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Republican Tony Campbell and independent Neal Simon met Cardin on Sunday at WBFF-TV for their sole televised debate.

By a vote of 50-48, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, and he was sown in shortly afterward, while protesters shouting outside the Capitol.

Getting caught up in a TV hearing and typing a hashtag about it is not the same as putting your body on the line in a protest march to do the hard work of social change.We have come to believe too much in the power of media to change our lives without the risk and pain it takes to actually do that.

Last week, Hogan joined three other Republican governors who called on the U.S. Senate to delay a confirmation vote on Kavanaugh until there’s an independent investigation.

Democratic incumbent Ben Cardin, Republican challenger Tony Campbell and independent Neal Simon will participate in a debate Sunday in Maryland’s U.S. Senate race. WBFF-TV in Baltimore will host the event. It can be seen live at 3 p.m. Sunday on FoxBaltimore.com and on WJLA-TV in Washington.

If Jeff Flake, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have souls (and saw President Trump's mocking of Christine Blasey Ford), now is the time for them to take a stand.

For women, it is hard to imagine a week more encouraging or more gut-wrenching — and yet I fear that we are in for more of the same as we await the final decision on whether Mr. Kavanaugh becomes the next justice of the United States Supreme Court and Mr. Cosby’s team pursues an appeal.

President Trump says FBI should be talking to "whoever they deem appropriate" in Kavanaugh background check and it's a growing list.

The last-minute delay in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, to allow for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against him, may save the Senate Judiciary Committee from a rerun of the earlier Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill fiasco.

In a radio interview, Maryland Republican congressman Andy Harris emphasizes Ford's "psychological problems" while accepting Kavanaugh's denial.

A debate Friday night between candidates running for seats in Towson’s 42nd legislative district drew a crowd, heated discussion on education and housing policies, and promises to work toward new area high schools.

Maryland's U.S. senators back a new FBI probe and question Brett Kavanaugh's impartiality after 'meltdown' before committee. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen said a full accounting is needed of Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegation.

Senators of both parties disgraced themselves in the Kavanaugh hearings.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is among four Republican governors calling on the U.S. Senate to delay a confirmation vote on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until there’s an independent investigation of whether he committed one or more sexual assaults while in high school.

It is impossible for the Senate in good conscience to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court after Christine Blasey Ford's testimony.

Eleven state delegates from Montgomery County are calling on county police and State's Attorney John McCarthy to investigate allegations that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh committed sexual assaults in the 1980s while a high school student at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda.

Here's how to watch and what to know about Thursday's Senate Judiciary committee hearing on Christine Blasey Ford's sexual misconduct accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Democratic challenger Ben Jealous met Monday for the only scheduled debate in the 2018 governor’s race. This transcript was generated through a mix of automated software and human editing.

Rod Rosenstein doesn't deserve to be fired, but here's the real reason why President Trump may keep him - the high political cost of a 'Thursday night massacre.'

With job status in limbo, Rod Rosenstein to meet with Trump

On Sunday night, the dam seemed to break in the confirmation fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The duo of Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer (whose

The allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have generated a revisiting of the 1991 confirmation hearings on Clarence Thomas, who reached the court by overcoming different charges of sexual misconduct raised against him.

The upcoming midterms might be a repeat of the 1992 elections, dubbed by numerous media accounts as the “Year of the Woman” after the number of women elected to the House nearly doubled, to 47, and the number of women elected to the Senate tripled, to six.

Amid the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, a classic KAL cartoon from 1991 raises the question of whether the Senate has really changed since its members savaged Anita Hill.

Senate Republicans could not make it clearer that they want to do the absolute minimum to hear out Judge Brett Kavanaugh's accuser before ignoring her and moving on with a swift confirmation.

Maryland's U.S. senators call sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh "very serious" and "credible."

Washington has a Clarence Thomas do-over - a chance to demonstrate that allegations of sexual impropriety by a Supreme Court nominee can be considered judiciously.

Marylanders covered by Obamacare plans purchased on the individual market are likely to see hefty decreases in their 2019 premiums, thanks to legislation the General Assembly adopted this year. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Kaiser Permanente are seeking to lower rates for HMO plans.

Barack Obama is the best president Republicans have ever had.

With Senate hearings complete, and a vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court expected this coming week, a national discussion over the Constitution and the proper purpose and function of the Supreme Court has intensified.

Brett Kavanaugh will further divide us; for this reason alone, he shouldn't be confirmed, says Robert Reich.

Senate's review of Kavanaugh should be restricted to his understanding of the U.S. Constitution.

Kavanaugh's rushed appointment, possible perjury and brazen politics involved may lead to his impeachment.

Jonah Goldberg: Congress has become a parliament of pundits whose only goal is to entertain their followers.

We now see what happens when a simple majority puts a nominee on the Supreme Court: Meaningless vetting of a pivotal nominee.

Maryland's U.S. senators say the Howard Street Tunnel project is still doable and want to know CSX's thinking on it.

Upon his death, the life and service of national hero Sen. John McCain was indeed fully praised beginning on Wednesday in his home state of Arizona continuing in our nation's capitol on Friday and Saturday, and concluding with a private burial service on Sunday at the Naval Academy.

Maryland voters have opportunity on Nov. 6 to flush Frosh and put a new Attorney General in office — Craig Wolf. Frosh’s challenger is a former Assistant State’s Attorney in Allegany County, former federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice, counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee ..

The death of John McCain at 81 leaves a huge void in the ranks of truth-tellers in politics, says Jules Witcover.

The McCain funeral is a made-for-TV event, made much more so by the conflict between the late senator and President Donald Trump.

Robert Reich says Donald Trump's presidency should be annulled if he conspired to rig the election.

The Naval Academy will be a fitting final resting place for a man who prized military service, cherished friendship and had little patience for formalities.

In more than three decades in Congress, McCain became known as a political maverick willing to stick to his convictions rather than go along with party leaders.

In the Watergate era, the GOP establishment held the party together. In the era of Trump, it has disappeared, Jules Witcover writes.

Top Maryland officials plan to announce Wednesday that the Trump administration has approved a federal waiver would stave off expected increases in health insurance costs for more than 200,000 state residents.

Maryland’s U.S. senators asked a Senate committee to support language requiring notice if any state election vendors came under the ownership or control of a foreign national.

While Sen. John McCainremains in Arizona fighting brain cancer, President Trump continues his strange demeaning of the Vietnam war hero and former POW.

SNAP is at risk as Congress attempts to reconcile two very different versions of the Farm Bill, one passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the other, far superior bill that passed the Senate earlier this summer.

Senate Republicans have set judiciary on a political course toward ruin.

By disregarding a long-recognized procedural convention, and imposing a delay well in excess of customary, Sen. Mitch McConnell opened the door to procedural gyrations in federal judicial appointments.