.

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.

Gregory Rodriguez says the public seems notably absent from the current debate over immigration.

Cal Thomas says President Obama's State of the Union speech trumpeted worn-out liberal ideology.

Jules Witcover says Sen. Marco Rubio's response to President Obama's speech was a weak recycling of familiar talking points.

Jonah Goldberg says conservatives should not try to beat liberal at their own game.

Jules Witcover says Republicans see the need for a makeover after the disasters of 2012