Outside the Beltway

For the first time, someone has been diagnosed with Ebola in the United States.

The security lapses at the Secret Service just continue to mount.

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

A long standing rule is finally repealed, but it’s not likely to change your viewing choices.

U.S. troops will be in Afghanistan for at least the next three years.

The Supreme Court has issued a stay that will allow changes to Ohio’s early voting law to remain in effect for this year’s election. That was the correct decision.

Last week’s security breach just became a lot more serious.

Speaker Boehner wants to delay a vote on the ISIS war until January, but any such debate will be meaningless because Congress has already abdicated responsibility.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

Making the rounds today: “Internationally acclaimed barrister Amal Alamuddin marries an actor.”

Apparently, the buck doesn’t stop in the Oval Office these days.

The streets of Hong Kong have been filled with protesters upset over China’s efforts to control the city’s political future.

The American public’s support for the President’s war against ISIS has its limits.

Time the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

Facts are stubborn things.

WaPo’s Emily Wax-Thibodeaux reports that, “At CIA Starbucks, even the baristas are covert.”

The Khorasan Group is, functionally, al Qaeda. Or is it?

The Burning Man Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

Politics, the law, culture, and a very old language collide.

Trending on Twitter this morning is a collection of infographics compiled by Ezra Klein under the heading “22 maps and charts that will surprise you.”

When I saw the entry at memeorandum proclaiming that “Wikipedia Is Now Trying To Eliminate The Federalist’s Online Entry,” I was flummoxed.

Danny Sullivan reflects on the end of another era.

A fired Oklahoma worker beheaded a woman and was attacking another when he was shot. Workplace violence? Or terrorism.

The TSA is up to its usual shenanigans.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

Only one man can say that he has both recorded a jazz album with Lady Gaga and liberated a Nazi death camp.

The Ezra Klein-less Wonkblog makes us feel good about our drinking habits.

A strong rebound for the economy from the downturn at the start of the year.

There is apparently such a thing as too Jewish.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

Americans have long been lampooned for not speaking a second language. Now our cousins across the Pond are getting it, too.

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

The Administration’s policy in the President’s war against ISIS has no coherent plan, and that virtually guarantees escalation.

One of last members of President Obama’s original cabinet is stepping aside.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

The Worldwide Leader has a conflict of interest. But it handled it correctly in this case.

Freedom Of The Press, if you can afford to pay the fee.

Before leaving office, Hamid Karzai is once again biting that hand that has fed him for the past decade.