The Baltimore Police Department will finally be under the Federal microscope. But it took the death of Freddie Gray for it happen.

The just-concluded British General Election was also a clash between two former top advisers to President Obama.

Jeb Bush told a group of supporters that his brother is his top Middle East policy adviser. This strikes me as being a bad idea.

The jobs market bounced back in April, but that’s about all we can say.

After weeks of polls predicting a political stalemate or worse, British voters delivered a strong win for David Cameron and the Tories.

Largely in reaction to revelations about N,S.A. surveillance, Germany has cut back on its intelligence cooperation with the United States.

Two Republican candidates for President say that Republican elected officials should simply ignore the Supreme Court if it strikes down bans on same-sex marriage.

A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that the N.S.A.’s data mining program is illegal, but its ruling may not have a very big impact.

Break out the sweater vests, Rick Santorum is getting ready to enter the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination.

The political outlook in the United Kingdom is as uncertain as it has ever been.

So far at least, there’s little evidence in the polls that Hillary Clinton has been hurt by the news reports about the financial dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

A report prepared for the N.F.L. regarding the so-called ‘DeflateGate’ scandal doesn’t have very good news for the Patriots or their star quarterback.

A new poll has some bad news for Jeb Bush in the Hawkeye State, which leads to the idea that maybe he shouldn’t waste too much time there to begin with.

There must be something odd in the water in the Lone Star State, because a bizarre conspiracy theory seems to have taken root there.

Possibly big news out of Canada

In a move that is clearly designed to have an impact in the General Election, Hillary Clinton came out in support of broad immigration reform in Nevada yesterday.

Some people in the media can’t seem to get it through their heads that speech they consider hateful is entitled to as much protection as speech that they support.

Mike Huckabee’s back, but the 2008 magic is gone.

Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, could hold the key to the future of Britain in her hands after the election ends on May 7th.

Former President Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. Or, does he?

Two men were killed last night before they could carry out what appears to be a planned attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas.

Aides to Governor Chris Christie apparently think there’s still a way he can run a credible campaign for President, but it seems unlikely.

Ben Carson is running for President.

The sources of new immigrants to the United States are changing, but it’s unclear if that will have any impact on the political debate over immigration reform.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were indicted in connection with the Birdgegate scandal today, a third plead guilty, and Christie’s Presidential ambitions are pretty much dead.

Big news out of Baltimore and, perhaps, the beginning of justice for Freddie Gray.

Great Britain heads to the polls in less than a week, and it remains unclear just what’s going to happen.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

Rand Paul bucks Republican orthodoxy on Iraq, Libya, and negotiations with Iran.

Vaccination has eliminated a disease that used to be a serious threat from the Americas.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

In a marked departure from recent cases, the Supreme Court rules that states can impose significant restriction on solicitation of campaign contributions in judicial elections.

U.S forces in Afghanistan have been involved in missions that go far beyond the counterterror mission the Obama Administration said they would be limited to.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the first three months of 2015, but it’s not clear what that means going forward.

The N.F.L.’s league office is giving up its tax exempt status, but that means far less than the headline implies.

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

Saudi Arabia’s new King has shaken up the Royal Family, and that could have interesting results.

A sharply divided Court heard argument today on an issue that has sharply divided the nation.

There is no excuse for last night’s rioting in Baltimore, but that should not deflect attention from the problems with that city’s police.

Congress can’t really do anything to stop a nuclear deal with Iran, and John Boehner knows it.