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• Opinion

No delay: Impeach him now, says Bill Press

Why all the talk? Why all the angst? The case is clear: William Barr should be impeached, says Bill Press.

• Opinion

Witcover: Time for Congress to play its hand on impeachment

Jules Witcover: The House of Representatives appears on the verge of initiating a formal impeachment process.

• Opinion

Witcover: A criminal president should be indictable

Jules Witcover: Seeking more evidence of President Trump's abuses of power before initiating impeachment is fair.

• Opinion

Witcover: Why impeachment now?

bs-ed-op-0521-witcover-impeachment-20190520. Jules Witcover: The Senate's Republican majority must end its silence on Donald Trump's lawless presidency.

• Opinion

Rod Rosenstein comes to his own defense, and it's convincing (almost)

In his first remarks on the Mueller probe after resigning as deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein casts himself as a man above politics.

• Maryland

Letters: Disagrees with Zirpoli column; endorsing Kate Carter for Council; we should be like New Zealand

Letters published in the May 4 edition of the Carroll County Times.

• Opinion

Witcover: Mueller letter bursts Barr's pro-Trump balloon

Jules Witcover: Robert Mueller's leaked letter has cast a new cloud over the president and attorney general.

• Politics

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submits letter of resignation to President Trump

Rosenstein's departure ends a nearly two-year run defined by his appointment of a special counsel to investigate connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.

• Opinion

Russian hack of 2016 elections didn't happen

There is no proof the Russians interfered with the 2016 presidential election.

• Opinion

Mueller findings require closer public examination

Special counsel's findings require closer examination by Congress so public can be better educated on what happened in 2016.

• Opinion

Witcover: The Republican Party on trial

Attorney General William Barr, in tossing to Congress the political hot potato of impeachment of President Trump, has unloaded legal responsibility by the executive branch onto the legislative.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Trump loyalists will turn their backs on McGahn

Jonah Goldberg: Loyalty to President Trump is now the definition of what it means to be a conservative.

• Opinion

Pitts: No more wishy-washy feelings about impeaching Trump

Leonard Pitts Jr.: After Mueller report, America can't be wishy washy about impeaching President Trump.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: They've only just begun

Cal Thomas: The so-called "Mueller report" is being read and interpreted through mostly biased eyes.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Pimlico victimized by sun, wind and rain (not a concerted campaign of Stronach neglect)

Suggesting a level of cluelessness seldom seen outside City Hall, Pimlico's owner outraged by weather's effects on outdoor seating.

• Opinion

The media power and moral authority of Elijah Cummings

Elijah Cummings could turn out to be Trump’s worst nightmare based on the Baltimore resident’s powerful position in Congress, his widely-praised recent media performances and shifts in the zeitgeist that have thrust Cummings into the symbolic role of be new best hope to rein in Trump.

By David Zurawik

Apr 24, 2019

• Politics

Trump sues Maryland Rep. Cummings to block subpoena seeking president's financial records

President Donald Trump and his business organization are suing Rep. Elijah Cummings — the U.S. House oversight committee chairman — alleging the Baltimore Democrat crossed a constitutional line with a subpoena to the president’s longtime accountant that seeks years of financial statements.

By Jeff Barker

Apr 22, 2019

• Politics

As Maryland Gov. Hogan heads to New Hampshire amid 2020 buzz, new poll shows Trump's strength

Gov. Larry Hogan will speak at a "Politics & Eggs" series at the invitation of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics — fueling speculation he has political ambitions beyond Maryland. The Republican governor has said he's open to considering a run against President Donald Trump.

By Luke Broadwater

Apr 22, 2019

• Opinion

Media is not happy even after Mueller report found no collusion

The Mueller report found no collusion despite what the media wanted.

• Opinion

Nobody looks great after the release of the Mueller report (except Robert Mueller)

Jonah Goldberg: The Mueller report doesn't meet the worst expectations of either the right or left, but it doesn't make anyone look great, either.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Mueller's non-exoneration and the obsequious Mr. Barr

Mueller report reveals the president is a lying egomaniac who tried to derail the investigation but Mr. Barr loves him just the same.

• Politics

University of Maryland alumnus Eric Swalwell joins 2020 Democratic presidential field

University of Maryland alumnus Eric Swalwell, a four-term San Francisco Bay Area congressman who has grown into a cable TV fixture as a slashing and unremitting critic of President Donald Trump, formally announced Monday his long-shot bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination.

• Opinion

Witcover: Barr's hijacking of the Mueller report riles investigators

Jules Witcover: Mr. Trump in the midst of political woes may be losing his grip on reality — which was never very firm in any event.

• Commentary

Kennedy: No quick resolution to Mueller Report, health care reform

Why does Trump want to wait to formulate his health care plan? Could it be that, as with many of his pronouncements on issues — like climate change, foreign relations, and tariffs — he has no clue or plan? 

• Commentary

Batavick: Questions about the Mueller Report

I would like to ask some cogent questions of Mr. Mueller. None of these is a partisan question. Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike all should all be asking them because of the unprecedented assault on our electoral system that was devised and executed by the Russian military.

• Opinion

Pitts: Media owe no apology to Trump or anyone else for covering Mueller investigation

Failure to report on the Mueller would have been journalistic malpractice, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump wins the waiting game, for now

Jules Witcover: President Trump escaped the clutches of the Mueller investigation by refusing to testify.

