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President Barack Obama's controversial nuclear deal with Iran was poised for approval after two Democratic senators added their support Tuesday and a key Maryland lawmaker confidently predicted there would be enough votes to put down GOP opposition.

Maryland's Cardin and Mikulski must vote for nuclear deal with Iran

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Unfortunately, political bickering and misinformation from critics has muddled the debate over the Iran nuclear deal. The fundamental choice is whether to support this agreement — which will verifiably block all of Iran's potential pathways to nuclear weapons for the next generation, or more — or follow the advice of pressure groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other skeptics, who claim that the agreement falls short of expectations and should

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said he was "going Trump," Saturday railing against government inaction and saying we "build the wall" with Mexico.

While John Quincy Adams did, indeed, toast "The Monumental City" he did not give Baltimore the name, despite reports to the contrary. The title was first used in 1823 by the editors of the Daily National Intellingencer, the main newspaper in nearby Washington, D.C., and most likely by its principal editor Joseph Gales, Jr.

Marylanders deserve to know where Sens. Cardin and Mikulski stand on the Iran deal.

Members of Baltimore's congressional delegation are pressing Gov. Larry Hogan's administration for detail about how much money the state will save by ditching the Red Line project, and why none of those savings are headed for transportation projects in the city.

If House Republicans move forward with an unpopular attempt to block our right to know the special interests influencing our elected leaders, President Obama may be the last line of defense. He must listen to his party members in Congress and make clear that he will not sign any bill that prevents the SEC from increasing disclosure of corporate political spending.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat running for Senate in Maryland, offered a tepid response Friday to Gov. Larry Hogan's proposal to change the way the state's congressional districts are drawn, suggesting that the GOP-led Congress should take up national redistricting reform.

President Barack Obama defended his controversial nuclear agreement with Iran Wednesday in the strongest terms yet, warning that critics of the deal — such as groups running television ads in Maryland, to sway key Sen. Ben Cardin — are setting the nation up for another war in the Middle East.

Sen. Ben Cardin has emerged as a central figure in the debate over the pending nuclear deal with Iran, joining a small group of lawmakers who may decide the future of one of President Barack Obama's most significant foreign policies.

Nearly 300,000 civilian federal employees in Maryland face furloughs and missed paychecks as Congress and the White House are charging toward a repeat of the 2013 budget stalemate that closed the government.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited the Maryland Correctional Institute in Jessup Friday to announce a program that would make some inmates eligible for Pell grants.

Republicans roundly criticize the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran but they haven't come up with a better alternative

Col. James E. Davis assumed command of the U.S. Army Garrison Aberdeen Proving Ground during a change of command ceremony at the APG post theater July 22. Davis succeeds Col. Gregory R. McClinton who served as the APG Garrison Commander for three years.

This assessment of Obama's economic performance has become common fodder among the Republican faithful and serves as an ongoing trope in their echo chamber, especially if you are a fan of the GOP pep squad on WCBM and the talking heads on Fox News. According to them, the economy has been run into the ground by our dear president and all is gloom. But how true is this?

Maryland parents should be able to shop safely without concern that everyday products may contain toxic chemicals that threaten their children's health. A key step toward achieving this goal is updating our nearly 40 year old national chemical regulation.

Once again, Congress appears unable to address the nation's neglected transportation infrastructure

Cal Thomas asks: If federal immigration laws are not enforced, what is the point of having them?

Jules Witcover: So far, the weak and splintered GOP has cowered in the face of Donald Trump's bombast blitz.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Donna F. Edwards on Wednesday criticized her opponent in Maryland's Senate race, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, for "holding his finger to the air" rather than coming out in support of a nuclear agreement with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration.

Kathleen Matthews, the former television news anchor who is running for Congress, will report raising more than $500,000 in her bid for Congress, her campaign said Wednesday -- establishing the first-time candidate as a force in one of the state's most compelling political contests.

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

In an unusual display of bipartisanship on an issue that has divided Congress for years, the House overwhelmingly approved a biomedical research bill on Friday that would change how the National Institutes of Health grants money to institutions like Johns Hopkins University.

A federal appeals court upheld Monday the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to order pollution reductions by Maryland and all the other states that drain into the Chesapeake Bay.

Baltimore could lose $28 million a year in federal funding under an Obama administration proposal to change how some of the nation's largest housing agencies deliver services, setting off a scramble among local and federal officials.

King v. Burwell should never have existed. Only a deeply flawed legislative process brought the case to the Supreme Court. The result will likely damage the court's legitimacy and further divide the country.

The Supreme Court sides with the people, not the powerful. For once.

The Supreme Court has upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.

Recently, the Democratic members of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, working in partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus, issued a report on the economic challenges facing African Americans today. It found that vast disparities remain. We plan to explore these startling inequities at a Congressional Black Caucus and Joint Economic Committee forum to be held Tuesday morning at the University of Baltimore.

This week, the replica of the Hermione, the French tall ship which brought the Marquis de Lafeyette and French soldiers in 1780 to help Americans defeat the British at Yorktown, is visiting Baltimore. It's also the week that Congress is debating whether or not to expand or contract U.S. aid to anti-Assad rebels on Syria's civil war. What do they have in common? They are both cases of big powers intervening in other people's civil wars.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership may yet squeak through Congress, but its near-death experience offers an important lesson, says Robert Reich.

WASHINGTON — An effort to privatize commissaries used by service members at military installations such as Fort Meade and Aberdeen Proving Ground is meeting with stiff resistance from a bipartisan group of lawmakers who say the proposal would lead to reduced benefits.

A new study of Connecticut¿s handgun licensing law offers some hope to a violence-ravaged Baltimore.

Now that President Obama has signed a bill giving Congress, at its request, greater oversight authority over any potential Iran nuclear agreement — including the explicit opportunity to vote down the deal — the cacophony from those opposed to diplomatic negotiations with Iran has reached a new high.

Three months after floating his name as a possible candidate for the Senate seat that will be left vacant by retiring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, Cummings has done little to indicate he is pursuing the contest.

WASHINGTON -- A Republican state lawmaker and Marine veteran announced Tuesday he will run against Rep. John Delaney in Maryland's 6th Congressional District.

The political science scholarship strongly suggests that single-member districts help to elect racial minorities, whereas multiple-member districts tend to help elect more women.

The Supreme Court declared Monday the Constitution gives the president, not Congress, the lead role in setting the nation's foreign policy, including the "exclusive power" to recognize foreign governments and negotiate sensitive disputes.

A crucial labor pipeline for Maryland seafood businesses reopened Friday just in time for crab season, when the Department of Homeland Security promised as many as 6,000 more visas for foreign workers

A regulation tucked into the miscellaneous provisions section of a 2010 law intended to reform Wall Street has companies in Maryland and elsewhere in the nation scrambling to determine whether their products are fueling conflict in Africa.

National parks in Maryland need more than $345 million worth of maintenance work that has been neglected, according to the National Park Service — a backlog that park advocates say is particularly dire with the service planning to celebrate its centennial next year.

The fight against the death penalty provides a roadmap to take down the federal leviathan. Here's how.

The nuclear talks between the U.S. and Tehran have stalled over an issue the parties should have resolved long ago

Trade, cyber security and this spring's unrest in Baltimore City were the major topics of interest Friday morning when Maryland's Sen. Ben Cardin stopped by the Charlestown senior living community for a town hall-style meeting with residents and area seniors.

An emotional Amtrak CEO pledged to lawmakers Tuesday that safety technology that could have prevented a deadly derailment last month in Philadelphia will be put into operation.

Proposed rollback of truck safety rules — attached to a House spending bill — would be a costly mistake