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• Opinion

Witcover: Had enough of Trump?

President Trump complains that the media are crazy, but he's the one becoming unhinged, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

Horsey: Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the right mouthpiece for a truth-twisting president

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a perfect spokesperson fora truth-twisting president, says David Horsey.

• Audio

Female Trouble podcast: April Ryan, White House correspondent (episode 47)

April Ryan has covered the news for decades, but it wasn’t until recently that she became part of it.

By Quinn Kelley

Aug 1, 2017

• Opinion

Goldberg: It's Trump, stupid

Mr. Trump puts the bullets in the social media gun, and Mr. Trump pulls the trigger, aiming at his own foot with unerring accuracy.

• Opinion

Witcover: West Wing's new mouthpiece vows to uproot leakers

The departure of the hapless Sean Spicer as presidential press secretary caused no tears among the White House press corps, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

Sean Spicer was part of White House disrespect for press

Don't weep for Sean Spicer. Don't hold out any hope either that things will get better for the White House with a new press secretary.

By David Zurawik

Jul 21, 2017

• Opinion

The 10 best TV shows so far this year have a common theme: Women rule

Six months into 2017, and already it's easy to find 10 outstanding TV productions. And all feature women in strong roles.

By David Zurawik

Jun 30, 2017

• Opinion

Witcover: Trump under siege

Donald Trump that he who, as he might put it, is "the enemy of the people," says Jules Witcover.

• Baltimore City Paper

Democracy in Crisis: Sad little scenes from the White House Briefing Room

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• Opinion

Maybe it's time for press to push harder for transparency from Trump

It's easy to dislike the Washington press corps. But siding with Team Trump as it limits access hurts us all.

By David Zurawik

Jun 23, 2017

• Opinion

'Saturday Night Live' rises to Trump challenge

The election of Donald Trump has lifted a lot of media boats - from the New York Times to MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow. Add “Saturday Night Live” to that list of media enjoying a big Trump bump.

By David Zurawik

May 19, 2017

• Opinion

'SNL' rises to new heights in war on Trump's disinformation

We talked about "Saturday Night Live" on CNN's "Reliable Sources," and it was all praise for the wicked political satire of Donald Trump's craziest week yet.

By David Zurawik

May 14, 2017

• Opinion

Witcover: Sally Yates sheds disturbing light on Trump and Flynn

Sally Yates' determination to stick to her guns as a law enforcement official has proved her value, says Jules Witcover.

• Baltimore City Paper

Trump fires Comey, with an assist from MD's former U.S. Attorney Rosenstein

Citing a memo from former Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein, White House Officials announced today that President Donald Trump has fired F.B.I. Director

• Opinion

Trump says something sensible on transportation funding, then recants

President Trump is right to give serious consideration to a higher federal gas tax

• Opinion

April Ryan named NABJ journalist of the year

April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban radio, has been named 2017 journalist of the year by the National Association of Black Journalists.

By David Zurawik

May 2, 2017

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Talking right

President Trump's meeting with conservative journalists finally gives America another perspective, says Cal Thomas.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: What next with North Korea?

The current tension between the U.S. and North Korea could quickly spiral downward, says Cal Thomas.

• Opinion

Alternative fact of the week: The misdirected aircraft carrier

Trying to intimidate North Korea with a show of military might was a bad idea; pretending to do it was worse.

• Opinion

Who will get the last laugh from the Trump presidency?

For those of us who have had misgivings about the authenticity and the audacity of the Trump presidency from the beginning, there has been a certain delight in observing the missteps of a team easily described as "dumb and dumber."

By E.R. Shipp

Apr 18, 2017

• Opinion

Is Trump abandoning everything he stood for or merely being 'flexible'?

President Donald Trump's sudden foreign-policy pivot, from "America First" to international engagement through military action and re-embracing NATO, may have

By Jules Witcover

Apr 17, 2017

• Opinion

Spicer needs to go

Spicer's claims about Holocaust are too outrageous to forgive

• Opinion

Alternative fact of the week: 'Holocaust centers'

Incredibly, Donald Trump appears to be taking on reality with less of a spin

• Opinion

April Ryan joins CNN as contributor, will speak in Baltimore Wednesday

April Ryan, Morgan State University graduate and White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, will join CNN as a contributor, the news channel

By David Zurawik

Apr 3, 2017

• Sean Spicer

Liberals politicize crime only when convenient

Complaints about politicization of Rockville rape are hypocritical

• Opinion

Rockville rape comments endanger Montgomery County kids

In the 10 days since allegations of rape at a Rockville high school became talking points in the GOP's anti-immigration agenda, the Montgomery County school system has been flooded with telephone and email threats from around the country, demanding death for "illegals" and prison for educators. I wonder if White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer or Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan thought of that possibility before they turned a police issue into a political one.

