Outside the Beltway

It appears a shutdown has been averted after all.

“Wading”

The rules are a bit complicated.

A trailblazer is gone at 90.

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

“Dog bites man” isn’t news. Unless it’s the President’s dog.

An idea, not a continent.

The chickens are slowly coming home to roost.

A short-term win for creatives and a longer-term loss?

Yet again, the Court has told the state that it has to draw lines that accommodate its Black citizens.

The tables have turned.

We need reform.

Has the search goliath gotten worse?

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

An increasingly undemocratic regional power is a necessary but unreliable partner.

“The Meeting”

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

Much ado about nothing?

The President and his predecessor are heading to Detroit.

Also: calls for his resignation.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

Congress is doing something, at least.

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

Americans have largely stopped using checks and are rapidly doing the same with cash.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

He is seeking a new regional consensus.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

“Chit Chat”