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• Opinion

Snub of Russia on D-Day a worrisome omission

Keeping Vladimir Putin away from Normandy on June 6 suggests a major rewrite of World War II history is going on.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Trump's tariffs, foreign policy an extension of his 'wild, unpredictable character'

China bought $17 billion worth of U.S. farm products in 2017. This decreased to around $12 billion in 2018 after Trump’s tariffs and continues to decline.

• Opinion

Assange helped sabotage U.S. election, remember?

Don't cast Julian Assange as some kind of hero when he played a key role in Russian interference in the 2016 election.

• Commentary

Batavick: Questions about the Mueller Report

I would like to ask some cogent questions of Mr. Mueller. None of these is a partisan question. Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike all should all be asking them because of the unprecedented assault on our electoral system that was devised and executed by the Russian military.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Policy by tweets and love letters

Kim is not the only one who has Trump’s trust. When Putin tells Trump that he didn’t try to interfere with our 2016 elections, Trump believes him.

• Opinion

The Mueller report is in, but questions about Trump go on and on

Mueller's criminal prosecutions may be coming to an end but it's mixed news, at best, for Donald Trump

• Sports

Stanley Cup champion Capitals to visit Trump at White House on Monday

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will get a chance to celebrate their Stanley Cup championship with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.

• Opinion

U.S. and Russia: the plot thickens — in a bad way

Withdrawl from the intermediate nuclear force treaty is the latest twist in worsening relations with Russia.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: What did you say?

Many evangelicals are selling their souls in defense of President Donald Trump. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Dallas Church, however, takes the cake. He told Fox & Friends Sunday that, “The Bible says even heaven itself is gonna have a wall around it. Not everyone is going to be allowed

• Opinion

Goldberg: Trump-Russia conspiracy theories unlikely to pan out

Mr. Trump's glandular, impulsive and often vindictive character is the only reliable signal in the noise that is his presidency. Any conspiracy theory that doesn't take this into account is not likely to pan out.

• Maryland

Letters: Excited for seed swap day; frustrated with Trump supporters; stop using turn lanes to pass

A Westminster woman writes about National Seed Swap Day program at the Westminster library; another readers expresses his frustration with President Trump and his supporters.

• Opinion

A new, more-threatening Cold War

This Spy vs. Spy relationship with Russia has plunged us into a new Cold War that feels more threatening and unpredictable than the first.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Trump and Putin are upsetting the war hawks

Rachel Marsden: Is it really so bad if Syria and Afghanistan are forced to sort things out for themselves?

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Suddenly, Syria

Remember when containing Iran's influence was so important to President Trump or how he ridiculed his predecessor for withdrawing from Iraq in 2011? Suddenly, it's all reversed.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: What's truly terrifying about Trump's private transactions

Donald Trump's brain sees everything as a private transaction not subject to law, says Robert B. Reich.

• Opinion

Witcover: Is this the beginning of the end of the Trump nightmare?

The guilty plea from Donald Trump’s onetime fixer, Michael Cohen, to the charge of lying to Congress about Mr. Trump's proposed Moscow Trump Tower real-estate deal illustrates the classic singing of a mob-culture "canary."

• Maryland

Three reasons to cheer for press freedom this Thanksgiving

Three things happened this Thanksgiving week that made me thankful to be an American journalist — even as President Trump continues his war on the press.

• Opinion

Picture of Trump with European leaders says a lot about our president

Picture of Trump looking left out of conversation between European leaders is a reflection of his stance on international issues.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Will a multipolar world be Trump's legacy?

Putting America first means watching "Fox & Friends" and letting other nations lead in global affairs, says Rachel Marsden.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Containing the catastrophe

Robert Reich: All three branches of government are now under the control of one party controlled by Donald Trump.

• Opinion

Witcover: In John McCain's shadow

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

• Commentary

Batavick: Russian influence not going away

Trump has known about the meddling since his election but it wasn’t until this past July 27 that he used a meeting of his most senior national security advisers to discuss any effort to protect the electoral process.

• Opinion

Witcover: A century fighting for democracy

America's fight now is one to make this country safe for democracy at home in teh Trump era, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

Trump couldn't do a better job helping Russia interfere in our elections if he tried

Less than 24 hours after Facebook announced it had shut down several suspicious accounts that appeared designed to influence the 2018 U.S. elections, Donald Trump was back on Twitter muddying the waters.

• Opinion

What despots hear when Trump calls the press the "enemy of the people"

Whoever's side you believe in the dispute about what happened when President Donald Trump met with the publisher of the New York Times, one thing is indisputable — his rhetoric is giving license to those who oppose a free press.

