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Look out, the dark money is already starting to flow in Maryland's governor's race.

By David Zurawik

Jul 19, 2018

Gun laws by state, and whether any action has been taken since Parkland shooting

Mr. Trump's latest party break, in striking a deal with the Democrats on extending the nation's fiscal debt limit, has roiled the most conservative GOP faithful on Capitol Hill.

By Jules Witcover

Sep 18, 2017

I hate it when politicians play media critic. But Hillary Clinton gets it right in her book when she warns of a right-wing media build-up shaping politics.

By David Zurawik

Sep 15, 2017

Governor says he won't sign Maryland education plan

Prominent Republicans are fighting a Republican gerrymander in Wisconsin. Md. Democrats should oppose their partisan gerrymander, too.

Larry Hogan/Scott Wagner/fracking/right wing/conservative

By Michael Dresser

Jul 24, 2017

Sinclair Broadcast Group triples down on its "must-air" segments featuring former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn even as critics warn against getting too political.

By David Zurawik

Jul 14, 2017

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.

By John Fritze

May 25, 2017

While Gov. Larry Hogan did not endorse Donald J. Trump for president, he will be a guest at one of the president's golf resorts in Florida next week.

By Michael Dresser

May 12, 2017

Lawrence J. Hogan Sr., the father of Maryland's governor who earned a reputation as a tough and independent-minded politician during three terms in the House of Representatives and one term as Prince George's County executive, died of a stroke Thursday. He was 88.

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer is calling on governors of both parties to embrace national redistricting reform when they gather for the National Governors

By John Fritze

Feb 24, 2017

Republicans for Clinton: Donald Trump went after Hillary Clinton in Baltimore on Monday and in a new ad for her "basket of deplorables" comment. But unless your Twitter avatar is an egg, you follow "white genocide" handles and are afraid of taco trucks, she's not talking about you. The only thing more laughable than Mr. Trump whining about name-calling is the pundit pearl-clutching over Ms. Clinton calling the Trump Movement exactly what it is.

For the second year in a row, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is skipping his party's big annual fundraiser.

By Erin Cox

Sep 9, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will travel to Baltimore on Monday to speak with a conference of National Guard officers.

By John Fritze

Sep 9, 2016

I guess I'm confused, but I'm sure someone can explain it to me. Donald Trump and the Republican Party are now focusing on the Clinton Foundation as a "pay to play" operation. I looked at the Clinton Foundation and its work on the Internet; they have a website. What I saw was a foundation with multiple initiatives all over the world to help the sick, the poor and the disadvantaged. Then I looked at Republican CPACs, pay to play indeed. And what about the Trump Foundation?

The absence of old-time party leadership is painfully evident in the GOP, says Jules Witcover.

Jonah Goldberg: The path to an independent candidacy is perilous. But if you're of the opinion that Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton aren't acceptable options, the perilous path is the only one available.

Instead of tax cuts, we should invest in our schools and failing infrastructure.

Bushel of blue crabs heading to Wisconsin after Redskins loss

By Jennifer Badie

Jan 11, 2016

Jonah Goldberg: A little over a year ago, when Ben Carson was gearing up to run for president, I whether he was ready for what lay ahead. We now have our answer: No.

Strategic patience is a difficult and valuable quality in an era of ever-shrinking news cycles and 24/7 social media carping. The temptation to react instantly to every controversy is hard to resist. So far, Cruz and Rubio have been the Kutuzovs of the race, while Jeb Bush and Donald Trump look an awful lot like the Napoleons.

With less than 100 days to go before the Iowa caucuses, presidential hopefuls with dwindling bank accounts and bottom-scraping poll numbers are beginning to weigh the risks of staying in the race versus getting out.

No fan of Goldberg

The top editor of the Gallup polling organization declared the other day that the nation's primary door-knocking operation was going to stop surveying who's ahead and who's behind in the course of the 2016 primary elections. That seems akin to a baseball umpire giving up calling balls and strikes.

By Jules Witcover

Oct 12, 2015

Having thoroughly intimidated the rest of the Republican Party's 2016 presidential field and won a goodly number of its voters' hearts with his tough-guy persona, Donald Trump has decided to tackle their minds.

By Jules Witcover

Oct 5, 2015

The GOP is a headless horseman devoid of direction, tradition and a responsible leader, says Jules Witcover.

Scott Walker flamed out so quickly as a GOP presidential contender that one has to wonder why he ever thought he had a prayer, says Jules Witcover.

Donald Trump channels the visceral anger and disgust with the status quo that his fans feel, his words don't have to make sense, says David Horsey.

Dr. Ben Carson, the retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and former Marylander, is hitting his stride in his bid for the GOP presidential nomination just in time for the second GOP debate.

By John Fritze

Sep 15, 2015

Donald Trump's offensive immigration scheme fuels right-wing conspiracy claims that he's a mole planted by the Democrats.

The language of the 14th amendment to the Constitution is unambiguous. If you're born in the United States, you are a citizen. Why, then, would anyone question the citizenship status of a person born in Des Moines or Detroit or Denver? If you're a Republican candidate for President, being a nativist might float your poll numbers, that's why.

As much of the Republican faithful look for a 2016 presidential nominee not named Trump, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio is rising in the polls with a message that the previous GOP president peddled with success in the 2000 election. Mr. Kasich, showing uncommon heart along with fealty to party economic principles, has not yet uttered the words "compassionate conservative," but the scrappy Ohioan and 18-year veteran of the House of Representatives has trotted out essentially the same formula for

By Jules Witcover

Aug 24, 2015

Donald Trump is winning in media coverage, but he won't win the GOP nomination, says Jules Witcover.

Fox News was the big winner in the GOP debate, targeting the individual vulnerabilities of each candidate.

While it's troubling that a leading GOP presidential contender finds political correctness the only barrier to belittling women, it's worse that his competitors didn't call him on it earlier

Like it or not, Donald Trump isn't going to be easily knocked from the head of the GOP pack, but several other candidates emerged as ones to watch in Thursday's debate

To pull ahead of Donald Trump, establishment GOP candidates are going to have to adopt some radical ideas.

Public-opinion polls, once employed by political consultants to gauge the concerns of voters as a means to shape their candidates' campaigns more effectively, have become the tail that wags the dog.

By Jules Witcover

Aug 3, 2015

Do we really have to deal with this political craziness for 16 months? Not only is it annoying, but some of it is downright embarrassing for our nation. No wonder so many people don't vote. By the time voters get through a two-year campaign season, they are fed up with all the candidates.

David Horsey: The six months leading up to the first presidential primary can now be aptly christened the Silly Season.

The Donald's recklessly insensitive assault on John McCain finally stiffened the other Republicans' spines, says Jules Witcover.

The party's right-wing quest for philosophical purity may well have found its 2016 nominee in Scott Walker. But as a general election candidate next year, he would find it hard going, with or without a running mate like Marco Rubio.

By Jules Witcover

Jul 20, 2015

Given the alternatives, the accord designed to prevent Iran from building a bomb for a decade in exchange for a gradual lifting of sanctions is promising

Given his tactlessness and glaring lack of presidential qualifications, Donald Trump's participation in the first of the GOP debates next month would guarantee fireworks.

Maryland labor leaders expressed concern Tuesday after the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the rights of government worker unions to collect fees from nonmembers to help cover the costs of collective bargaining.

By Doug Donovan

Jun 30, 2015