Outside the Beltway

Once again, the Federal Reserve chooses to pass on the opportunity to raise interest rates.

Donald Trump’s latest outbursts are causing Republicans to move away from him faster than you can say “electoral disaster.”

The Senate has passed an amendment to a military spending bill that would require women to register for the draft.

A new poll shows that public opinion about Donald Trump is at the lowest point its been since he entered the race. That bodes poorly for Trump, and for the the political party that has chosen to nominate him for President.

Hillary Clinton easily won the final contest of the 2016 primary season, and the Clinton-Sanders reconciliation dance began.

I was eyewitness to tragedy yesterday afternoon.

Donald Trump continues his war on freedom of the press and reporters who cover him critically by barring The Washington Post from covering campaign events.

With just over a week to go, the latest polling shows voters in the United Kingdom leaning toward leaving the European Union.

Donald Trump has insinuated that President Obama is not fighting the War On Terror aggressively because he somehow identifies with terrorists.

Donald Trump responded to the attack on the Pulse nightclub by renewing his call to ban members of an entire religion from coming to the United States.

Libertarian Party Presidential nominee Gary Johnson is doing quite well in the polls, when pollsters bother to include him.

“Common sense” measures and the worst shooting spree in American history.

Sprinter Oscar Pistorius served only one year in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. Now, he’s facing fifteen years in prison after being convicted of murder in the same case.

Top Republican donors are becoming increasingly concerned that Donald Trump isn’t paying enough attention to raising money for the General Election campaign.

An overnight shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has left 20 people dead and at least 42 injured.

Republican insiders are apparently still looking at ways to stop Donald Trump at a convention. It’s far too late for that, guys.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals deals a setback to the gun rights movement.

Hillary Clinton has a slight lead in national polling over Donald Trump as the battle for the White House really begins.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democrat to unite behind the party’s presumptive nominee. A marked contrast to the chaos that reigns on the Republican side of the aisle.

With the race for the Democratic nomination over, President Obama is ready to hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton.

It won’t be a very good holiday season for Charleston Church shooter Dylann Roof.

Donald Trump has claimed that the Judge presiding over the Trump University lawsuits is biased against him, but there’s absolutely no evidence to support this argument.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

With top Republicans recoiling from the realization that the GOP is stuck with Trump in 2016, the ground seems to be being prepared for a conflict that could tear the GOP apart regardless of who wins in November.

Hillary Clinton won the final Super Tuesday of the 2016 primary season, thus officially sending us into what promises to be among the most contentious General Election battles in recent memory.

Continuing the fight at this point is not just Quixotic, it’s unsporting.

Republicans have a choice to make and, so far, they’ve been making the wrong one.

An historic achievement.

One media critic is arguing that news organizations should ignore the fact that Hillary Clinton will become the Presumptive Democratic Nominee tomorrow. This is utterly ridiculous.

Closer to making history.

The relatively unknown candidate that Bill Kristol floated as the “Never Trump” alternative has announced he’s not running for President.

Bernie Sanders is continuing to let his supporters believe he has a chance to win the Democratic nomination. He is either delusional, or he is lying to his supporters.

The Greatest Of All Time.

The May Jobs Report was bad all-around. The question is whether this will come to be seen as an anomaly or the beginning of a worrisome trend.

Donald Trump’s open contempt for the Rule of Law and Freedom of the Press should disqualify him from being considered an acceptable candidate for President.

After initially expressing doubts about his candidacy, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has lined up behind Donald Trump.

An increasing number of Republican politicians are finding reasons to skip the Republican National Convention.

The Fourth Circuit has declined to rehear a case in which a three judge panel sided with a transgender student seeking to use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity.

Bill Kristol’s plan to stop Donald Trump involves a long shot independent bid for the White House by someone most Americans have never heard of before.

Hillary Clinton is hoping to avoid an embarrassing loss in California to Bernie Sanders, and she just got some help from an unlikely source.

A report card for the 2009 Stimulus Bill.

With two former Republican governors running under its banner, is there such a thing as a “Libertarian Party”?

For the second election cycle in a row, and after a contentious floor fight, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for President.

In case anyone noticed: I got the Trump nomination wrong.

Concerns about the Zika Virus are leading some doctors to call for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be moved or postponed.

Donald Trump is apparently having money troubles.