Outside the Beltway

Marco Rubio is the first Republican in the race who actually has a plausible chance to win the nomination, but it’s not going to be easy.

Unlike most world leaders, Pope Francis is wiling to call a genocide a genocide.

So, she’s in.

Legislators in Tennessee have taken the “gun rights” argument further than it was ever intended to go.

His poll numbers are down, the GOP base is not hospitable, but Chris Christie still seems to be thinking about running for President.

I’m not sure this is a concern that rises to the level of an article at The Atlantic.

Fox News’ Catherine Herridge is creating a scandal where none exists.

A new poll suggests that the American public does not support laws that give religious exemptions to businesses that want to discriminate based on sexual orientation.

To the surprise of few, Hillary Clinton is running for President

One freshman Senator seems to think that war with Iran would be easy, just like Republicans used to think that war against Iraq would be easy.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Rand Paul has changed position on several foreign policy issues, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

Rand Paul is the latest Republican to enter the race, but his path to even becoming a contender is a difficult one at best.

Democrats like New York Senator Chuck Schumer could end up being the ones that scuttle the Iranian nuclear deal.

One Missouri legislator is going on a crusade against a “problem” that may not actually exist.

Scott Walker’s response to the Iranian nuclear deal is perhaps the most irresponsible so far.

A bill pending in Louisiana seems likely to become the next national focus in the debate between marriage equality and claims of ‘religious freedom.’

The political media is breathlessly reporting on every event in a campaign that is just beginning, and voters aren’t really paying attention to it at this point.