Outside the Beltway

Comments from one Republican Senator are raising the possibility we could see hearings and a vote on Merrick Garland during the post-election lame duck session of Congress.

As expected, John McCain easily defeated his primary opponent yesterday.

As expected, Marco Rubio easily won the primary for his Senate seat. The General Election battle, though, promises to be more difficult.

With ten weeks to go ,there’s been some tightening in the polls but Hillary Clinton continues to maintain a commanding lead in the race for the White House.

This is not exactly what Rick Perry had hoped he’d be doing this fall.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

Sorry Donald Trump, but most Americans believe that people here illegally deserve a path to citizenship and oppose building a border wall.

Another sign of a weak economy as the Federal Reserve considers rate hikes and the Presidential campaign moves forward.

A high-level French Court has struck down the ban on the so-called ‘burkini’ adopted by many towns along the French Riviera.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

Over the course of twenty-four hours, Donald Trump has had three separate positions on how he’d deal with illegal immigrants already in the country.

For largely irrational reasons, French police are arresting women on the beach for wearing swimsuits that are compatible with their faith.

Donald Trump is signaling a big shift in his immigration position.

Despite being much more conveniently located for viewers in the United States, viewership for the just-concluded Olympics were the lowest they’ve been in sixteen years.

A true, albeit largely anonymous, hero of humanity has passed away.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

A majority of her non-government visitors coincidentally donated to her nonprofit.

It’s eleven weeks — just 77 days — until Election Day, and things are looking pretty good for Hillary Clinton, and pretty bad for Donald Trump.

A Federal Court has barred the Federal Government from enforcing guidelines on the rights of transgender students in public schools.

A report over the weekend raises questions about whether or not Donald Trump is changing positions on a central tenet of his campaign.

Early indications are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other older Justices don’t plan on leaving any time soon.

A Trump loss in November could lead to battles inside the GOP that could take years to resolve.

Remember Peak Oil? Whatever happened to that idea?

Donald Trump engages in some nice post hoc ergo propter hoc by implying that the decline in manufacturing jobs in North Carolina is due to NAFTA. Ignoring that other factors are more likely playing a far greater role in the loss of manufacturing jobs.

President Obama is being criticized for remaining on vacation while Louisiana deals with historic flooding.

One speech isn’t going to make up for what we’ve seen so far.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the election is “over,” because it isn’t.

GOP control of Indiana’s Senate seat appears to be in jeopardy, and that will have serious implications for the battle to control the Senate.

A precursor to modern cable political news with an interesting past has passed away at the age of 89.

After weeks of bleeding, the Trump campaign is undergoing a shake up, but it’s unlikely to fix what’s really wrong.

America’s largest voting bloc is heavily turned off by Donald Trump, and that is posing long-term problems for Republicans in general.

Another poll confirms that Virginia is firmly in the pocket of Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump has spent more time recently attacking the news media than anything else. He ought to be condemned for it.

It is a misguided and foolish attempt to try and buy votes without appearing to buy votes.

Not surprisingly, Latino voters are heavily turned off by Donald Trump and seemingly quite eager to vote against him in the fall.

There’s nothing compasssionate about protectionism.

Responding to comments on this morning’s post.

Things aren’t pretty inside the House of Trump these days.