Outside the Beltway

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate Federal laws against marijuana use and possession.

Yet another top appointee is in the awkward position of having to defend himself from the Tweeter-in-Chief.

The Russia probe is focusing on the sequence of events surrounding hacked Clinton campaign and DNC emails.

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

The opinion journalist who has lately been writing the Black Panther comics is taking on one of the format’s most iconic characters.

“All In The Family” predicted a policy proposal that President Trump and many other conservatives have made in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

A recent change to the way the social media giant selects articles readers see first has crushed a web magazine.

Despite the activism we’ve seen in the wake of the school shooting in Florida, it’s unlikely that we’ll see significant Congressional action on guns.

You’d think after 13 months in the White House they’d start understanding that there are rules.

Dick’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell “assault weapons” at any of its stores, and will limit the sale of any gun to people aged 21 and above.

Ben Carson has expensive taste in office furniture.

This is very much why the security clearance process requires so much financial disclosure.

The White House chief of staff has downgraded the President’s son-in-law’s access to classified information. We’ll see how long that lasts.

A German court has ruled that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” does not require search engines to verify sites are free from malicious content before listing them.

We’ve rolled out a few modest updates to the site design.

The funk legend advocates a melting pot approach in a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone.

The February 2 episode of This American Life gets at some of my frustrations over our inability to have a meaningful discussion about pretty much anything.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation.

As with any such discretionary power given to police, it will surely be abused. But the Parkland shooting was yet another in a long line of situations where obvious “red flags” were ignored until it was too late.

After yesterday’s oral argument, the Supreme Court seems poised to deal a major blow to public-sector unions.

Daniel Triesman offers an explanation as to “Why the poor don’t vote to soak the rich.”

Democrats appear to have regained momentum in the Generic Congressional Ballot.

The Obama Administration called and wants its foreign policy back.

China’s Xi Jinping solidified his hold on power well into the next decade over the weekend.

The shipping giant FedEx is coming under serious pressure to sever its ties with the NRA. Its president has issued a strong statement as to why they won’t.

I don’t see how the state legislature making tax decisions on the basis of the public position an company takes is legal under the 14th Amendment. 

The Supreme Court has declined an invitation to intervene early in the legal arguments surrounding DACA.

New polls show increased support for various gun control measures, including limitations on so-called “assault weapons,” but that doesn’t mean we’re likely to see Congressional action on the subject.

Jonathan Bernstein thinks so and Chuck Todd and company outline a pretty strong case.

The President’s fecklessness here is incredible. Either take these people out of sensitive posts or take the responsibility for granting them waivers. 

President Trump’s job approval hits a new low.

Mark Levin says we’re “morons” and “illiterate in English” because we’ve quoted the NYT.

The octogenarian failed to get her party’s endorsement for a sixth term.

The President would like to copy Singapore’s zero-tolerance policy. The US Constitution stands in his way.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

Salary-based definitions distort the conversation. And lifestyle-based definitions are a moving target.

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that completely eviscerates the memo prepared by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.

Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.

Presidents are much more constrained in issuing and rolling back regulations than they or the public think.

A mass wave of mainland Chinese immigration to Australia has led to discrimination against Taiwanese expats there.

More than a dozen companies have ended relationships with the gun rights organization and protesters are demanding more follow suit.

Here’s one vote for ending this annoying practice.

Some thoughts on the biggest Marvel blockbuster yet. [Modest spoilers]

President Trump continues to make irresponsible and dangerous threats in connection with American policy toward North Korea.

Dave Schuler argues the US would have a much better healthcare system if we had modeled it on VA clinics rather than private insurance.