MANNING’S U. S. SENATE BID COULD UPEND MARYLAND RACE

Chelsea Manning’s bid for the U. S. Senate threatens to upend the 2018 Maryland Democratic primary. The former U.S. Army private, pictured, convicted of leaking over 700,000 classified documents has an uphill battle to defeat Sen. Ben Cardin. But Manning’s fame will almost certainly prevent the two- term senator from ignoring his challenger. Cardin won the Senate seat in 2006 and hasn’t faced a serious threat since. The transgender woman, known as Bradley Manning when convicted in 2013, was released from military prison in May. Manning, 30, is already hinting at a no- holds- barred challenge. In a tweet, she called Tuesday for the U. S. immigration and border agencies to be abolished, saying “the reign of terror must end.”