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Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post and said to be the world's richest man, has accused the gossip-mongering National Enquirer of attempted extortion and revealed details from his own extramarital affair rather than allowing the Enquirer to smear him with them.

Before Watergate, Mark Felt first gave Bob Woodward information about the Wallace shooting in Laurel.

So many lies, so little time." How should the press cover someone who lies constantly like President Trump? That was one of the questions posed by host Brian Stelter to Carl Bernstein, Margaret Sullivan and David Zurawik on "Reliable Sources" Sunday.

Bernstein and Woodward are now on the Trump case.

The timing of the The Post's release — at the peak of the "#MeToo" movement against male sexual harassment in the workplace — appears more fortuitous than intentional. The film is more a declaration of women's arrival and progress against gender inequality in the news media and elsewhere.

Jonah Goldberg: I'll cut to the chase: I think Roy Moore did it. And I can predict what Moore supporters will say: "Of course you would believe that!"

Over the summer, Everyman Theatre Founder and Artistic Director Vincent Lancisi met the disgraced French diplomat whose story is the basis for Lancisi's next...

Behind Trump's anger at Amazon might be a good idea - taxing online retail.

Donald Trump's ranting tweets unmask him as a bitter, small-minded, narcissistic and misogynistic liar.

In the years since the seminal arrest of five burglars inside DNC headquarters at the Watergate complex, a myth has grown about the undoing of a president.

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The explanation for the rhetorical success of Donald Trump today lies in a column written 43 years ago — Watergate: The Phony-Tough Meet the Crazy-Brave — by the late Washington Post writer Stewart Alsop.

Rachel Marsden asks, what would be so terrible about President Trump cooperating with President Putin?

A coalition of local and national media outlets has intervened in court to call for broader transparency and increased access to legal documents in the prosecution of the Baltimore police officers in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray.

An Anne Arundel County judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by supporters of gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler, who wanted to prevent his Democratic rivals from raising money during the General Assembly session.

More than a month after a judge ordered Carroll County commissioners to release their email distribution lists to several media outlets in accordance with the state's Public Information Act laws, some commissioners continue to argue the county should have appealed the decision, while others are ready to move on.

Despite the 'sins,' it counters the NFL, political and show-biz spin

Political experts say Democrat Douglas Gansler should have begun months ago to deliver a clear message to voters.

Before a crowd of students, education leaders and activists, Gregory Thornton proclaimed that he was "coming home" to Maryland, where he will take the helm of one of the state's lowest-performing, but high-profile, school district this year.

A legislative inquiry into the circumstances of the Maryland Health Exchange's failed launch is welcome, but the effort is too limited.

Despite his purported "tough on crime" reputation, Gov. Martin O'Malley has presided over the most profound rollback of Maryland law dealing with our state's most violent criminals. After years of effort, Governor O'Malley prevailed in his efforts to eliminate the state's death penalty, after imposing a de facto moratorium through administrative inaction.

In the original, 1990's British version of House of Cards, Francis Urquhart is a conservative ideological extremist who rises through the political ranks by defeating one starry-eyed opponent after another. The American version — the second season of which is set to launch on Netflix Friday — is considerably different. For one thing, the House majority whip Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) may nominally be a blue-dog Democrat from South Carolina, but he is as free of ideology as it's

Gansler remarks about Prince George's draw rebuke

Charles Lollar's plan to eliminate Maryland's income tax is all sizzle and no steak.

People elsewhere in the nation are taking action to tackle the issue of the growing divide between the rich and poor, but here in Maryland, the richest state in the country, we have a seismic inequality problem and are doing little to address it.

House Republicans' hearts don't seem to be in another debt ceiling fight.

Courtesy of Ellicott City resident Ann Marie Krahe, I just learned of a store tucked away off Route 40 that is a hidden gem — Christian Services of Howard County Thrift Store.

Meet Maryland offensive tackle commit Damian Prince.

Here are a few things to watch as the Terps get ready to play at North Carolina on Tuesday night.

Maryland safety committment Jordan Noil is now a former Maryland commitment, and Terps safety target Antwaine Carter is now a Terps commit.

A look at Maryland quarterback/athlete commit Will Ulmer.

It's time for a reality check. The rollout of the Affordable Care Act and subsequent Maryland Health Care exchange website is still a woeful disaster. And despite recent assurances by state officials that the exchange is "functional for most citizens," the reality is that the system is not fixed and far worse is the attitude of the administration.

Income inequality has become worse under Gov. Martin O'Malley.

...the Common Core State Standards are an auspicious advance in mathematics education...

Documentaries were supposed to be a dying genre -- and living proof that we were becoming dumber as a nation.

Maryland's gun control law had no impact on Saturday's Columbia mall shooting.

Adam Sachs, a Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates in District 12 wants to implement a system of public financing for state campaigns, and ban corporate and political action committee contributions to state candidates. These are two bad ideas on many levels.

Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has emerged as a leading critic of Maryland's troubled health exchange, is fueling speculation that he is interested in running for governor — a move observers said could shake up the state's premier political contest this year.

Rep. John Delaney, the Potomac Democrat who has emerged as a leading critic of Maryland's troubled health exchange, is fueling speculation that he is interested in running for governor — a move observers said could shake up the state's premier political contest this year.

Carroll County commissioners have lost their case against several media organizations and now have a few weeks to decide whether to comply with a judge's order to turn over email lists, or appeal the ruling.

The proposed 10-cent fee on plastic bags would almost certainly reduce litter, but it would also mean a substantial new cost for highly taxed city residents.

Neighbors lit candles and lay stuffed animals Sunday at a makeshift shrine erected at the Germantown home of two toddlers whom police say were killed by their mother and another woman as they tried to exorcise spirits from the children's bodies.

Two women have been charged in the stabbing deaths of a one and two and two-year-old, and injuring two other children in what Montgomery County police was an attempt at an exorcism.

In this week's recruiting roundup, two Maryland basketball commits come up big on the court as the two others prepare to face one another this weekend.

Gansler's shoot-from-the-lip style makes him unsuitable for governor

Authorities said two workers at the University of Maryland, College Park suffered injuries Monday from a flash fire after they had worked on a malfunctioning heating and air conditioning unit on the roof of a dorm.

The warning signs that the Maryland Health Connection was headed for disaster were obvious, yet officials in charge ignored them in a case of serious wishful thinking

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said he will testify at Tuesday's hearings on the state's troubled health exchange, where lawmakers will consider an emergency fix for people who tried to buy health insurance but were stymied by its technical glitches.