Outside the Beltway

Mark Dayton is willing to give in to key Republican demands to end a two-week shutdown. Will it be enough?

A mistrial has been ruled in the Roger Clemens perjury trial and the judge may rule that a retrial would constitute double jeopardy.

If you look at the polls, the GOP has several things to be concerned about in the debate over the debt ceiling.

On this day in 1990, President H.W. Bush broke his “No new taxes” pledge.

President Obama has walked out of negotiations on the debt ceiling with an agreement is nowhere in sight.

Should the state be able to take your kid away if he gets too fat?

The star of a controversial reality show about polygamy is suing to have Utah’s law that makes his living arrangement illegal struck down.

Howard Wiarda’s book on the National War College is based on his experiences from 1991 to 1996.

For the moment, the GOP race looks like a race between Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, which should make Romney happy

The GOP’s debt ceiling stance appears to be making some in business uneasy.

Netflix will charge $7.99 for streaming video; it’s now a $2 add-on.

Right now, it’s more prudent for the Federal government to borrow money than to pay cash.

Two economists look at a 30 year investment in a home versus putting the same money in the stock market.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a simple deal to break the impasse on the debt ceiling: Cede power to raise the ceiling to the president, with a few minor caveats.

The idea that we can avoid the consequences of failing to raise the debt ceiling is patently absurd.

The participants in the debt negotiations are being led by constituencies that have little interest in compromise.

Based on its history, the debt ceiling law may be the most pointless statute in the entire U.S. Code.

Our fundamental fiscal problem is an unwillingness to deal realistically with costs and benefits.

Jon Huntsman is sharpening his message, pointing to his accomplishments while denigrating those of Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty.

So the CIA organized a fake vaccination drive in Pakistan in an attempt to get bin Laden family DNA. What could possibly go wrong?

Yes, China’s GDP growth has been impressive for some time now, but it is not the sole way to understand development.

The First Lady is coming under fire for hypocrisy in her meal choices.

A space shuttle lifted off for the last time on Friday, and some people seem to think its the beginning of the end of America.

Do people who take advantage of tax breaks get a “government benefit”?

Of the eight shots in the Sarah Palin cover shoot, all eight feature her in sweatshirts and similar togs. Not exactly presidential.