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We must honor the memories of the journalists who have perished so that they can serve as a reminder of the essential value of journalism to our democracy.

Sen. Ben Cardin released an updated version of a controversial bill Saturday that is intended to prohibit businesses from taking part in international efforts to boycott Israel.

WASHINGTON — Pushing off a vote on the horrible Senate health care bill (the Better Care Reconciliation Act) is a victory, but not cause for opponents of

President Donald J. Trump said Friday he wants the federal government to speed the environmental review of major infrastructure projects, and he held out a controversial highway in Maryland to make the case for why the improvements are needed.

With some 75 million beneficiaries nationwide, including 1.3 million in Maryland, proposed cuts to the 52-year-old Medicaid program have become a key stumbling block as the Senate considers the health care legislation approved by the Republican-controlled House in May.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen was quizzing President Donald J. Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Agriculture about cuts proposed for the Chesapeake Bay program recently when a fellow Democrat jumped into the conversation.

Park Service needs about $11.9 billion more than Trump is offering

Hillary Clinton's campaign focus on Trump's unique failures gives other Republicans a pass and shortchanges her goals.

Donald Trump's campaign strategy must be to flood us with so much nonsense that you cannot deal with any of it — there's always something else just around the bend. What is notably absent from the Trump campaign is a coherent message about anything at all. He's flip-flopped on pretty much every issue he has spoken on: birtherism, immigration, health care, women's health, taxes, releasing his own medical reports. You just can't tell where he is, what he stands for, or what he believes in,

Congress is advancing bipartisan legislation intended to address the nation's opioid abuse epidemic, but lawmakers appear no closer to finding a way to pay for the effort — an omission that even supporters say will severely limit its impact.

On March 28, when 900 N. Payson St. fell on Thomas Lemmon, a 69-year-old retired truck driver in his prized Cadillac, it was one more tragic reminder of the

Six representatives – five seniors and one former student – from the Bel Air High School Biomedical Sciences program were in Washington, D.C., earlier this month to present their class projects at the 2016 "I am CTE: STEM-Savvy and Career-Ready" congressional reception.

Ignoring the will of voters on Supreme Court vacancy puts the Republican Senate majority in peril

A 'McKinley-Roosevelt Act' addressing climate change would be worthy presidential tribute

Putting Israel's interests before America's is something you might expect from Republican politicians these days, especially in recent years as Democratic President Obama has clashed with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But you may not expect such behavior from a leading Democratic senator like Maryland's own Ben Cardin. Unfortunately, that's exactly what is happening.

Conservatives have cloaked American racism under the guise of political debate, writes Leonard Pitts Jr.

After 80 years, the city of Cleveland, much maligned in lore as "the mistake on the lake," has been selected to host a national political convention in 2016. Famous Ohioans President William McKinley and Mark Hanna, the Karl Rove of his day, might well be turning in their graves.

Sen. Ben Cardin will join a congressional delegation headed to Ukraine this weekend to monitor the country's presidential election, which is taking place amid that country's tense standoff with Russia.

With approximately 700,000 of our fellow citizens returning from our jails and prisons to our communities each year, incarceration alone is not a solution. We have to do a better job at making sure that those returning home from prison and jail are empowered to change and correct their course in life.

A bill that would ban hiring and employment discrimination against LGBT individuals, will move forward in the Senate after a cloture vote.

Despite Republican opposition, the passage of gay marriage laws in three more states this month signals a growing acceptance of such unions

Meghan Daum writes that the best antidote for anti-gay bigotry remains real families, as Sen. Rob Portman's turnaround showed.

Let's see a debate between Rob Portman and John Kerry.

Polls may be trending President Obama's way, but much can happen in the final five weeks

Mitt Romney could serve the interests of democracy and his candidacy by allowing an open convention vote to select his running mate.

The vice president must have the qualifications to take over on Day One

If Mitt Romney is interested in shoring up his weaknesses as a general election candidate, he needs to pick someone like Sen. Rob Portman, not Sen. Marco Rubio or Rep. Paul Ryan.