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The Russians may indeed back the Democrats, as President Trump has said, in the 2018 midterms, says Jonah Goldberg.

A group of Maryland Democratic women call on Gov. Larry Hogan to support an effort by House Speaker Michael E. Busch to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

Kavanaugh's service in the Bush White House, a time he's described as formative to his judicial outlook, deserves close scrutiny.

I. Robert Goodman, a Baltimore advertising executive who crafted memorable ads for political figures ranging from governors to presidents, died July 18 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Stella Maris Hospice.

Republicans need to snap out of their collective lethargy, and regain some party influence, says Jules Witcover.

Robert Reich asks four key Republicans to follow Jim Jefford's lead and change parties to reign in the president.

A majority of the Senate couldn't stomach appeals court nominee Ryan Bounds; here's hoping it's treated as a precedent.

For the second time in a year, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restrict the federal government from penalizing states for missing pollution-reduction goals. The measure was again pushed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., who accuses the EPA of "hijacking states’ water quality strategies."

President Trump appears to admire despicable people like Vladimir Putin. Perhaps he is naïve as demonstrated in his voicing trust and admiration for Kim Jong Un. Consider Dinesh D’Souza who Trump recently pardoned.

Jules Witcover: With the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, President Trump may avoid prosecution.

Several thousand voters who were affected by a Motor Vehicle Administration computer glitch discovered just before the June 26 primary may have skipped voting rather than cast provisional ballots, state elections statistics show.

Joan Carter Conway's loss wasn't generational change, it was frustration with a state senator who was missing in action.

The Senate resolution cites the history of the Capital Gazette — which dates back to 1727 — as one of the oldest newspapers in the United States. It also honors the institution of journalism as a cornerstone of American democracy.

There has been much ado over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the socialist who won the Democratic Party primary for a New York congressional seat last week. Yet this isn’t the first time a major party has nominated a candidate who believes in Medicare and higher education for all.

Mike Pence has outpaced all other vice presidents in casting tie-breaking votes since Alben W. Barkley, President Truman’s first vice president, who broke ties seven times in a 10-month period between September 1949 and June 1950. This is the executive branch run amok.

Jules Witcover: Just when you might have thought the stakes in the November midterm congressional elections could not have been higher, along comes a Supreme Court appointment to raise them even more.

The results of a Democratic primary that saw several incumbents fall to progressive challengers strike at the very foundation of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's 32-year reign over the Maryland Senate.

Del. Mary Washington held a lead of more than 500 votes in her race against Sen. Joan Carter Conway but was holding off on claiming victory.

All of the 188 seats in the Maryland General Assembly — 47 in the Senate, 141 in the House of Delegates — were on the ballot Tuesday, forcing many veteran incumbents in the Baltimore region and elsewhere to face possible ouster as voters decided whether to make sweeping changes in Annapolis. 

Many Maryland voters are tuning in to Tuesday's primary race at the last minute. Here is a quick guide to get them up to speed.

From metro stops to farmers' markets to rallies, churches and pride parades, the six Democrats running for governor crisscrossed Maryland this weekend in a final push to sway voters — many who seem to have just started tuning into the race.

Jerry Segal touts ‘Ben & Jerry’ in campaign ads — but ‘Ben’ Jealous didn’t authorize them

Supreme Court decision giving Maryland a sales tax revenue windfall could set up a political donnybrook over spending, saving or cutting taxes.

Sen. Ben Cardin has accumulated far more campaign money than his challengers in Tuesday's primary. But the Maryland Democrat has needed to spend little of it so far.

Understanding what spurs illegal immigration helps us better position ourselves to deal with it — but this requires an honest assessment drawn from direct questions.

District 42B stretches from Towson and Parkville in the south all the way north to the Maryland Line. Meet the candidates vying to represent it in the Maryland House of Delegates.

The Aegis makes primary election endorsements in some Harford County races.

If there's one thing candidate Donald Trump promised about Obamacare's future, it's that preexisting medical conditions would be covered. Well, now maybe not so much.

The absolute height of political hypocrisy was the recent comment by Mitch McConnell that the reason he was keeping the Senate in session until August was

A former employee of the Senate intelligence committee, one of the congressional panels investigating potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, has

Maryland's 1st District congressman proudly stands in the way of clean energy - even as rising seas threaten his constituents.

Magistrate Judge Stephanie Gallagher — originally an Obama administration nominee — was nominated Thursday by President Donald Trump to fill a U.S. District Court vacancy in Maryland's Northern Division in Baltimore.

Helping DACA kids is a good idea but not at the cost of a wall on the Mexican border.

Trump will kill the Mueller investigation before it renders a report. Removal by impeachment will never get two-thirds votes in the Senate for the foreseeable future. The only hope is conviction of his nibs of a significant felony. Trump and his son-in-law may have committed just such a felony.

Her Twitter account says Chelsea Manning is "safe" after concerning photo is posted.

A Westminster man was issued a summons Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted two court bailiffs and sheriff’s deputies.

The Pro-Choice Maryland PAC of the National Abortion Rights Action League has endorsed Barbara Osborn Kreamer for the Maryland Senate seat in District 34.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is warning of grave danger if his chamber votes on a DACA fix. Yes, doing something the overwhelming majority of Americans supports scares him senseless.

A Trump underling's dismissal of John McCain brings the administration to a new low in moral depravity, says Jules Witcover.

Even in a time of fakery and false witness, Scott Pruitt sets a new standard.

Gina Haspel says 'enhanced interrogation' should never have happened - finally, proof that a lesson has been learned at the CIA.

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for legalized sports betting across the nation — an outcome long sought by Maryland’s largest casinos seeking a share of a multibillion-dollar market.

 That "blue wave" that critics of President Trump have been hoping will wash over him in the midterm congressional elections him may not be a likely thing after all.

Challengers to Baltimore’s incumbent state senators are promising to bring change and new energy to the city’s representation in Annapolis. But Democratic leaders warn that such an outcome could further diminish the city’s political clout in the General Assembly.

Impeachment might be too high a bar for President Trump's political foes to clear, says Jules Witcover.

The results of the primaries in North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia offer important insight into the political landscape and the American future. The expected Democratic landslide this November is now no longer assured.

The Senate needs to ask President Trump's nominee to lead the CIA some very difficult questions about her role in post-9/11 torture.

While there are many actions needed to address the opioid crisis, a common sense first step is to stop fentanyl, carfentanil and other dangerous synthetic drugs from reaching Maryland streets through the global postal system.

Jody Olsen was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia 50 years ago and earlier this year was named by President Trump to head the agency. She got her master's degree and later taught at the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland Baltimore, leaving to accept the Peace Corps directorship.

While the Eastern Shore newspapers largely ignored lynchings, the Baltimore Sun, Evening Sun and Afro-American took a more aggressive stance in covering these tragic events. H. L. Mencken took direct aim at the Shore in a 1931 column called "Eastern Shore Kultur."