Outside the Beltway

The jury likely got it right. That doesn’t mean George Zimmerman didn’t kill Trayvon Martin or that Martin deserved to die.

George Zimmerman was acquitted on all charges by a Florida jury late Saturday night.

If you’re too sexy for your job in Iowa, your boss may be able to fire you.

Texas has become the latest state to attempt to restrict abortion rights, and North Carolina isn’t far behind.

The Pentagon has canceled a popular air show even though it operates at a profit and takes place next fiscal year.

The Defense Department will freeze promotions, cut workers, and suspend training in the face of across-the-board funding cuts.

China’s finance minister has hinted that economic growth may fall far below 7% in the second half of the year.

North Korea’s nuclear weapons aren’t going anywhere.

A new study says Twitter doesn’t break news faster than the wires. But nobody claims it does.

David Brooks warns that failing to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill “could be a tragedy for the country and political suicide for Republicans.”

The US Navy is moving transport ships near Egypt. Just in case.

Ostensible allies in the fight against the Assad regime, al Qaeda and the Free Syrian Army are killing each other.

President Obama is losing public support in the one area where he’s generally had broad support from the public in the past.

The latest House GOP pronouncements on immigration reform make it exceedingly unlikely that any bill will pass this year.

Certain aspects of Egyptian civic life have improved rapidly in the wake of the military coup, raising at least some questions about the events leading up to it.

On the eve of transition to solo operations, Afghan forces can’t do basic logistical functions.

A state of perpetual war is incompatible with good mental health and stable family relationships.

Most deprived subcultures resent those among them who strive too hard to escape–much less succeed.

The drip, drip, drip in Richmond is turning into a flood.

Sarah Palin hinted about running for Senate in Alaska. Most likely, she’s once again just teasing her supporters.

The NBC News graphics department failed geography miserably. Here, Brian Williams and company admit the error with grace, charm, and good humor.

The US military’s lavish new headquarters in Afghanistan has been completed just in time for our exit.

The military’s finance and accounting system has been dysfunctional for decades and is getting worse.

Harry Reid is supposedly making another run at filibuster reform.

Frustrations with the mercurial leader of Afghanistan may increase the pace of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.