By Tricia Bishop

Mar 30, 2017

• Politics

Trump vows to step up effort on addiction

President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to increase federal efforts to confront opioid addiction as his administration was expected to create a commission that will study ways to scale up treatment and prevention.

By John Fritze

Mar 29, 2017

• Features

Sean Spicer has heated exchange with reporter April Ryan at White House briefing

White House correspondent April D. Ryan made headlines after her questions about Russia received abrupt backlash from White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

• Baltimore City Paper

Democracy In Crisis: Archaeological Notes on "Russia"

After the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Russian interference with the U.S. election, I had to renew my press credential

• News

Rape at Rockville High gets drawn into immigration debate

Two male high school students in Maryland have been charged with raping a female student in a bathroom during school hours, Montgomery County Police said.

• Maryland

Zirpoli: Trump talk hard to understand

Trump talk is hard to understand. But we all know that Trump tells it like it is, except when he doesn't, and then it's our fault for not understanding what he meant to say after he just said it.

• Opinion

The Trump-Russia cloud

Trump and his allies do themselves no favors by attacking investigation into Russia's efforts to influence U.S. election

• Opinion

Horsey: The joke is on voters who trusted Trump's health care promises

David Horsey: The butt of Mr. Trump's health care joke is the older, white, working-class voter.

• Opinion

Twitter is proving to be Trump's Achilles' heel

Can you imagine the dread, the slow-burning existential panic that overtakes White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Friday evenings? After Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner — who are known to have a calming effect on the president -— head off to honor the Jewish Sabbath, Messrs. Priebus and Spicer have to white-knuckle it until dawn, gripping their phones with tobacco-stained fingers as they constantly refresh Twitter.

• Opinion

Trump's war on press no match for Obama's

Donald Trump is being treated unfairly in some parts of the mainstream media, and unless we deal with it honestly and openly, we are the ones who will wind up losing credibility even as we point our fingers at Trump for his lies.

By David Zurawik

Mar 4, 2017

• Baltimore City Paper

Democracy In Crisis: Stoned Reflections from the Opposition Party

I am stoned at CPAC. I am in hell.

• Opinion

Horsey: Donald Trump's wounds are all self-inflicted

When Barack Obama came into office, George W. Bush left him with two wars and an economy teetering on the brink of colossal disaster. Eight years later, Mr.

• Politics

Cummings contradicts Trump over meeting on drug prices

President Donald Trump said during a freewheeling press conference on Thursday that Rep. Elijah E. Cummings begged off a long-anticipated meeting at the White House, suggesting the Baltimore Democrat was advised such a meeting was bad politics.

By John Fritze

Feb 16, 2017

• Opinion

Out like Flynn

Flynn's resignation only raises more questions about Russian connections

• Politics

Maryland AG Brian Frosh joins brief opposing Trump travel ban

Democratic attorneys general in Maryland and 15 other states singaled their support Monday for a lawsuit in a federal appeals court over President Donald

By John Fritze

Feb 6, 2017

• Opinion

Sean Spicer is the face of intolerance

The face of intolerance

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Trump's takeover of the truth

Trump is using a two step strategy of despots: disparaging the press, then circumventing them.

• Baltimore City Paper

Democracy In Crisis: Beachheads and the War on Facts

The teams of President Trump's temporary appointees laying the groundwork for taking over and remaking federal agencies refer to themselves as "beach

• Politics

White House says Trump meeting with Cummings over drug prices still in the works

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday reiterated President Trump's intention to meet with Rep. Elijah E. Cummings about the cost of prescription

By John Fritze

Jan 31, 2017

• Politics

Trump fires acting AG over her stance not to enforce travel ban

President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates late Monday after she announced the Justice Department would not defend his travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim countries – embroiling the administration in controversy for a third day.

• Opinion

Pitts: Trump's 'running war' is with the truth

Every president tells the occasional politically expedient untruth, but Trump lies constantly, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Feeling good (so far)

It's a new day in the White House, says Cal Thomas, and so far, he's feeling pretty good about it.

• Opinion

Witcover: The Trump administration's credibility problem

Trump mouthpiece Sean Spicer needs to remember his role: speaking for the president on policy, says Jules Witcover.