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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.

When President Donald J. Trump put his name to the first bill to repeal an Obama-era federal regulation four months ago, he framed the "big signing" as part of

By John Fritze

Jun 24, 2017

Congress is poised to roll back a measure on Friday long championed by Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin that requires oil and gas companies to disclose how much they

By John Fritze

Feb 2, 2017

It's all there, right in the document the president and each Senator swore an oath before God to support. The president serves for four years. Nothing in the Constitution says, implies, or suggests that the president's duties are abrogated, suspended, stopped, stripped away or limited in the fourth year of his term — or her term, should a woman be elected. Obama's oath of office requires him to nominate a Supreme Court justice. It's that simple: he shall nominate someone to fill the seat

Back in the 1960s, Barry Goldwater warned the Republican Party to avoid entanglements with the Religious Right, saying "Mark my words. If and when [the Religious Right] get control of the [Republican] Party, it's going to be a terrible ... problem. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them." The party ignored his warning, and the first seeds of factionalism

Jules Witcover writes that Chuck Hagel seems like the right person to lead Defense during a time of scaling back.

Mary Sanchez says that as long right wing insurgents can attract big bucks, they'll be a force in the GOP

It's hard to tell who's happier to see Jim DeMint leave the Senate, Democrats or Republicans.

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

Several dozen people turned out Tuesday evening for Election 2012: Returns After Dark, a program at the Towson Library that featured a Johns Hopkins professor providing instant insight into day¿s election results.

Despite incidents like the recent Colorado shootings, politicians don't want to talk about gun control, and no wonder. They read the polls.

The defeat of Sen. Richard Lugar and an establishment candidate in Nebraska by tea party conservatives should be a warning to Democrats.

The tea party declares war on common sense and takes out Dick Lugar.

Tea Party shows its strength in Lugar defeat

Ousted six-term GOP senator Lugar makes the case for less partisanship in Washington, but is anyone listening?

Do the Republicans running for president realize that most of those voting in November will not be right-wing conservatives?

Budget deficits, changing practices could spell end for agricultural subsidies