• Opinion

Investigations of Trump are not over yet

All Americans have seen so far is a four-page summary of the Mueller report - let's not jump to conclusions about President Trump from that small scrap.

• Opinion

What Mueller proved: Liberals hate America

One thing special counsel's probe uncovered is the way liberal Democrats and the media detest this country.

• Opinion

Barr's summary of Mueller not good enough

Mueller report needs to be released in full as AG Barr's one-sided view is not to be trusted.

• Opinion

The Mueller report is in, but questions about Trump go on and on

Mueller's criminal prosecutions may be coming to an end but it's mixed news, at best, for Donald Trump

• Maryland

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings demands full Mueller report be released

“We have a tendency to categorize people. We say, ‘I’m not going to hang with you because your black. I’m not going to hang with you because you’re Jewish,” he told them. “What we’re trying to do is represent what it feels like to be in somebody else’s shoes.”

By Tim Prudente

Mar 24, 2019

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump's erstwhile 'fixer' comes clean before Congress

If Special Counsel Robert Mueller or other investigators produce damning evidence about Trump, would he resign to save himself or family members from disgrace or jail? Or will he avoid being so confronted, having found another, more effective fixer than Michael Cohen?

• Opinion

Goldberg: Audience has already made up its mind about 'Waiting for Mueller'

Waiting for Mr. Mueller to prove himself a savior may not pan out for the simpler reason that he can't find what doesn't exist. To say that Mr. Trump was morally capable of colluding with Russia is not the same thing as saying that he did.

• Opinion

The case for making the Mueller report public

We are told the Mueller investigation will be sent to the Attorney General any day now. We are also told that the report does not have to be made public. As a tax payer and former federal law enforcement officer, I strenuously object

• Opinion

The Catch-22 of the Mueller report

Rod Rosenstein gets it half-right: The Justice Department should be sensitive to the rights of uncharged people but that standard can't apply to a president.

• Politics

Billionaire Tom Steyer asks Maryland Rep. Cummings to start process of impeaching Trump

Billionaire Tom Steyer came to Baltimore to push Rep. Elijah Cummings to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.

By Luke Broadwater

Feb 25, 2019

• Education

Rod Rosenstein to speak at University of Baltimore law school graduation

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will deliver the keynote speech for the University of Baltimore Law School's graduation.

By Sarah Meehan

Feb 13, 2019

• Opinion

Mueller could have some say about a Hogan challenge of Trump

A Hogan run in 2020 might seem far-fetched, but effect of Russian investigation on race remains to be seen.

By Dan Rodricks

Feb 5, 2019

• Opinion

Trump's worst nightmare: Nancy Pelosi

President Trump got a taste of the Nancy bPelosi style in their recent Oval Office encounter. He was expecting the San Francisco elitist. He got the Baltimore street fighter. The speaker and her gavel will be Mr. Trump’s worst nightmare.

• Opinion

Let's get beyond Nancy, Chuck and TV Trump in coverage of government shutdown

One of our biggest media failures has been in the way we are framing the shutdown and, as a result, leading citizens to think about it. We are again taking a hugely important and complicated story of American life and reducing it to personalities embedded in a conflict-driven narrative.

By David Zurawik

Jan 22, 2019

• Opinion

Witcover: Reports of counterintelligence probe suggest deeper trouble for Trump

News reports of a counterintelligence probe suggest deeper trouble for President Trump, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Oh, THAT collusion

The "no collusion" mantra gets an entirely new spin from Rudy Giuliani who seems to think now that, yup, maybe there was some.

• Opinion

Our take on William Barr, Trump's nominee for AG: We could do so much worse

William Barr emerges as the unlikeliest of Trump choices - someone committed to the rule of law and a supporter of the Mueller inquiry.

• Politics

Michael Cohen agrees to testify publicly before Rep. Elijah Cummings' oversight committee

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, agrees to testify publicy before Rep. Elijah Cummings' oversight committee.

By Jeff Barker

Jan 10, 2019

• Politics

Maryland Sen. Van Hollen says Rosenstein departure would threaten Mueller probe

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that the departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would threaten Robert Mueller's Russia investigation at a time when the integrity of the Justice Department "is under assault" by President Donald Trump.

By Jeff Barker

Jan 9, 2019

• Opinion

Trump v. Mueller: The cliffhanger of all cliffhangers in 2018 media, American life

The investigation of President Trump by Robert Mueller is the most potent narrative in American life. It is nothing short of a struggle for democracy and the American soul. When someone asks you why we in the media spend so much time on it, that's why.

By David Zurawik

Dec 16, 2018

• Opinion

Pay more attention to Mueller probe, not less

The Sun is wrong to despair of excess media speculation surrounding Mueller investigation - Americans need to know more about everything related to this important inquiry.

• Opinion

Holiday treat: Less speculation about Mueller

Better not to get drawn into the usual Trump soap opera and instead wait for Robert Mueller's inquiry to wrap up before passing judgment.

• Opinion

Mueller filings on Trump: another example of two very different news realities

Yet again, we are faced with another major Trump related story and another tale of two very different news realities. The last one involved the use of tear gas on migrants at the border. This one involves the Friday court filings by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

By David Zurawik

Dec 9, 2018