• Opinion

Md. must cut ties with Russian-owned ByteGrid

There’s only one way for Maryland officials to do right by voters now: Tear up the state’s agreement with its elections contractor and remove their data from the vendor, ByteGrid, which has Russian investors, including an oligarch connected to Vladimir Putin. Cut it off — immediately.

• Opinion

Donald Trump, meet Alexander Hamilton

The Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, has reported that “important verbal agreements were made,” in the two-hour, closed-door meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Such clandestine talks brings to mind a song from the musical “Hamilton."

• Maryland

Vote Andy Harris out of office in November [Letter]

Our own congressman, Andy Harris, is exceptionally craven even among his colleagues, and declined to condemn Trump’s humiliating display; instead he parroted Trump’s propaganda line about mistrusting “the mainstream media.”

• Commentary

Zirpoli: The curious relationship between Trump and Putin

I understand Trump’s behavior. What I don’t understand, however, is some of my fellow Americans, who would never accept such treasonous behavior from any other politician, never mind a president.

• Opinion

Trump's act of treason

Donald Trump's behavior toward Putin and Russia fits the Constitution's definition of treason.

• Opinion

Threatening Iran

Tweeting dire warnings to Iran sounds more like a domestic distraction than a prelude to diplomacy or even armed conflict.

• Opinion

Md. Rep. Andy Harris is no patriot

Andy Harris is not a patriot.  Andy Harris is a menacing and cynical actor whose unyielding support for President Trump endangers my family and the families of all other Marylanders.  It is in this spirit that I beseech my fellow members of Maryland District 1 to vote their consciences this Novemb

• Opinion

Pitts: Spare me your shock at Trump's sellout to Putin

Leonard Pitts Jr.: In Helsinki, President Trump was everything he says he hates: weak, feeble, impotent.

• Opinion

Rep. Andy Harris, Russian collaborator

Harris's refusal to condemn Trump's kowtowing to Putin should cause 1st District voters to reject him this fall.

• Opinion

The Sun's Trump-Putin hysteria

The Sun is given to the same hyperbole about Trump and Putin as Trump exhibits himself.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Trump's deference to Putin is less about collusion than character

Jonah Goldberg: President Trump's stubborn refusal to listen to his own advisers in the matter of the Russia investigation likely stems from his inability to admit that his instincts are ever wrong. As always, Mr. Trump's character trumps all.

• Opinion

Witcover: In Helsinki, we witnessed the self-immolation of Donald Trump

In Helsinki, we witnessed the self-immolation of Donald Trump, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

In Helsinki, Trump wasn't apologetic enough

The U.S. hasn't gone soft on Russia and it's neither accurate nor wise to imply the Trump administration has.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: The greatest summit ever, no matter what did or didn't happen

What took place in Helsinki? Good luck sorting through the changing explanations.

• Opinion

Our criticism today of Rep. Andy Harris was wrong. It was not nearly harsh enough.

Rep. Andy Harris says he discounts anything associated with the mainstream press. What he's really doing is avoiding any unpleasant facts.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: How to stop Trump's lie machine

Robert B. Reich: As the political season heats up, Donald Trump is ramping up his lies, here's how to push back.

• Politics

Maryland Rep. Andy Harris praises Trump's Russia summit, bashes press

Andy Harris praised President Donald Trump's appearance in Helsinki as “a successful summit” and said, “I disregard and discount anything that involves the mainstream media press.” 

By Christina Tkacik

Jul 18, 2018

• Politics

Maryland Gov. Hogan criticizes Trump, calls Putin a 'thug'

Gov. Larry Hogan piled on to the criticism of President Donald Trump's appearance with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying Trump "failed to stand up for our country."

By Pamela Wood

Jul 17, 2018

• Opinion

Donald Trump is a real threat to U.S. security

Trump's behavior in Helsinki raises serious questions about the risks he poses to national security.

• Opinion

Congress must rebuke Trump on Putin grovel

Trump's choice to side with Putin over his own country should be too much for Congress to stomach.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Trump’s attraction to despots

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.

• Opinion

Witcover: Indictments of Russian operatives cast shadow on Trump-Putin summit

Jules Witcover: The case of Russian meddling that has haunted Mr. Trump through the first year and more of his presidency, dismissed by him so far, is front and center again.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Trump's art of the no-deal

Robert Reich: For a supposed "deal maker," Donald Trump hasn't made any that have stuck thus far.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Scott Pruitt's wild ride

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

• Opinion

To understand Putin, you must understand Russian history

Vladimir Putin functions in long-term historical categories. In recent years, he has increasingly invoked them to achieve political goals. To grasp Russia’s political vector under Mr. Putin, we need to be more attuned to his use of history.