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Though his support has slipped across the country, retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson maintains a narrow lead for the Republican nomination in Maryland, a new poll for The Baltimore Sun and the University of Baltimore has found.

Cummings is just as left-wing as the tea party is right-wing — he just doesn't see it.

There's no inherent contradiction between being a minority and supporting conservative principles, says Jonah Goldberg.

Nobody asked me, but I don't see what the "conflict" would be in having Nick Mosby serve as mayor of Baltimore while his wife, Marilyn, continues to serve as Baltimore State's Attorney. I mean, what if they were both single when they came into office? What if they met at, say, a Prince concert and fell in love? What if they got engaged? Would we be calling them out for a "conflict"?

Bipartisan budget deal could end the threat of a government shutdown but don't expect Congress to make rational behavior a regular thing

Gov. Larry Hogan's mere presence hasn't changed the trajectory of Maryland's economy, but his policies could help in the long run — so long as Republicans in Congress don't trip him up.

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.

Ways and Means chairman offers House Republicans their best chance to bring order out of chaos

If Paul Ryan took one for the team and became House speaker, he would be the party hero, says Jules Witcover.

Republican struggles to find a House speaker could raise odds of an eventual government shutdown

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

John Boehner's sin is that he was a grown-up in a Congress of petulant tea party children, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Latest attacks on Planned Parenthood are false, highly partisan and hypocritical — and unworthy of serious discussion

Congress is expected to narrowly avoid a shutdown of the federal government on Wednesday — hours before the deadline — as lawmakers set up an even more intractable fight over spending at the end of the year.

The right wing crazies will have finally run House Speaker John Boehner out of office, but he has more than a month to operate free of the Hastert rule, free of blind party loyalty, and free of concerns about his own re-election as speaker.

Rep. Donna Edwards' campaign for Senate is launching a web video Monday that chastises Congress for its latest budget brinksmanship, and also criticizes her opponent for "gaming out a partisan advantage" on the issue.

House speaker's surprise resignation in the midst of Planned Parenthood dispute underscores GOP-controlled chamber's chaotic, self-destructive nature

The political gridlock in the House and Senate means Congress may end up not voting at all on Obama administration's most important foreign policy initiative

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.

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.

The Republican presidential field must rise above conservative myth and misinformation in crafting immigration policies

Why is Black Lives Matter protesting Bernie Sanders?

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

Republican squabbling over EXIM Bank ignores the reality of government intervention in the global marketplace

As soon as Donald Trump swaggered into the race for president, he sucked all the oxygen out of the Republican tent and left the other candidates gasping for air time.

Republicans are fielding the best candidates in a generation, but Donald Trump is poised to make them chumps by association. He has no chance of becoming president, but he has the huge potential to deny his alleged party a White House victory in 2016. And when that happens, he will of course stay a celebrity, but he will have traded his fame for infamy.

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.

Should a majority rule that ACA subsidies must be funneled through state-based exchanges, there's a relatively simple 'fix' available

With the possible exception of the Adamses, there's no family in American history with more institutional knowledge about how to run for president. And of the immediate Bush clan, almost everybody agrees that Jeb is the savviest. Which is why it's just so interesting that he constantly seems out of sync and off tempo with his own party and with the country.

Times certainly have changed in the Republican Party. Gone are the times when patience was its own reward and loyal leading members would await their turn in the list of aspiring presidential candidates.

Congress must amend the U.S. Patriot Act to protect Americans' privacy rights

Ben Carson, the celebrated pediatric neurosurgeon who spent his career at Johns Hopkins Hospital before becoming a darling of conservative voters across the country, said Sunday that he will seek the Republican nomination for president next year.

So better late than never: Freddie Gray's death and the protests that ensued are about race. We remain a city, state and nation far from achieving anything close to racial parity or fairness. No matter who started them, that's why the fires burn.

So, remember that time that Cyrus fell for the spy/male escort Elizabeth North hired to dig up dirt on him and then found out he was a spy and was forced to get engaged to him in order to avoid a major political sex scandal? Well, "Scandal" finally did, too.

Ted Cruz is disregarding the general election by targeting the conservative right wing for the primary, says Jules Witcover.

Ted Cruz is the first but won't be the last GOP contender for 2016; Democrats should demand the same diversity of choices for their nominee.

WASHINGTON -- A powerful political group that helped elect Barbara A. Mikulski to the Senate nearly 30 years ago will endorse Rep. Donna F. Edwards to be her successor -- throwing considerable fundraising heft behind her campaign.

GOP presidential candidates want to talk inequality, but the House is still stuck on makers and takers.

Is Boehner a better leader for the Democrats than Nancy Pelosi?

Jeb Bush has a long way to go to win over the tea party crowd, says Jules Witcover.

It's likely most of the tea party legislators opposed to the new AP U.S. history guidelines haven't read them.

With the Republicans now in control of both houses of Congress, President Obama has finally invoked his weapon of last resort against being run over by them, by vetoing the Keystone XL pipeline bill.