Byron York

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington DC to make critical decisions about the nation’s future. Rubio made the comment...

Rachel Baye

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Students, teachers and parents at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac are mourning the loss of a 16-year-old basketball player who killed himself this week, joining a growing number of youths who commit suicide each year. Suicide accounts for roughly 16 percent of deaths among people...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Lottery success brings new options for Wiz Leapfrogging forward to the third pick in the 2013 NBA draft is certain to reduce the volume of player evaluations required by the Wizards coaching staff and front office in the coming weeks before the big event takes place on June 27. But it won't...

Rick Snider

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Many a fan has bragged of the time they bought a beer for a pro ballplayer. The athlete didn't ask for free suds. The fan was just happy to do so, and many years later, he still tells the tale. So why the nonsensical furor over fans buying quarterback Robert Griffin III wedding gifts on store...

John Keim

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Rookies, injuries, RGIII among ongoing stories It provides a glimpse and, often, nothing more. Yet those glimpses sometimes are revealing: Robert Griffin III's speed and arm strength stood out last spring. They did so during the season as well. But the spring also provides mirages: Players who...

Thom Loverro

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Nobody wants to say goodbye to Mariano Rivera. The beloved and revered New York Yankees reliever is an oasis of grace and humanity in a sports world filled with embarrassment and shame. Rivera, who just appeared at Camden Yards for the Yankees' three-game series against the Orioles, has said...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Suburban Md. school in Division III title game It was interesting that Stevenson University junior Brent Hiken estimated his faceoff counterpart in the NCAA semifinals to be 6-foot-5 and 280 pounds. Salisbury senior Tyler Granell is actually 6-3 and 215 pounds. Such is the perception that...

Michael Barone

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

My Washington Examiner colleague Timothy Carney, indefatigable chronicler of K Street, points out http://washingtonexaminer.com/there-is-a-lobbying-organization-for-superyachts/article/2530285 that the United States Superyacht Association has hired a Washington lobbyist. But they have at...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is weighing an appeal of a decision by the state's highest court that would cost the state's counties and Baltimore City $128 million in taxes. Maryland's Court of Appeals ruled in January that the state must offer credits to taxpayers whose out-of-state...

Liz Essley

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Northern Virginia transportation officials have a long wish list for the first $180 million expected to flow into their coffers in the next year from tax increases in Gov. Bob McDonnell's new roads package -- including widening traffic-clogged Route 28 and Route 1. The Northern Virginia...